THE TEAM
Click the links below to meet the grIP advisor team for each industry. Click here for an alphabetical directory of team members.
Capital Partnerships
Seed, Series A and Additional Letter Rounds, ESG Investments, Debt Financing
grIP’s only generalist. 2x winner of Inc 500. President of MIT Sloan Club of New York. 30 years of software experience.
Broker-dealer with a focus on emerging companies. Co-founder of Aureate Capital.
Founded SEO software company Ranktify. Founded Gossip Cop (acquired).Former Us Weekly editor and NBC producer.LP with VCs.
Managing Director at the Myeloma Investment Fund. Former Chief Business Officer Galecto (NASDAQ). Pharma and Biotech Bizdev, commercial and P&L experience. MIT faculty member.
Fundraising for government contractors. Founder of Atypical Ventures VC fund. Focus on space and defense.
Life Sciences & Biotech
Founder of G2G. Raised $544M in non-dilutive funding. Secures funding for biotech, life sciences, and high-tech innovators. MPH from Harvard.
Former VP at Yale New Haven Health System. Life sciences VC partner. Former surgeon.
grIP’s only generalist. 2x winner of Inc 500. President of MIT Sloan Club of New York. 30 years of software experience.
IP attorney at Mei & Mark LLP. Advises Fortune 100 companies on patents, trademarks, and global IP protection.
Diagnostics specialist. Former VP Molecular Pathology at Interpace Biosciences (NASDAQ). Molecular pathologist.
Managing Director at the Myeloma Investment Fund. Former Chief Business Officer Galecto (NASDAQ). Pharma and Biotech Bizdev, commercial and P&L experience. MIT faculty member.
Strategic advisor plant-touching cannabis brands, technology companies, and networking organizations. Specialist in cannabis intellectual property.
FDA specialist. Senior Vice President, Quality & Chief Information Officer RRD International, LLC. Managed vaccines at Department of Defense. Life sciences Advisor at Oxonian Ventures.
Patents and Trademarks
IP attorney at Mei & Mark LLP. Advises Fortune 100 companies on patents, trademarks, and global IP protection.
Trademark and copyright specialist. Advises Fortune 100/500 companies, VC firms, Oscar®/Grammy® winners actors and major brands on trademarks and IP strategy. Litigation.
Strategic advisor plant-touching cannabis brands, technology companies, and networking organizations. Specialist in cannabis intellectual property.
Patent and AI Attorney at Mei & Mark LLP. Founder of Clemson University entrepreneurship program. Author of the #1 Amazon Best Seller Forever across the Marsh.
Fintech
Founder, CEO of ForwardLane. AI Fintech 100 and WealthTech 100 winners, Featured by Forbes, World Economic Forum, Nasdaq. Former Quant, Investment Banker and Enterprise Architect.
Financial services marketing. Founder of the Institute for Innovation Development. Former Oppenheimer Funds, Neuberger & Berman and Templeton Funds.
grIP’s only generalist. 2x winner of Inc 500. President of MIT Sloan Club of New York. 30 years of software experience.
Government
Contracting, Funding, Grants, Political Risk
Political risk. Founder Two Lanterns Advisory.
Founder of G2G. Raised $544M in non-dilutive funding. Secures funding for biotech, life sciences, and high-tech innovators. MPH from Harvard.
Government contracts M&A. Managing Director of the Defense and Government Services Group at Stout.
Former Commissioner Federal Acquisition Service (GSA) and Acting GSA Administrator.
Former Principal Executive Director for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Modernization. Former VA Chief Acquisition Officer (CAO). Former Principal Executive Director for the Office of Acquisition. Logistics and Construction at VA with $20B spend.
Government contracts specialist in Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) of the United States Senate.
Fundraising for government contractors. Founder of Atypical Ventures VC fund. Focus on space and defense.
Government contracts specialist. Vice President Ventures at BMNT, leading H4XLabs, a deep tech dual-use accelerator.
Business Strategy & Operations
Business Planning, Data Analytics, Financial Modeling, Operations, Pricing, Go-To-Market, Supply Chain
Business planning and financial modeling. Former Chairman and President of Redbooks (sold). Founder of Robuzz (sold). Top ranked in financial modeling competitions. Wharton alumnus.
grIP’s only generalist. 2x winner of Inc 500. President of MIT Sloan Club of New York. 30 years of software experience.
Pricing specialist. Founder of HelloAdvisr (Pricing Consultants for Growth Companies).
Supply chain specialist. Vice President of Operations EMEA Deckers Brands. Supply chain transformations at Unilever, Nomad Foods and General Mills.
Former amazon executive in charge of Amazon Fresh launch in 8 countries. Amazon experience in fulfillment, robotics, last mile, consumables, hardware, software, firmware and e-commerce.
Data analytics specialist. Founder
of Zenlytic.
B2C and retail specialist. Brand transformation & marketing strategist. Former CEO/COO: David Yurman, John Hardy, F. Schumacher, Morilee, Montblanc.
Supply chain at Boeing. Supply chain management. Supplier relations, manufacturing, and B2B sales.
Marketing
Branding, Digital Marketing, PR, Thought Leadership, Strategic Communications, Go-To-Market, Luxury
Strategy at Maximum Effort. Former Managing Director at Conde Nast. Former CEO Malaysia for Olgivy. .. . . . .. . .. . . . .. . . . .. .
Head of Strategy, 40 Yawgoo Consulting. Former Global Director of Marketing & Innovation at IMG.
Senior Partner for Business Development and Marketing, FINN Partners.
Financial services marketing. Founder of the Institute for Innovation Development. Former Oppenheimer Funds, Neuberger & Berman and Templeton Funds.
Former Head of Product Marketing at YouTube. Former Head of Global Agency Partnerships. E-commerce at Google.
Managing Director, Mother New York. Former executive director of marketing for iPhone globally.
CEO & Founder LBR/PR.
Managing Director at the Myeloma Investment Fund. Former Chief Business Officer Galecto (NASDAQ). Pharma and Biotech Bizdev, commercial and P&L experience. MIT faculty member.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Founded SEO software company Ranktify. Founded Gossip Cop (acquired). Former Us Weekly editor and NBC producer. LP with VCs.
Spirits
Founder and CEO of Spirits Consulting Group.
Media
Founded SEO software company Ranktify. Founded Gossip Cop (acquired). Former Us Weekly editor and NBC producer. LP with VCs.
Environment & Sustainability
Founder of the world famous LEED Green Building Rating System certification.
Cannabis
Strategic advisor plant-touching cannabis brands, technology companies, and networking organizations. Specialist in cannabis intellectual property.
Software/AI/ML
Founder, CEO of ForwardLane. AI Fintech 100 and WealthTech 100 winners, Featured by Forbes, World Economic Forum, Nasdaq. Former Quant, Investment Banker and Enterprise Architect.
grIP’s only generalist. 2x winner of Inc 500. President of MIT Sloan Club of New York. 30 years of software experience.
Former amazon executive in charge of Amazon Fresh launch in 8 countries. Amazon experience in fulfillment, robotics, last mile, consumables, hardware, software, firmware and e-commerce.
Retail
Former amazon executive in charge of Amazon Fresh launch in 8 countries. Amazon experience in fulfillment, robotics, last mile, consumables, hardware, software, firmware and e-commerce.
Supply chain specialist. Vice President of Operations EMEA Deckers Brands. Supply chain transformations at Unilever, Nomad Foods and General Mills.
B2C and retail specialist. Brand transformation & marketing strategist. Former CEO/COO: David Yurman, John Hardy, F. Schumacher, Morilee, Montblanc.
grIP Management
Founder of grIP Venture Studio
Managing Director of grIP Venture Studio
grIP Project Director and Life Sciences/Biotech Team
Other than grIP attorneys, grIP team members are fully independent from Mei & Mark LLP, are not partners, employees, or agents of Mei & Mark LLP and participate in grIP in their individual capacities. Attorney-client privilege may be limited to Mei & Mark LLP attorneys and may not extend to other grIP team members.