Overview
- Gender
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male
- Investor Type
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Angel
Derek Andersen is the founder of Startup Grind, a 50+ cities community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. In 2013 Startup Grind will host 20,000 entrepreneurs at 300 events in 20 countries. After founding Vaporware Labs in 2009, he incubated many products (most of which failed spectacularly) including Startup Grind and professional social network Commonred. In 2012 Commonred was sold to Income.com.He is also Ex-Electronic Arts where he worked on games like Burnout, Mirror's Edge, The Sims, and Need For Speed. Having spent 8-years living outside the United States, he currently lives in Palo Alto California with his wife and two children.
Personal Investments
Derek Andersen has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on
Nov 10, 2021, when Cheeze, Inc raised $1.80M.
Jobs
Derek Andersen has 1 current jobs including
Advisor at Cheeze, Inc
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Organization Name |
Title At Company |
Start Date |
End Date |
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Cheeze, Inc
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Advisor |
Apr 1, 2018 |
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Detail |