Nina Essandoh
Vice President & Investor @ Corazon Capital
Chicago, United States
Nina Essandoh is a seed investor at Corazon Capital in Chicago focused on Travel and Air Transportation. Nina Essandoh is the Vice President and Investor of Corazon Capital. She previously worked at Susa Ventures as a Venture Fellow. Nina Essandoh attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Spelman College.
- Total investments:
- 1
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Industries Nina Essandoh invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Travel 1 (100%)
- Air Transportation 1 (100%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| AllFly is a travel technology platform designed especially for group flight bookings. Travel planners and group customers can compare group travel schedules from their favourite airlines and handle all of their trips in one place. | $2.4M / Seed / Mar 29, 2023 |
Co-Investors
About Corazon Capital
Born out of a love for building startups and a passion for backing entrepreneurs with heart, Corazon Capital (spanish for “heart”), a leading Chicago-based venture fund, brings a coastal approach to Seed and Series A investing. With a rare blend of investing experience and operating expertise, Corazon provides unusually pragmatic, actionablecounsel to the entrepreneurs it supports. Corazon believes that the best entrepreneurs and the smartest VCs will intentionally solicit both financial and operating investors in their syndicates, with Corazon recognized across geographies for its deep operating knowledge and reach inside and outside of Chicago.Corazon’s co-founders, Sam Yagan and Steve Farsht, have accomplished track records as investors and operators. Sam co-founded SparkNotes, eDonkey, and OKCupid before posting up as CEO of Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) through its IPO, and most recently taking the reins as the CEO of Shoprunner. As a General Partner at Norwest Equity Partners, Steve participated in its growth from five to twenty-five investment professionals. He honed his operating chops as CEO of DCM Services, an NEP portfolio company. After moving to Chicago, Steve immersed himself in the startup ecosystem, first as COO of Tap.me and then co-CEO of Techstars Chicago. Upon launching its second fund, Corazon added Phil Schwarz, the former CMO of Tinder, where he was responsible for growth, brand and retention marketing on a global basis. Previously, Phil was Head of Growth Initiatives at Match Group and co-founder of the Kaplan/Techstars EdTech accelerator.Together, Corazon’s principals have founded six companies through to four exits, served as CEOs of companies worth over $5 billion (including taking a company public), executed over $1 billion in acquisitions, invested in excess of $300 million in private companies, and held over 30 board seats.
Corazon Capital Contacts
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Nina Essandoh
Vice President & Investor
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Chris Coyne
Venture Partner
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Christian Rudder
Founding Venture Partner
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joh John
Co-Founder & Managing Director
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Josh Graves
Senior Associate & Investor
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What does Nina Essandoh invest in?
Nina Essandoh invests primarily in Travel and Air Transportation startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Nina Essandoh last invest?
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