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About Investor

John Volquez is a Partner at Drive Capital, focusing on investments in Human Capital/HRTech, Media/Content, Education, Future of Work, and Gig Economy companies at seed and Series A stages. His investment range typically spans from $10M to $30M. Volquez has a background in investment banking at Lazard and Goldman Sachs, and is a graduate of Yale University. He is passionate about finding world-class entrepreneurs in places where no one else bothered to look, driven by his personal experience growing up in the South Bronx and the transformative impact of education in his own life. Drive Capital was built on the simple idea of finding exceptional entrepreneurs in underserved markets.