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About Investor

Rick Desai serves as Partner at Listen, where he focuses on seed and Series A investments across Fashion, Social Commerce, Entertainment & Sports, Food and Beverage, Consumer Health, Education, E-commerce, Consumer Internet, FinTech, and Marketplaces sectors, with investment ranges typically between $250K and $2.0M, spanning multiple geographic regions including Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco Bay Area, Colorado/Utah, Austin, Midwest, and Boston/New England. His background includes being a Lecturer at Kellogg School of Management teaching Entrepreneurship and Digital Marketing, where he was awarded a Faculty Impact award in 2018. At Listen, Desai leads investment strategy, sourcing, and diligence, and he previously founded Dashfire to build startups, demonstrating his hands-on experience in entrepreneurship.