Cainon Coates

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Mr. Cainon Coates serves as Managing Partner at Koru Capital. He also serves as Portfolio Manager, Venture Capital at GatePass Capital. He served as Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures. He served as an Advisor at Allocations. Previously, he co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer, Advisor & Board Member at Viafy. He is also an Angel Investor. He has a background in finance and entrepreneurship, having worked at Boston Consulting Group, Goldman Sachs, and PBM Capital Group. At BCG, he conducted due diligence across the semiconductor, transportation, and medical device industries. He also worked with the World Economic Forum to publish a report on the Future of Work, Education, and Gender. At PBM (a $500M healthcare-focused venture capital firm), he led the due diligence process and worked as an operating partner within portfolio companies (including Human Design Medical, Revive Pharmaceuticals, and Triangle Research Labs). He is also an active angel investor in several MIT start-ups. He is the co-founder of UbicaBus and was previously the founder and CEO of University Laundry (acquired by Procter & Gamble). He has an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management and a BS from the University of Virginia in Systems and Information Engineering.