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              Our team is your team.

                Builders, not just backers.

            Our Team

                    Ben Sun
                    Cofounder and General Partner
                    Brad Svrluga
                    Cofounder and General Partner
                    Jason Shuman
                    General Partner
                    Cassie Young
                    General Partner
                    Brian Schechter
                    Partner
                    Rebecca Price
                    Partner
                    Sam Toole
                    Partner
                    Lisa Lewin
                    Partner
                    Emily Man
                    Partner
                    Jason Gelman
                    Operating Partner, Go-to-Market
                    Mike Witkowski
                    CFO and Partner
                    Tom Seo
                    Venture Partner
                    Owen Willis
                    Venture Partner
                    Barbara Aprilakis
                    Executive Recruiter
                    Emma Balin
                    Chief of Staff
                    Devin Barbin
                    Community Operations Manager
                    Tanmaye Bhatia
                    Senior Associate
                    Amber Braman
                    Executive Assistant
                    Kurt Chessman
                    VP, Strategic Finance & Corporate Development
                    Tobias Citron
                    Principal
                    Bridget Flaherty
                    Director of Primary Labs Operations
                    Jordan Fox
                    Market Development Associate
                    Zach Fredericks
                    Principal
                    Anna Floyd
                    Assistant Controller
                    Niamh Gronningsater
                    Senior Associate, People & Networks
                    Charles Holley
                    Market Development Team Lead
                    Sarah Housman
                    Senior EA & Investor Relations
                    Alexander Hudson
                    Events Manager
                    Bryce Johnson
                    Analyst
                    Alexandra Lappas
                    Office Manager
                    Gaby Lorenzi
                    Analyst
                    Mesa Melton
                    Executive Assistant
                    Jessica Miller
                    Market Development Associate
                    Gabriella Monico
                    Senior Associate
                    Ryan Monk
                    Principal, People & Networks
                    Devon Natoni
                    Executive Assistant
                    Tom Ogletree
                    Founding Executive Director, Factor Fellowship
                    Emily Runey
                    Executive Assistant to Ben Sun and Emily Man
                    Gianna Santaniello
                    Principal, People & Networks
                    Carly Sappern
                    Operations Manager
                    Gabe Smoller
                    Designer
                    Jamie Sterrett
                    VP, Talent
                    Katheryn Thayer
                    VP of Brand and Marketing
                    Gina Yocom
                    VP, People & Networks
                    Anshu Aggarwal
                    Technical Advisor
                    John Allspaw
                    Technical Advisor
                    David Baiada
                    Healthcare Advisor
                    John Bermel
                    Healthcare Advisor
                    Eric Beyer
                    Healthcare Advisor
                    Binoy Bhansali
                    Healthcare Advisor
                    Pete Chen
                    COO Advisor
                    Irving Fain
                    Board Partner
                    Jason Harinstein
                    Board Partner
                    Brock Heckmann
                    Board Partner
                    Jenny Ismert
                    Healthcare Advisor
                    Mark Simpson
                    Board Partner
                    Ronald J. Kuerbitz
                    Healthcare Advisor
                    Zach Lessem
                    Growth Advisor
                    Marty Meyer
                    CFO Advisor
                    Steven Miller
                    CFO Advisor
                    Akshay Rathod
                    Growth Advisor
                    Alex Realmuto
                    Growth Advisor
                    Jeff Reekers
                    Marketing and Growth Advisor
                    Subham Agarwal
                    Fintech Advisor
                    Ahon Sarkar
                    Fintech Advisor

              Inspired by a commitment to New York City tech and the founders who bring it to life, Brad Svrluga and Ben Sun launched Primary in 2015 to build a different type of seed firm. With a mission to maximize impact, Primary has steadily built the most experienced and dynamic team in the seed landscape, anchored by the largest portfolio impact staff in the industry.

              What unifies us at Primary is that we're all builders, not just backers. We partner intimately on the very hard work of companies’ earliest stages, and we are constantly looking for new ways to expand our impact, build new capabilities, and continue to set the bar for just how impactful an investor can be. When we invest, we invest with all we’ve got.

              We've always been focused on New York City, and increasingly find the network we’ve built here also gives us access to top deals around the world.

            WHO WE ARE; HOW WE WORK

            These are the values that define how we work with founders.

                Dive deep

                  Go the extra mile and do the hard work to get to data-driven answers and insights.

                Work with the best

                  Expect nothing short of excellence and a hunger to win from colleagues, founders, and operators.

                Build a 'we' team

                  Collaborate meaningfully as a team and share expertise to deliver unparalleled support.

                Challenge what's 'possible'

                  Think creatively and build. We're not in the business of what's been done before, we're redefining what seed investing can be.

                Wear the founder's shoes

                  Trust is paramount. Start with empathy and curiosity, and work collaboratively to solve problems from founders’ perspective.

                Play to win

                  Consider every opportunity through the lens of ultimate success. Winning doesn’t mean squeaking by, it means being 10X better.

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