Overview
- Gender
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male
- Investor Type
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Investment Partner,Angel
- Investor Stage
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Early stage Venture,Late Stage Venture,Seed
Rick Heitzmann is a Founder, Partner and Managing Director at FirstMark Capital. Mr. Heitzmann focuses on investments in emerging media, advertising, data, and information services. Rick has led or co-led many investments in market leaders in commerce (StubHub, acquired by eBay), gaming (Riot Games, acquired by Tencent), data services (First Advantage, NASDAQ: FADV; acquired by First American), advertising technology (Tapad), media (Pinterest), and more.
Previously, Rick was a Managing Director at Pequot Ventures, and a founding member of the senior management team at First Advantage (NASDAQ: FADV). At US Search, Rick, as the Senior Vice President of corporate development and member of the Board of Directors, led the public company turnaround.
Mr. Heitzmann graduated from Georgetown University with a B.S. in Business Administration and earned his M.B.A. from The Harvard Business School. Rick sits on the Board of Directors of Pinterest, Dashlane, Omaze, and Hubble Contacts among others. Rick is also on the Board of Directors of the New York Venture Capital Association.
Personal Investments
Rick Heitzmann has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on
Jan 1, 2010, when Pinterest raised $500K.
Jobs
Rick Heitzmann has 4 current jobs including
Board Member at Dashlane
,
Board Member at Pinterest
and
Board Member at Orchard
.