Danko Betzhold

- Reported on market trends using fundraising data, press monitoring and Google Analytics reports to support Newfund’s transatlantic investment strategy. - Developed fundraising strategy insights by partaking in first calls with entrepreneurs seeking VC investment and weekly meetings of the investment team. - Gained industry knowledge by attending tech conferences and round tables in Paris.

- Promoted Newfund’s industry leadership and reputation with investors and entrepreneurs through social media marketing, LP content, and themed studies, resulting in 17.5% growth of LinkedIn followers and 45% growth of blog subscribers. - Developed the branding platform and marketing content to successfully attract $25M in LP funding required to launch Newfund’s brain tech fund Heka. - Edited videos, assisted in the launch of two podcast channels, prepared company decks, and drafted newsletters.

- Studied how poverty and race impact attitudes toward COVID-19 policies in California by coding interviews using MAXQDA. - Gained understanding on how media and group affiliation shape political cleavages in U.S. politics.

- Led an artistic youth network in the context of the annual European arts festival “Reims – Scènes d’Europe” aimed at fostering European solidarity in a team of 12. - Designed a workshop to discuss the socio-political themes of the artistic productions. - Organized 2 community events, edited videos using Final Cut Pro X for the Franco-German cultural magazine Szenic, and translated a 30-page theater play from Spanish to English.

- Collaborated with businesspeople in the import-export industry, social entrepreneurs, attorneys, Border Patrol personnel, and the General Consuls of Mexico and the United States. - Assessed the role of the local community as a driving factor behind entrepreneurial ventures and infrastructure projects. Presented findings to the U.S. General Consul to Mexico, organization members, and donors. - Interacted with migrants at detention centers, refugee shelters, and at the U.S. port of entrance.

Top 10% of class (cum laude)

GPA: 3.83/4.00 (cum laude)

GPA: 3.73/4.00