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Prior to joining Millennium, Cassandra founded Departure Capital to invest in category-defining frontier tech companies that are addressing humanity's biggest existential risks and opportunities. She backed companies including Privateer, Orbillion, Endiatx, NodeQ (quantum-secure software-defined overlay networking), Maxterial (better, cheaper, non-toxic replacement for hexavalent chromium coating), and Meliora (carbon offset verification and marketplace). Previously, she specialized in early stage, global deep tech investments as a Principal for Upheaval Investments of Chicago and San Francisco, a family office-backed fund focused on funding massive companies with advanced underlying technologies. She supported portfolio companies such as Atomos, HaptX, Reniac, and Passbase. Prior to VC, Cassandra consulted C-suite executives of global companies on local partnership and market expansion opportunities in Greater China and Southeast Asia, led international sales teams and exceeded sales targets as an individual contributor for software and technology solutions, investigated and headed up the U.S. (new market) expansion for a Danish branding and design firm focused on early and growth stage deep tech startups, and has been the first and only commercial hire at nascent tech businesses, including a cloud startup, and a software development firm specializing in legacy software maintenance and modernization. She leverages a global perspective and network, having lived and worked across the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East regions (U.S., Mexico, UK, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, and UAE). Cassandra actively contributes to the ecosystem through advising, angel investing, mentorship, and community building. She is an active mentor and advisor for global accelerators and programs including the Creative Destruction Lab, Alchemist Accelerator, Techstars Industries of the Future & AI, Starburst Aerospace, IEEE Entrepreneurship & Tech Transfer, and Hello Tomorrow. She is also an active speaker, panelist, and writer. Cassandra is dedicated to supporting diverse and underrepresented founding teams, as well as leveling the playing field for funders to support a sustainable and diverse generational transition within the venture capital industry. Cassandra holds an MBA from the Quantic School of Business and Technology, and a B.A. in International Relations with coursework in cybersecurity and computer science from Brown University, where she played on the D1 varsity golf team. She speaks English (native), German (business fluent), Spanish (conversational; business basic), and Russian (elementary). Cassandrais a lifelong athlete, third degree black belt, and enjoys fitness, the outdoors and extreme adventures.

Sharadh is an Investor at Millennium New Horizons, where he focuses on AI/ML, Consumer, and AgTech opportunities. Prior to Millennium, Sharadh was an Investment Associate at Stephen M. Ross’s family office private equity firm, RSE Ventures. Here, he was responsible for supporting portfolio companies and analyzing, evaluating, and executing new investment opportunities within the consumer, media/entertainment, and propTech sectors. Sharadh began his career at Accenture Ventures, where he specialized in cybersecurity and enterprise SaaS acquisitions. Before that, Sharadh interned at Chicago-based Industrials PE firm, CIVC Partners. Sharadh grew up in Nebraska and hails from Northwestern University, where he holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences (MMSS) and Economics and received a Certificate in Financial Economics from the Kellogg School of Management.

Jay is a Managing Partner of Millennium New Horizons, where he focuses on early-stage investments across all emerging technologies. Jay led the firm’s investments in Syntiant and Rapid Robotics, among others. Jay served as a seasoned executive across several tech giants including Samsung, SK, and Intel. Jay led the e- Mobility Group at SK Group, driving investments and acquisitions within the electrification and alternative energy sectors. Here, he led the investment in Volta Charging (VLTA) and advised their $300M joint venture with SunRun. He also supported Executive Vice Chairman Chey, the younger brother of Chairman Chey, overseeing the businesses of the key SK companies such as SK Hynix, SK Telecom, SK Innovation, SK Holdings, and SK On, an EV battery manufacturer.

Prior to SK, Jay was a vice president & managing director at Samsung Ventures, focusing on e-Mobility, autonomous driving, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, data centers, and semiconductors. His key investments include SolidFire (acq. by NetApp), SeaMicro (acq. by AMD), PureStorage, Tilera (acq. By Mellanox), YellowBrick, CNEX Labs, Kazan Networks (acq. by Western Digital), Daintree Networks (acq. by GE), Quanergy, and Oculii (acq. by Ambarella). Jay spent the earlier stages of his career in various leadership roles at Intel, where he successfully launched and managed their flagship mobile and laptop product lines.

Rapid Robotics

Syntiant

Ray is a Managing Partner of Millennium New Horizons, where he focuses on venture and growth across all emerging technologies. Ray led the firm's investments in Mistral, CoreWeave, Gori Company, Joby Aviation, and more. Prior to Millennium, Ray was a venture capitalist at Rho Ventures, where he focused on investments in internet, software, and clean technology. He was involved with Rho’s investments in ChargePoint, OMGPOP (acq. by Zynga), and others. Ray also serves as a founding-advisor to Komodo Health and was previously an advisor to HackHands (acq. by PluralSight). Ray graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Systems Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.