Jerry Colonna (financier)
Encyclopedia
Jerry Colonna was among the best-known venture capitalists in New York City and played a prominent part in the early development of Silicon Alley
. He is currently a life and business coach and serves on the Board of Trustees at Naropa University.
and Edward R. Murrow High School
.
, Jerry launched Flatiron Partners in August 1996. Flatiron became one of the most successful, early stage investment programs in the New York City area, with investments in notable successes and failures such as comScore Networks, Geocities
, New York Times Digital, PlanetOut, Return Path, Standard Media International, and Starmedia.
Subsequent to Flatiron, Colonna was with JPMorgan Chase, and he was named co-Executive Director of NYC2012, an organization representing New York City in the competition to host the 2012 Olympic Games.
On July 2, 2001, Colonna was named to the Advisory Board of Silicon Alley Entrepreneurs Club.
Colonna also worked at CMG@Ventures L.P. and CMP Media Inc.
Silicon Alley
Silicon Alley is a nickname for an area with a concentration of Internet and new media companies in Manhattan, New York City. Originally, the term referred to the cluster of such companies extending from the Flatiron District down to SoHo and TriBeCa along the Broadway corridor, but as the location...
. He is currently a life and business coach and serves on the Board of Trustees at Naropa University.
Naropa University
Naropa University is a private American liberal arts university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1974 by Tibetan Buddhist teacher and Oxford University scholar Chögyam Trungpa, it is named for the eleventh-century Indian Buddhist sage Naropa, an abbot of Nalanda.Naropa describes itself as...
Early life
Colonna attended and graduated from Queens CollegeQueens College, City University of New York
Queens College, located in Flushing, Queens, New York City, is one of the senior colleges of the City University of New York. It is also the fifth oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning. The college's seventy seven acre campus is located in the heart of the...
and Edward R. Murrow High School
Edward R. Murrow High School
Edward R. Murrow High School, is located in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, New York City, New York and is part of the New York City Department of Education....
.
Career
With his partner, Fred WilsonFred Wilson (financier)
Fred Wilson is a New York-based venture capitalist and a prominent blogger. Due to his successful investment track record and community involvement, he is recognized as a leading voice of the venture capital finance community in New York...
, Jerry launched Flatiron Partners in August 1996. Flatiron became one of the most successful, early stage investment programs in the New York City area, with investments in notable successes and failures such as comScore Networks, Geocities
GeoCities
Yahoo! GeoCities is a web hosting service, currently available only in Japan.GeoCities was originally founded by David Bohnett and John Rezner in late 1994 as Beverly Hills Internet . In its original form, site users selected a "city" in which to place their web pages...
, New York Times Digital, PlanetOut, Return Path, Standard Media International, and Starmedia.
Subsequent to Flatiron, Colonna was with JPMorgan Chase, and he was named co-Executive Director of NYC2012, an organization representing New York City in the competition to host the 2012 Olympic Games.
On July 2, 2001, Colonna was named to the Advisory Board of Silicon Alley Entrepreneurs Club.
Colonna also worked at CMG@Ventures L.P. and CMP Media Inc.