Chuck Isgar

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States8 yrs 3 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Co-founded a successful recruiting technology company.
  • Founded a newsletter focused on startup investment and governance.
  • Invested in multiple innovative startups.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capital and EdTech professional with strong leadership and operational skills.

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Early-stage StartupsGolfInterviewingMicrosoft OfficePhotojournalismSocial MediaStart-upsUI/UXWebsite Building

About

Operating for Turing. Scouting for Costanoa Ventures. Previously co-founded Intern From Home. Former Chief of Staff at Greylock software portco (Scenery). Graduate of HBS, Schwarzman Scholars, Brown University. Run a newsletter about boards and corporate governance (Above Board).

Experience

8 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 7 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Turing

Strategic Operations Lead & Head of University Partnerships

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Costanoa ventures

Scout

Sep 2024Present · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Invested in Palona AI, MediScan, WeGive, DocShield, Ornn AI

Altos ventures

MBA Investment Team Intern

Jun 2024Aug 2024 · 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Altos invests globally across B2B and consumer businesses at the Seed, Series A, and Series B stages.

Above board

Founder / Editor in Chief

Jan 2023Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • Founded Above Board with the goal of being the go-to resource for founders and VC investors to hear different perspectives on startup investment, board management, and corporate governance. Features Q&A's with investors and founders. Topics covered include how CEO's can prepare for their first board meeting, board formation, the role of independent directors, how to create board culture, and more.

Scenery

Chief of Staff

Jan 2022Jan 2023 · 1 yr

  • Served as right hand person to CEO, working together to set company’s strategic vision, product roadmap, team goals, and financial plan
  • Managed company's hiring processes (brought on 7 new hires), onboarded employees, planned company off-sites, and served as head of HR
  • Built Scenery’s initial sales pipeline and managed relationships with users and prospects
  • Co-led team’s marketing efforts, including creating social media posts and marketing newsletters sent to 6,000+ users

Intern from home

Co-Founder / CEO

Jan 2020Jan 2022 · 2 yrs

  • Intern From Home was a recruiting technology and educational content company that helped students and recent graduates find jobs and internships. We were named a Crisis Innovator and featured in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Business Insider, Rhode Island Inno, Providence Business News, Mashable, and more.

Stage venture partners

Associate

Jan 2020Jan 2021 · 1 yr

  • Sourced and evaluated new investment opportunities across B2B software verticals ranging from e-commerce to spacetech to robotics
  • Coordinated follow-on fundraising rounds for existing portfolio companies by making introductions to potential investors and supporting founders in-depth on their pitch deck, financial models, data room, and pitching strategy
  • Composed investment memorandums that were pivotal to syndicating rounds of fundraising
  • Wrote, designed, and sent monthly investor updates to thousands of subscribers
  • Envisioned and developed Stage VP's Startup Growth Series which featured Q&A's with senior leaders at portfolio companies
  • Created series of detailed thought pieces to help founders improve their pitch deck and fundraising preparation
  • Built and moderated Slack workspace for founders of the firm’s 30 portfolio companies to share best practices

Brown university entrepreneurship program

2 roles

Co-President

Jan 2019Jan 2020 · 1 yr · Providence County, Rhode Island, United States

Founder and Head, Roundtable Discussion Series at Brown University

Jan 2018Jan 2020 · 2 yrs · Providence County, Rhode Island, United States

  • Coordinated and moderated roundtable discussions where entrepreneurial-minded students chat with founders and investors who visit campus
  • Composed ‘Roundtable Recaps’ that highlighted key takeaways from each discussion and were shared with thousands of community members
  • Guests included: Steph Korey, Co-Founder and CEO of Away; Charlie Kroll, Co-Founder and President/COO of Ellevest; Rufus Griscom, Co-Founder of Babble (acquired by Disney); Rip Pruisken, Co-Founder of Rip Van Wafels; Tom First and Tom Scott, Co-Founders of Nantucket Nectars; Laura Thompson, Co-Founder of Runa

Alyce

Intern, Data Analysis and Business Development

Jan 2019Jan 2019 · 0 mo · Greater Boston

  • Analyzed Alyce’s internal data to formulate recommendations and best practices for customers
  • Developed Alyce’s knowledge-base / helpdesk to make it a go-to resource for clients
  • Assisted in the branding of Alyce focused on a human-centered customer approach
  • Alyce raised an $11.5M Series A in June 2019

Glynn capital

University Investment Fellow

Jan 2018Jan 2020 · 2 yrs · Menlo Park, California, United States

  • Pitched companies to the partners, detailing information about the company’s product/service, market, competition, team, etc.
  • Collaborated with a small team of Investment Fellows at universities across the US to compare and contrast tech trends
  • Served as a mentor to a new University Investment Fellow in their first year of the program

Brainchain

Founder

Jan 2018Jan 2019 · 1 yr · Providence County, Rhode Island, United States

  • BrainChain is an online platform for college students to easily find and form group study sessions
  • BrainChain successfully launched at Brown University in January 2019
  • Coordinated beta tests of new features; conducted surveys and interviews with testers to receive user feedback and suggestions
  • Managed 5 person technical team during platform development, providing UX/UI feedback on all screens

Qvantea capital

Analyst

Jan 2018Jan 2018 · 0 mo · Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area

  • Sourced and evaluated seed and scale-up stage technology startups across Europe
  • Conducted multi-hour interviews of founders of promising startups
  • Internally consulted for the firm; created and presented an ‘Action Plan to an Engaged Investor Network’ with an accompanying investor growth model
  • Established connections with entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and angel investors in Europe

Kudelski group

Lead on Branding and Marketing for LobiBox Startup Project

Jan 2017Jan 2018 · 1 yr · Greater Phoenix Area

  • Designed and built interactive website, including mobile optimization
  • Developed and managed SEO strategy to achieve top search engine results
  • Created sell sheet that was used for product promotion at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show
  • Formulated user stories that outlined uses of the product, serving as a guide for the Software Development team

Howard cdm

Intern, Estimating and Marketing Departments

Jan 2017Jan 2017 · 0 mo · Long Beach, California

  • Managed existing relationships with hundreds of subcontractors and formed new relationships
  • Compiled and reviewed bids for private and public construction jobs
  • Conducted post bid analysis to identify company strengths and weaknesses by division / trade
  • Photographed vendors in the company's SteelCraft restaurant space for marketing content
  • Analyzed social media metrics and strategies of vendors in the SteelCraft space

Instacart

Team Leader, Case Study Competition

Jan 2016Jan 2016 · 0 mo · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  • Devised an incentive-based compensation strategy to pay the “shoppers” of Instacart
  • Created Excel model that quantified the plan's rise in delivery efficiency and customer satisfaction
  • Presented team’s ideas in a 15 minute presentation to Instacart executives

Education

Harvard Business School

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Aug 2023May 2025

Schwarzman Scholars

Master in Global Affairs

Aug 2021Jun 2022

Brown University

Bachelor's degree

Emory University

Windward School

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