Venture Capital

Diane Mulcahy joined the Cooper Family Office with 20 years of investment experience. She is a private equity investor with experience managing a $500m portfolio of buyout, growth equity, and venture capital. At American Century Investments she built the strategy and operations of their $100m corporate venture capital fund from scratch and led investments in early to late-stage FinTech and technology startups. Previously, she was part of the healthcare team at Bessemer Venture Partners, investing Phipps family capital in early-stage healthcare and MedTech companies.

Diane worked in McKinsey’s corporate finance practice and has been an Adjunct Professor in the MBA program at Babson College for the past decade. She created and teaches the first MBA course on the Gig Economy, named by Forbes as one of the Top Ten Most Innovative Business School Classes in the country. She is also the author of The Gig Economy, a best-selling book which has been translated into five languages. Diane’s work has been featured in The Economist, the Financial Times, Forbes, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, Institutional Investor, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Diane holds Master in Public Policy (M.P.P.) and Bachelor (A.B.) degrees from Harvard University. Diane is currently a Visiting Fellow at Bruegel, Europe's leading economics think tank.

Neetu Puranikmath joined the Cooper Family Office focusing on both Venture Capital and Asian / Indian Private Markets. Neetu is an experienced venture capital investor, startup advisor, and financial operator. Previously she worked at Alumni Venture Group’s Basecamp Fund, where she was a generalist investing across a variety of sectors including healthcare, consumer, SaaS, fintech, and real estate, and led several international deals in emerging markets. Neetu  has experience working in startups, building SPVs, and advising early stage founders. Neetu has family based in India, and has a strong network based in South Asia and Singapore. She has tracked Asian macroeconomic trends and has experience diligencing companies and funds based in Asia. 

Neetu began her career working in Operations at YouTube and Google and was an Entrepreneur Mentor for the Clinton Global Initiative - University program. She earned a B.A. in politcal science from The University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from Oxford University. Her hobbies include philanthropy, tennis, art, and traveling. 

Julia Saltzstein joined the Cooper Family Office as an analyst and researcher in private equity and venture capital. Julia previously worked as a sales development representative at “The Selling Factory,” where she generated leads for customers by researching potential sales channels and developing relationships with prospects in target industries. Previously, Ms Saltzstein worked in the hospitality operations for Children’s Miracle Networks where she communicated with and marketed to businesses for sponsorships and donations. Julia attended the University of Florida, majoring in Business Administration with a Specialization in Pre-Law. As a student,  she served as the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programming for an organization of over 4,000 students. She is passionate about promoting equality in the workplace, and is an active member of the Stanford University Global Projects Center Investor’s Forum and the NYU Stern School of Business Family Office Council.