Erik Stettler
Verified Expert in Finance
Management Consulting Expert
New York, NY, United States
Toptal member since November 21, 2017
A data scientist and Harvard MBA with distinction, Erik co-founded a global venture capital fund and has invested in 50 startups that have raised over $500 million, realizing six exits. He previously led analyses for cases including restructurings of $3 billion in global operations and M&A deals worth over $10 billion. Erik's work has been noted in Forbes, CNBC, and HBR. He speaks four languages and serves as Toptal's Chief Economist, leading analyses on the talent economy and future of work.
Career Highlights
Education Highlights
Case Studies
Industry Expertise
Other Expertise
Work Experience
Founding Partner
Firstrock Capital
- Funded 50 global tech companies that have raised a capital of over $500 million. Realized six exits.
- Invested early in Clipboard Health, raised 93M at 1.3B valuation; Pachama, raised 93M; Authy, exit; Bluesmart, raised 25.6M; Streem, exit; Meural, raised 9.3M, exit; Snappr, raised 13M; Trueface, raised 5M, exit; and Stabilitas, raised 5M, exit.
- Worked with portfolio companies in all elements of the product, business development and growth, fundraising, and financial strategy.
- Built a statistical platform for portfolio companies to analyze growth trends across user cohorts, client actions most associated with long-term engagement, the impact of product updates on growth and engagement, and funding needs.
- Closed a global group of limited partners (LPs) and worked with several of them to strengthen the data and financial strategies of their own multinational financial and industrial companies.
Financial Analyst | Project Leader
NERA Economic Consulting
- Conducted statistical and financial analyses and led project teams directly under the chairman of the global securities practice to help US and European clients including financial institutions and consumer product and technology companies with challenges including M&A transactions worth over $10 billion and restructuring of over $3 billion in global subsidiaries.
- Conducted analyses in derivatives modeling, econometrics, valuation, and client population evolution.
- Led senior business development strategy sessions and firm-wide R&D projects on the implications of market events such as the subprime collapse, reporting to the firm's clients.
- Created expert reports and presentations to communicate results of analyses to clients' senior management, attorneys, and the courts if the case occurred in the context of legal actions.
Financial Analyst
Amaranth
- Analyzed pricing and risk parameters for options and convertible bonds alongside fund portfolio managers.
- Modeled macro-arbitrage opportunities, high-frequency volatility, derivatives payoff, and restructuring.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree in General Management
Harvard University - Boston, MA, USA
Bachelor's Degree in Economics
Pomona College - Claremont, CA, USA
Skills
Finance
Capital Raising, Valuations, FP&A, Seed Fundraising, Crowdfunding Design, Fundraising, M&A (Buy-side), M&A, Investment Thesis Consulting, Financial Modeling, Derivative Pricing, Risk Models
Industry Expertise
Financial Markets, Venture Capital, Banking Consulting
Geographic Expertise
United States, Latin America (LATAM)
Output Software
Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, Excel Development
Other
Real Options Reasoning, Business Modeling, Risk Modeling, Data Science, Statistics, Emerging Markets, STATA, Early-stage Venture Capital, Fintech, Excel VBA, Derivatives Consulting, Business Planning, Growth Strategy, Startup Development, Google Drive Development, Microsoft 365, Python
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