Venture with Grace Dylan Itzikowitz, South Park Commons - AI/Enterprise/Early Stage Tech
Dylan Itzikowitz is a Principal at South Park Commons (SPC) in New York City, where he focuses on early-stage investments across sectors such as cloud, fintech, biotech, and consumer products (CPG). He previously spent three years as a Principal at Expa in NYC, backing startups like KnockApp and Northflank and cultivating the local startup community through meet-ups and events reaching thousands of people. Earlier in his career, he was an investor at Founders Factory in London and co-founded The Forward Movement, a social innovation initiative that earned a national leadership award for improving accessibility. He holds a Master’s from the London School of Economics and even calls himself a “habitual dot connector,” reflecting his commitment to supporting exceptional early-stage founders globally. Dylan’s investment lens spans technologies from AI and cybersecurity to fintech and consumer products, always with an eye toward innovative, founder-driven ventures.Topics:
- The Two-Way Street of Early-Stage Investing: How VCs and founders vet each other and build partnerships
- Building Startup Communities: The power of networking, mentorship and “dot connecting” in founder success
- AI, Fintech, and the Next Big Thing: Investing across emerging tech sectors and championing diverse, global innovators