About
Prior to founding Rough Diamond Capital in 2017, Sam led the Research & Data Analytics team at L2 Inc., a digital intelligence and benchmarking firm acquired by Gartner in 2017. From 2010 to 2014, he worked as an equity research analyst on a top-ranked team first at Credit Suisse, and then at Evercore ISI. Prior to business school, he served as Vice President of Marketing for Oth Couture, a fashion startup that was acquired in 2007. From 2002 to 2005, Sam owned and operated Paragon Colorworks, a commercial printing services agency that was one of the leaders in transitioning the industry from analog to digital. Sam started his career as an investment banking analyst for the famed M&A boutique firm Wasserstein Perella & Co. (now part of Commerzbank). Sam earned an MBA in Finance from the Kellogg School of Management and a BA in Economics from Stanford University.
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- • 226 investors hold the Founder & Managing Partner role in VCSift. Samuel Lee is one of them.
- • 2,641 investors are based in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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