Calvin Cho

Co-founder & COO · D2C food brands · supply chain

Lighthouse Health

Austin, TX · CT (UTC-6)

14+ years experience

NYU

English

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Overview

Founder of Lighthouse Health (D2C food brands). 18 years of building before that. Took Lighthouse Health from zero to $12 million ARR. Raised $40 million across 2 rounds. Before that: General Motors and Nike. Most at home with consumer brands and supply chain.

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supply chainhiringconsumer brandsmarketing

RaisingRaising capital

closes in 3 months

Raising a $750k seed for warehouse robotics for nonprofits

Stage: Seed
Raising: $750k
Instrument: Priced round
Committed so far: Opening the round now
Lead investor: Looking for a lead
Traction: $222k MRR after 9 months
Use of funds: Go-to-market in two new countries

$222k MRR after 9 months. Looking for investors who know banking and can help with expansion into MENA.

Austin, TX · remote OKsupply chainconsumer brandshiring

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Experience

Co-founder & COO
Apr 2024 - Present
Lighthouse Health · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Austin, TX
- Previously built and sold a small D2C food brands company.
- Raised $24 million across 3 rounds.
- Took Lighthouse Health from zero to $1 million ARR.
Business Analyst
Dec 2021 - Apr 2024
General Motors · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Austin, TX
- Moved 93% of Android traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
Senior Consultant
Jun 2018 - Dec 2021
Nike · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Austin, TX
- Designed the operating model for a 16 thousand-person transformation.
- Delivered 26 engagements across 10 countries.
Business Analyst
Oct 2015 - Jun 2018
Salesforce · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Austin, TX
- Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 32 minutes to under 4.
Consultant
Sep 2012 - Oct 2015
Nike · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Austin, TX
- Designed the operating model for a 9 thousand-person transformation.

Projects

Side project: a habit tracker

2024

Built with supply chain and consumer brands. 4762 people used it last year.

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Education

NYU
BA, Engineering
2004 - 2008

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