Elena Torres

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Partner at Saltwater Seed Fund | ex-Johnson & Johnson

Saltwater Seed Fund
Philadelphia, PA · ET (UTC-5)
10+ years experience
UC Berkeley
English
Investing
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Overview

I invest in AI applications at Saltwater Seed Fund, usually at pre-seed and seed. Sit on 2 boards. Most at home with venture capital and product. Marathoner (12 so far).

Good reasons to reach out
  • Founders building in ML infrastructure
  • Working sessions on venture capital
  • Questions about ML infrastructure
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Replies between meetings, usually same day

Skills
applied MLproductventure capital
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $50k cheques into Series An AI applications in Europe

Cheque size
$50k
Stages
Series A
Sectors
ML infrastructure
Geographies
US and Europe
Lead or follow
Lead
Decision time
10 business days
How I help
First enterprise customers and pricing

Happy to follow a strong lead. Decisions within 1 weeks.

Philadelphia, PA · remote OKventure capitalproductapplied ml
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Experience

  1. Partner
    Nov 2024 - Present
    Saltwater Seed Fund · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Philadelphia, PA
    • Mentored 6 engineers through their first promotion.
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 24 minutes to under 2.
    • Led the migration of 38 services to applied ML.
  2. Senior Account Executive
    Feb 2021 - Nov 2024
    Johnson & Johnson · 3 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Philadelphia, PA
    • Shortened the enterprise sales cycle from 12 months to 3.
  3. Partnerships Manager
    Dec 2019 - Feb 2021
    Lyft · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Philadelphia, PA
    • Signed 23 channel partners that now source 21% of pipeline.
    • Closed 142% of quota two years running.
  4. Account Executive
    Aug 2018 - Dec 2019
    IBM · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Philadelphia, PA
    • Signed 7 channel partners that now source 15% of pipeline.
    • Opened 7 new logos over $5 million ACV in the region.
  5. Sales Development Representative
    Jul 2016 - Aug 2018
    Capital One · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Philadelphia, PA
    • Opened 4 new logos over $1 million ACV in the region.
    • Signed 13 channel partners that now source 37% of pipeline.

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Education

  1. UC Berkeley
    BA, Business Administration
    1998 - 2002

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