§ 04 / Team

Six people. One office.

No regional partners. No associates routing your deck. The same people who lead diligence sit in your board meetings and pick up the phone when something breaks.

Portrait of Edward H. Van Alen

Edward H. Van Alen

Managing Partner · Fintech & Capital Markets

Founded Carnegie Hill in 2018. Earlier: principal at Apollo's growth fund and a decade at Goldman Sachs in financial institutions coverage. Leads investments in fintech and capital-markets infrastructure.

Portrait of Margaret Chen

Margaret Chen

Partner · Product & Vertical Enterprise

Joined in 2020 to lead investments in vertical enterprise and consumer-adjacent software. Earlier a product leader at Warby Parker and an early product manager at Squarespace.

Portrait of Julian Ashford III

Julian Ashford III

Partner · Capital Markets & Exits

Twelve years at Lazard in M&A — most recently as a Director in Financial Sponsors. Joined in 2021 to advise later-stage portfolio companies on financing, secondary, and exit strategy.

Portrait of Priya Desai

Priya Desai

Principal · Portfolio Operations

Leads operating support for the portfolio — go-to-market, hiring, and the institutional introductions that are the firm's quiet product. Earlier at Gotham Ventures and Sidewalk Labs.

Portrait of Samuel Okafor

Samuel Okafor

Associate · Sourcing & Technical Diligence

Sources and runs first-pass technical diligence across the firm's identity and fintech investments. Reads every inbound deck. Joined in 2024 from a New York real-time payments startup.

Portrait of Lena Kovacs

Lena Kovacs

Head of Operations

Runs the firm — fund operations, finance, LP communications, and the office on Madison. Earlier at Bridgewater Associates and a small-batch family office. Holds the firm's licenses.

Upper East Side brownstone row, Madison Avenue
Tuesday · 9am ET · Madison Avenue Investment committee meets once a week. Everyone is in the room.
Madison Avenue brownstone row
The office · Madison Avenue, Suite 8B
Carnegie Hill mansion facade
Partner dinners · Held monthly, always in-person
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