Christen Paras, MiddleGround Capital

Christen is a Director on the team and the head of our business development and investor relations platforms. Christen is based in New York and joins us from CoBe Capital, where she previously served as the head of global business development. Prior to CoBe Capital, Christen worked at Orion Consultants where she advised investment banks on managing their top institutional relationships and optimizing market position before, during and after the Great Recession (talk about job security). Christen received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and her MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Christen is unlucky in horse race betting, even when aided by Ellis (our personal handicapper) and multiple iPhone apps. However, while her love for technology failed her at the tracks, it is one of the reasons we hired her so she’s got that going for her. Apparently she is also a “club DJ” so we can’t wait to see her use her skills on the turn tables (if we can stay up that late). Christen has also solidified herself as the resident New Yorker on the team given her dual fan status of the New York Giants and the New York Yankees, which we found to be so basic.