Joan Schriger - Founding Partner, CEO
Joan has over 20 years of industry experience. Before launching Huntington Allen, she was Senior Managing Director with Advanced Equities, Inc where she led efforts in institutional sales with extensive relationships across RIA’s, foundations, endowments, and hedge funds. Joan also launched the organization’s first late stage venture fund. Joan was a leader in raising capital for technology companies in the late-stage venture space from Kleiner Perkins, Benchmark Capital, Doll Capital, Khosla Ventures, and others. She was instrumental in securing lead investors and negotiating terms for nearly $1 Billion in completed transactions. As an industry veteran, Joan has spent her time largely focused on business development, product development and management for firms based on a highly quantitative investment approach such as AXA Rosenberg and Dimensional Fund Advisors. Joan was also one of the founding team to launch OffRoad Capital, the first internet-based private equity market in 1999. Prior to this, Joan began her career in the investment community with Montgomery Securities, which was followed by several years with Robertson Stephens, both in the Institutional Sales Group, and RS Mutual Funds. Joan earned her BS from University of California, Berkeley in 1986. She is also a World Champion Masters Swimmer and a record-holder for her English Channel crossing.
