Vance Dekker is an Investment Manager at Techstars, where he focuses on SaaS for legacy industries (quoting, procurement, physical AI) and fintech (embedded finance, novel underwriting, back office). He's passionate about partnering with founders to find product market fit and drive sales.
Prior, Vance founded and operated an art investment advisory in NYC for three years and briefly worked in PE. His passion for tech was spurred while studying with world-renowned media and systems theorists at Yale (BA) and investors at UChicago Booth (MA).