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Geoffrey Arone 

Geoffrey is a serial entrepreneur who has raised over $33 million in total venture investment for his companies in the past five years, and has aided many other companies, at a board or advisory level, from incorporation, to funding, to acquisition, and in some cases shutdown. His passion is demonstrated in his ability to create business opportunities, build teams, and attract outside investment.
Prior to founding LargeCorp, Geoffrey was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Bessemer Venture Partners. In this role, Geoffrey participated in partner meetings and helped to identify and evaluate new and existing opportunities, while assisting portfolio companies with their product, marketing, and BD strategies. While at Bessemer, Geoffrey founded "A Large Corporation, Inc.", a social media company that runs DanceJam and cliKball. 

Mr. Arone also founded Flock, a social web browser based on Firefox that helps people exchange photos and video as they browse the Web. To date, Flock has been downloaded and installed by nearly 7 million people worldwide.
Geoffrey has an MBA focused on New Product and Venture Development from MIT, where he was president of the MIT Sloan Entrepreneurs and was one of the winners of the business plan competition for MIT. Also while at MIT Geoffrey worked for Navigator Technology Ventures (a division of Draper Labs) where he helped to evaluate investments ranging from electronics to medical devices.
Mr. Arone also holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Neural Science from Brown University and has pursued Ph.D. studies in Neuroscience.

 

 

 
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