West Quad Ventures

West Quad Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City, operating out of 444 Madison Avenue. The firm invests in early-stage startups that demonstrate the potential to become category leaders, with a particular emphasis on founding teams the partners believe in and business models oriented toward positive impact. West Quad Ventures is led by co-founder and General Partner Andreas Penna, a former high-tech executive with extensive international experience spanning mobile software and services, mobile operators, and OEM relationships across both US and European markets. Penna brings broad functional expertise in business development, strategic partnerships, product management, and corporate strategy and M&A, including prior experience at Microsoft. He holds a BBA from the University of Michigan and has received executive education in Marketing through a Duke Fuqua and Kellogg School of Management partnership. He also serves as a guest lecturer on negotiations strategy at Northwestern Law and Kellogg School of Management. The firm maintains an active portfolio of startup investments and provides updates on investments and portfolio news to its network. While West Quad Ventures is not a CPG manufacturer or supplier, it does invest across consumer and technology categories, potentially including consumer packaged goods and related sectors.