About

Brian Mac Mahon, the founder of Expert DOJO, has consulted and coached in over 35 countries bringing a global perspective to starting and growing a small business. He has been teaching the power of connecting in a community and the process of turning a pay it forward mindset into a revenue generator for years. Brian combines this teaching with the experience of working with thousands of small business over the years. Brian heads the Expert DOJO high-performance accelerator and has access to thousands of experts and mentors who will help any entrepreneur find what they need to pursue their small business dream. He has spoken all over the world about the most efficient ways to start, grow and expand any business. He is a vital partner for any small business team.

Nektar is a serial Founder and Entrepreneur, with more than 20 years experience in International Business Development,  IT Project Management, IT Business Consulting and E-Learning. Successfully delivered IT products and services for the UN, European Commission, European Parliament, organizations and private held companies in several countries. With formal education in Maths (AUTH), International Business (Penn) & MBA (Sheffield).

Isabelle heads everything investment related at Expert DOJO and knows the entire ecosystem of investors who she syndicates our follow-on investments with.

Prior to joining the DOJO she founded and ran a top real estate business in the city center of Stockholm, Sweden

Sophie specializes in helping entrepreneurs become more successful with their marketing efforts. With 6 years of professional experience as a marketing manager she has helped several startups getting established. Sophie loves beating Brian Mac Mahon in tennis.

Chris Harvey has been practicing law for over 10 years as a transactional lawyer. Primary experience includes representation of early stage venture capital funds, accelerators, venture studios, startups and other fund related businesses. Firm clients are typically under $50 million AUM.

Chris regularly represents VCs and investors in fund formations, investment deal structures, business contracts, corporate transactions, mergers & acquisitions, and all matters related to venture capital investment and funding.

Thomas is currently an Associate at Expert DOJO, an International Early-Stage Startup Accelerator where he is responsible for sourcing startups into the program, performing due diligence as well as overseeing all follow-on investments.

Prior to Expert DOJO, Thomas was an early-stage Investor with OneTraction based in Palo Alto. Prior to that he founded myNexio and C3ntric as founder or Co-founder.

Before, Thomas spent 13 years with Skyworks, most recently as Senior Director with responsibilities for business & product strategy, operations, customer support and M&A.

Thomas earned an engineering degree from University of Ulm (Dipl. Ing.), and received his business education at the Anderson School of business at UCLA.

Jonathan Wallace joined Expert Dojo upon its inception as an investment analyst. Over the course of the next 3 years he established relationships with some of the largest venture capital funds in the world and helped dozens of startups raise investment.  Jonathan is now the investment director for Expert Dojo and oversees all follow on investments. For information on investment email jon@expertdojo.com

Genevieve LeMarchal is the Head of Healthcare ventures for Expert Dojo, the most active early stage start-up accelerator and fund in Southern California. She invests in pre seed and seed stage companies all over the world. She advises and structures deals for early stage tech, life sciences, healthcare and digital health startups. She is also an advisor and consultant to early stage companies and founders, and advises emerging venture capital funds, corporate venture capital funds and individual investors on early stage investing, capitalization, risk analysis and strategy. Companies in her portfolio include life sciences, digital health, XR tech, consumer brands, beauty and more. Genevieve is a frequent panelist, presenter and keynoter on entrepreneurial, finance and technical topics, and a champion for female founders.   

Genevieve previously served as a Partner at a new science and deep technology advisory and fund in formation and was General Partner of FoundersPad VC, and a founding board member of XXCelerate Fund. Prior to venture capital she was a serial entrepreneur with a wide range of experience ranging from tech to consumer brands.  

Genevieve is a recent transplant to Southern California from the Pacific Northwest. She has an MBA from University of Washington and an undergraduate degree from Washington State University. 

Silvia is a world Famous Psychocologist Ph.D. with over 15 years on top-rated television shows.  She is the author of 5 best sellers and has owned multiple companies in the healthcare research industry after working as the regional project director in Latin America for IMS Health. She continues to be responsible for major healthcare projects globally.

Jonathan Hung is Co-Managing Partner of Unicorn Venture Partners and Partner at Trousdale Ventures. He is an experienced professional with expertise in operations management, finance, business development, multinational business strategy, entrepreneurship, networking, data analysis, and leadership.

Jonathan has experience running U.S. and China offices as the President of United Overseas Textile Corporation, which is an international clothing manufacturing and textile business. UOTC specializes in designing and manufacturing apparel in partnership with retailers such as Amazon, Burlington, and Costco. In addition, he is the Managing Member for his family investment office, J Heart Ventures, which has made investments into startup companies such as Boulevard, ChowNow, Clover Health, Daily Harvest, DocSend, Gyft, LeafLink, Miso Robotics, Solugen etc.

Jonathan has also worked at Morgan Stanley, UBS, and Cummins.

He holds various degrees from the University of Southern California, London School of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Anastasia focuses on performing research according to Expert DOJO’s cohort companies’ investment needs. She researches and analyses all types of investors from venture capital firms to angels and matches them up with the companies in the Expert DOJO network to assist with their fundraising. 

Anastasia also manages and maintains relationships with the current and past cohort companies. On the side, she is working on building and developing an internal database to support the investment team. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.