Management Manager

LUCA TOSCANI

Palo Alto, CA H : ( ***) * ** - **** C: ( 650) 283 - 3681 ********@*****.***

E xecutive Profile

Accomplished financial professional and entrepreneur, with 17 years of experience in banking,

investment management, and start -up environments, developed across Europe, U.S, and Asia. A solid

leader with demonstrated ability to roll up his sleeves and spearhead bold new initiatives and ventures,

and with the perseverance to follow through on action plans, generating significant profits for his

employers, partners and investors in highly uncertain environments. A meticulous professional who, with

an air of humility, brings strong quantitative skills, strategic thinking and sound business judgment .

Recently returned to the US to pursue an opportunity that can have impact as well as financial upside.

S kill Highlights

Analytical, Hardworking, Self-motivated Start-Ups/Operations Start-Up

Problem Solver, Cross-Cultural and Curious Team Building

International Finance, Investing, Venture Organizational Restructure/Change

Investment Banking Negotiations

Business/Strategic Development Partnerships

Capital Raising Profit Generation

C ore Accomplishments

Profit and Return Generation :

Initiative to co-found KRM Fund and launch China business for Keating Investments resulted in the most

profitable investment that our firm ever made (10+ MM of profits for partners and investors).

Start-up Operations and Management :

Built several companies and teams from scratch in US and China. Developed extensive C-Level

management experience within small enterprises. Handled all functions and facets of investment

banking and ecommerce businesses.

Investments and Transactions:

Attained well-rounded experience and success on both buy-side and sell-side efforts. Co-founded and co-

managed KRM Fund (fully exited with 36% IRR); managed $250 MM long/short portfolio; raised $42 MM of

capital for clients; directly involved in origination, execution and closing of 10+ investment transactions.

P rofessional Experience

F ounder and CEO J an 2012 to Sep 2013

M IXR – S hanghai, China

Online and offline start-up venture selling affordable luxury products targeting sophisticated middle-

class women in China.

Spearheaded strategy, operations, management, and capital raising efforts.

Raised $700,000 from angel investors.

Managed staff of 15 employees.

Led launch of website and opening of 5 points of sales in Shanghai and Shenzhen.

Achieved combined online/offline revenues of $400,000 (annualized) in summer of 2013. Business

sold to competitor Zooq.com in September 2013.

F ounder and Presiden t J an 2010 to Dec 2011

A vant Capital Group, Inc . S hanghai, China

VC and PE advisory firm focused on high growth and China -US cross-border transactions.

Managed team of 10 professionals.

Closed 3 venture capital transactions and raised an aggregate amount of capital of $42 MM.

P artner J ul 1999 to Dec 2009

K eating Investments, LLC S an Francisco, CA

Boutique investment management partnership with offices in San Francisco and Denver.

2-man partnership sold first financial structuring venture to competitor for 5-year carried interest.

Co-founded and co-managed KRM Fund. IRR of 36% a year. Exited last position in Dec 2007.

Strengthened company's business by leading the development of Chinese business from 2003 until 2009.

Founded KI's Asia affiliate (Keating Asia, Inc.) in 2006. Developed and directed its development

strategy. Managed team of 12-15 professionals.

Spearheaded all KI's Chinese deals, resulting in $13 MM total returns for KRM Fund (60% of total returns

net of incentive fees) and additional fees for KI partners of $5 MM. Sold KI equity stake at the end of

2009 to found Avant Capital Group and, later, MIXR.

F und Manager O ct 1997 to Feb 1999

M edici Capital Management L ondon, U.K.

Prominent London-based Hedge Fund.

Created and traded equity arbitrage, market neutral, strategies.

Managed long/short portfolio of $250 MM.

StatArb team's combined books posted $4 MM net profit, Sharpe ratio of 3.2, and annualized

unleveraged returns of 13.5%.

E quity Trader and Arbitrageur F eb 1996 to Sep 1997

B ear Stearns International L ondon, U .K.

Co-managed $13 MM proprietary book; ran MIB30 tracking portfolio hedged with index futures.

Achieved annualized out-performance of +2.0%.

E ducation

B achelor of Science, E conomics and Quantitative Studies

Venice University, Ca' Foscari Italy

Graduated Summa Cum Laude. Top 5% of Class. 4.0 GPA.

Graduation Thesis: "A Neural Network Application for the Prediction of Financial Distress in the UK ".

Scholarship

Warwick University United Kingdom

Scholarship awarded to 2 students only.

Classes in Econometrics, Corporate Strategy, Computer Programming.

T singhua - Harvard University VC/PE E xecutive Education Course

Tsinghua University Beijing, China

A dditional Information

LinkedIn Profile: linkedin.com/in/ltoscani

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