
TEAM
OUR TEAM UNITES BEST-IN-CLASS INVESTMENT AND OPERATING EXPERIENCE
Chris Thomas
Co-Founder & Partner
Chris is a co-founder and partner at Assembly Ventures. Detroit, Berlin and Silicon Valley. He served as a board member and serves as a board advisor at Metropolis; serves as a board member at Digit; and serves as a board observer at Dephy, Monogoto, ONE and Sortera. Co-founded the Detroit Mobility Lab, the Michigan Mobility Institute and Fontinalis Partners. Served in the U.S. Army in the U.S. and Iraq. Worked at UBS in its Tech & Energy groups in San Francisco and New York. Degrees from the Yale School of Management and Michigan State University. Ascribes to the doctrine of the strenuous life.
Jessica Robinson
Co-Founder & Partner
Jessica Robinson is a Co-Founder & Partner at Assembly Ventures. Board member at NAVIT. 10+ years in mobility strategy and operations including Zipcar (IPO 2011) and Ford City Solutions. Launched 6 global corporate accelerators with Techstars. Harvard Business School Young American Leader.
Felix Scheuffelen
Co-Founder & Advisor
Felix Scheuffelen is a Co-Founder & Advisor at Assembly Ventures. Co-founded Beyond1435 industry consortium. Scaled Plug and Play Ventures in Germany into automotive and rail. Co-founded and led Groupon Brazil to group IPO. First investor in Loggi via Iporanga Ventures. Deep ops know-how via Rocket internet.
Sujoy Sarkar
Director
Sujoy Sarkar is a Director at Assembly Ventures. 10+ years of global investing and operating experience across technology, consumer & mobility industries. Former Head of Corporate Development at BYTON. Helped launch a quantitative macro hedge fund and research company that was sold to Forbes. Ex investment banker at JPMorgan & RBC Capital Markets.
John Cullen
Senior Analyst
John Cullen is a Senior Analyst at Assembly Ventures. Selected as a 2023 Venture for America Fellow. Recent graduate of Georgetown's McDonough School of Business studying Operations and Information Management. Leads Assembly's market sector research reports and event operations.