Vincent Hankes

Vincent Hankes is a Partner at Thrive Capital based in New York City, where he focuses on technology and software startup investments across all funding stages. Since joining the venture firm in 2019, he has led or contributed to high-profile investments in major technology companies, including OpenAI, Stripe, SpaceX, and Databricks. Hankes currently holds board of director positions at seven enterprise software and technology firms, including Airtable, Benchling, Console, Isomorphic, and Lattice. Prior to his current tenure at Thrive Capital, he worked as an institutional investor at Tiger Global Management from 2017 to 2019. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan's Stephen M. Ross School of Business. His professional background centers entirely on identifying and scaling high-impact technology enterprises through strategic venture capital deployment and active corporate board governance.