About Damian

Damian Murray is an investor at Level Up Ventures, where he backs founders who have historically lacked access to pre‑seed and seed funding. On Leland, he coaches candidates on breaking into venture capital and earning admits to master’s and graduate programs, including the Schwarzman Scholars program. Previously, Damian worked at Volvo Cars as an Investment Associate with the Tech Fund and as a Pension Fund Analyst. His experience also includes internship roles and fellowships with ByteDance, Microsoft’s venture fund, F‑Prime Capital, HBCUvc, and the Black Venture Capital Consortium. He holds a B.S. in Finance from Jackson State University, an M.S. in Technology Management from Columbia University as an HBCU Fellow, and an M.A. in Global Affairs from Tsinghua University as a Schwarzman Scholar.