Business Operations
Allium- Streamlining and building processes across Growth, Product Marketing, Product, Internal Ops, Talent, Finance, and Legal simultaneously
Kimberly Chen
I'm in Business Operations at Allium, based in New York by way of the Bay Area. Before this, I helped scale Investor Relations at Pantera Capital and worked across Legal & Compliance at Blackstone. I spent my first few years in finance and now build in tech :)
01 — About
Outside of work, I like reading historical fiction, avidly cooking (and occasionally baking, but I largely leave my mom to dominate the oven), going to workout classes (even spin, though I don't know how to ride a bike), bumping 2000s hip hop, and watching crime shows with my partner.
02 — Highlights
2026 —
Building Business Operations across Growth, Product, Talent, Finance & Legal at Allium
7
Functions streamlined at once
$400M+
Raised leading Investor Relations at Pantera Capital
2×
IR team scaled at Pantera
2025 —
Sponsorship Director, Out4Undergrad
03 — Work
Currently
Previously
Senior Investor Relations Associate
Pantera Capital- Right hand to the Head of Investor Relations, scaled the team 2x and helped raise $400M+ along the way
- Learned a lot about VC, fundraising, and operating
LP Communications Analyst
Blackstone- Worked across Legal & Compliance, Institutional Client Solutions, and Private Equity deal teams covering Real Estate and Asset-Based Finance
- Also learned big finance was not for me
Internships
Legal
Kobre & Kim LLP- Learned that corporate law wasn't for me but finance might be (spoiler, it wasn't)
Global Strategic Research
Dentons- Delivered research reports to Partner+ level stakeholders, including the Chairman & CEO, for a $3B law firm
Legal & Communications
Hunniwell Lake Ventures- Wore a bunch of hats at a medtech VC firm with <10 people
Volunteering
Sponsorship Director
Out4Undergrad- Previously: Mentor (Fall 2025), Conference Volunteer (2025), Conference Sponsor (2024), Campus Ambassador (2022–2023), Conference Student (O4U Business 2022)
Mentor
Sage Mentorship Project04 — Contact