Paul Cianciolo

Vice President

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Paul Cianciolo is a Vice President at FirstMark Capital, and focuses on early-stage investments in the digital media, education, enterprise, and healthcare IT sectors. Paul works closely with and provides Board-level strategic and operational support to several FirstMark portfolio companies. Paul also serves as a mentor for a number of NYC-based education and technology programs, including The Academy for Software Engineering and the healthcare-focused startup accelerator, Blueprint Health. Prior to joining FirstMark, Paul worked within the M&A group at Allen & Company, where he assisted on transactions in the sports, media, and entertainment sectors.

Current Companies

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    Education

    B.S. in Finance from The Pennsylvania State University

    M.B.A. from the Smeal College of Business at The Pennsylvania State University

    Did You Know?

    While at Penn State, played quarterback on the football team and pitched on the baseball team

    Two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree in football and a 2009 Academic All-American in baseball

    Grew up in South Carolina, and is a huge fan of country music