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This list showcases the top California based Principal operating in the Venture Capital space. If you think a Principal is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Siri Srinivas
Principal of Draper Associates
Siri Srinivas is a Principal at Draper Associates.
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About Draper Associates: Draper Associates is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in industry-transforming companies.
Robin Li
Principal of GGV Capital
Robin Li is an associate in GGV Capital’s Silicon Valley office. She focuses on investments in IoT, mobile, security, gaming, and ecommerce. Prior to joining GGV, Robin worked at Flextronics’ Venture Arm covering hardware and technology investments and at Qiming’s Beijing office. Before venture capital, she spent three years at Teach For America as a teacher and administrator. Robin holds an M.B.A from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, an M.S. from Hunter College in Education and Special Education, and a B.A. from Rutgers University in Art History and Economics.
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About GGV Capital: GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm that invests in local founders.
Abdul Ly
Principal of Initialized Capital
Abdul Ly serves as a Principal at Initialized Capital.
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About Initialized Capital: Initialized Capital is an early-stage VC firm focused on helping software engineers and designers with their first seed checks.
Miles Clements
Principal and Partner of Accel
Miles Clements joined Accel in 2009 and helps lead the firm’s growth fund. He focuses on SaaS companies driving automation of core business processes, collaboration tools helping to reimagine workflows for the modern enterprise, and messaging platforms for the cloud-native workplace. He has helped lead Accel’s investments in Atlassian (TEAM), Bird, Bumble, DJI, Guru, Hudl, lynda.com (acquired by LinkedIn), MessageBird, Miro, Podium, SeatGeek, and UiPath. Previously Miles worked in product management at lynda.com. Miles is from New Orleans, Louisiana and graduated from the University of Virginia and Harvard Business School.
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About Accel: Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that helps a global community of entrepreneurs.
Davis Treybig
Principal of Innovation Endeavors
Davis Treybig currently works as the Principal for Innovation Endeavors. He previously worked at Google as the Product Manager.
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About Innovation Endeavors: Innovation Endeavors invests in visionary founders, transformational technology, and emergent ecosystems for a new world.
Nicholas Huber
Principal and Partner of Ribbit Capital
Nick Huber is a General Partner at Ribbit Capital.
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About Ribbit Capital: Ribbit Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies.
Ray Chua
Principal and Partner of Ribbit Capital
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About Ribbit Capital: Ribbit Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies.
Luci Fonseca
Principal & Director of Operations of Base10 Partners
Luci Fonseca currently works as a Principal and Director of Operations at Base10 Partners. Previously, she was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company.
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About Base10 Partners: Base10 is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in the automation of the real economy.
Wretch Chien
Principal of AME Cloud Ventures
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About AME Cloud Ventures: AME Cloud Ventures invests in seed to later-stage tech companies that build infrastructure and value chains around data.
Katy Engle
Talent Principal of Gradient Ventures
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About Gradient Ventures: Gradient Ventures helps founders build transformational companies.
Jeremiah Lane
Principal of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Vishal Patel
Principal, Private Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Vishal Patel (Menlo Park) joined KKR in 2010 and is a member of the Retail team. He has played a role in the investments in Biomet, Dollar General, and US Foods. Prior to joining KKR, he was with Moelis & Company where he was involved in a variety of mergers, acquisitions and restructuring transactions. He holds a B.S. in economics, summa cum laude, from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Angela Yang
Principal, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Angela Yang (San Francisco) joined KKR in October 2007. Ms. Yang joined from Charles Schwab, where she worked in External Reporting as a manager to help oversee the administration of filing the Form 10-Q and Form 10-K with the SEC. Prior to that, she worked at PG&E as a senior financial analyst, and at KPMG as a Supervising Senior Associate. Ms. Yang graduated from the Walter A. Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley with a B.S. in Business Administration and received a M.A. in Taxation from Golden Gate University, San Francisco. Ms. Yang is also a licensed CPA.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Cecilio Velasco
Principal, Energy & Infrastructure of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Cecilio Velasco (Menlo Park) joined KKR in 2012 and is a member of the Energy & Infrastructure team. During his time at the Firm, he has also been involved in the Firm’s investment in Acciona Energia Internacional, Bayonne Water JV, Middletown Water JV and SSM Solar. Prior to joining KKR, he worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York, where he was involved in a variety of merger, acquisition and other corporate advisory transactions in the Natural Resources sector. He holds a B.S.B.A. in Finance and Accounting, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Mike Fernandez
Principal of B Capital Group
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About B Capital Group: B Capital Group is a venture capital firm that backs global entrepreneurs in the field of information technology.
Suman Natarajan
Principal of B Capital Group
Suman Natarajan is a Principal at B Capital. Previously, she was a Senior Vice President at Citi Ventures and an investor at Intel Capital. Suman received her MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and her BA in Economics and South Asian Studies from the University of Chicago.
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About B Capital Group: B Capital Group is a venture capital firm that backs global entrepreneurs in the field of information technology.
Damir Becirovic
Principal of Index Ventures
Damir joined Index Ventures in 2015 and focuses on venture and growth investments in e-commerce / retail and mobility. Prior to Index, Damir was at Goldman Sachs, where he worked on M&A and capital markets transactions for consumer / retail, healthcare, and cleantech companies, as well as at Coatue, where he was involved with the firm’s investments in Lyft and Avvo. Damir has also worked at Activision Blizzard, Apple, and Flextronics. Damir graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern California with a B.S. in business administration. He currently lives in San Francisco and can be found on a soccer field in his spare time.
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About Index Ventures: Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Erin Price-Wright
Principal of Index Ventures
Erin Price-Wright currently works as the Principal for Index Ventures. She previously worked at Palantir Technologies in Product Development.
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About Index Ventures: Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Rex Woodbury
Principal of Index Ventures
Rex Woodbury is an investor at Index Ventures.
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About Index Ventures: Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Dino Becirovic
Principal of Index Ventures
Dino Becirovic currently works as the Principal for Index Ventures. He previously worked at Sharespace as the Co-Founder.
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About Index Ventures: Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Mark Fiorentino
Principal of Index Ventures
Mark Fiorentino is the Principal at Index Ventures.
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About Index Ventures: Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Kyle Harrison
Principal of Index Ventures
Kyle Harrison is a Principal at Index Ventures.
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About Index Ventures: Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Kelly Toole
Principal of Index Ventures
Kelly Toole currently works as the Principal for Index Ventures. She previously worked at Apple as the Software Engineering Manager.
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About Index Ventures: Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Chris Ahn
Principal of Index Ventures
Chris Ahn currently works as the Principal for Index Ventures. He previously worked at GitHub as the Director.
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About Index Ventures: Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Saad Siddiqui
Principal of Telstra Ventures
Saad joined Telstra Ventures in 2016 and is based in San Francisco. Previously, he was part of the corporate development team at Informatica, where he led various aspects of acquisitions, venture investments and partnerships. Prior to this, Saad was part of Cisco Ventures & Corporate Development, where he covered investments and acquisitions of infrastructure software. Before moving to the San Francisco Bay area, he worked in investment banking at RBC Capital Markets and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Saad holds a BSc in Finance from Rutgers University.
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About Telstra Ventures: Telstra Ventures invests in technology companies and offers synergy revenues to its portfolio companies.
Brody West
Principal of Pantera Capital
Brody West serves as principal at Pantera Capital, joining the company in 2017 first as quantitative analyst. He has a remarkable technical background, having built an autonomous submarine using machine learning and signal processing in high school. Brody was also a founding equity partner at Ocular Capital LLC, a hedge fund he co-founded while attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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About Pantera Capital: Pantera Capital is an investment firm focused exclusively on ventures, tokens, and projects related to blockchain tech, digital currency.
Lauren Stephanian
Principal of Pantera Capital
Lauren Stephanian is a Principal at Pantera Capital.
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About Pantera Capital: Pantera Capital is an investment firm focused exclusively on ventures, tokens, and projects related to blockchain tech, digital currency.
Terese Hougaard
Principal of Atomico
Before joining CapitalG in 2015, Terese worked in Google’s SMB marketing organization in London as a marketing manager. Previously, she held roles in American Express, first as an internal strategy consultant, and then as an e-commerce business development lead in the company’s London and New York offices. Terese holds an MPhil in Business Innovation and Strategy, and a BA in English, from the University of Cambridge (UK), and a BSc in Business from Cass Business School, London City University (UK), where she majored in Finance.
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About Atomico: Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
Amanda Robson
Principal of Cowboy Ventures
Amanda focuses on early to late stage venture investments across a wide range of sectors at Norwest, with an emphasis on the enterprise and infrastructure spaces. Prior to joining Norwest, Amanda was a technology investment banking analyst at William Blair & Company. In this role she advised companies on mergers and acquisitions, equity transactions, and other business development and strategic objectives. Amanda previously held roles at Citigroup and Robson Technologies, Ltd. Amanda earned a bachelor of arts, Honors Business Administration (HBA) from Ivey Business School at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada.
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About Cowboy Ventures: Cowboy Ventures is a generalist seed-stage fund focused fund investing in technology startups.
Wesley Tillu
Senior Principal of Section 32
Wesley Tillu is a Senior Principal at Section 32.
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About Section 32: Section 32 is a venture capital fund that invests at the cutting edge of technology, healthcare, and life sciences.
Eugene Lee
Principal of OMERS Ventures
Based in the Bay Area, Eugene is focused on identifying investment opportunities in workplace technology, SaaS tools that makes us more efficient and effective in the workplace. He’s particularly interested in the intersection between consumer-style product-led technology and fast-moving user needs with that of a business. Eugene has 15+ years of start-up operating experience across sales, marketing, product and business operations and across stages of companies – from seed to public company and everything in between. Prior to joining OMERS Ventures, Eugene was a VP of Business Operations at Copper, Google’s #1 recommended CRM. Prior to that, he founded and led the business operations team at Pinterest. Eugene has also led all business functions as an early employee at Pixate (sold to Google), a SaaS Platform for mobile interaction design, and High Gear Media (sold to Internet Brands), a media company focused on autos. He began his operating career at Yahoo!. He has also been an M&A banker with ThinkEquity Partners and Deutsche Bank. He holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BS in Psychology from Vanderbilt University.
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About OMERS Ventures: OMERS Ventures is a transatlantic multi-stage investor in growth-oriented, disruptive technology companies
Christina Farr
Principal Investor, Health-Tech Lead of OMERS Ventures
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About OMERS Ventures: OMERS Ventures is a transatlantic multi-stage investor in growth-oriented, disruptive technology companies
Michelle Killoran
Principal of OMERS Ventures
In her role as Principal at OMERS Ventures, Michelle Killoran is responsible for researching and executing on investment opportunities in real estate and health care technology. Prior to joining OMERS Ventures, Michelle was a Senior Associate in Financial Advisory at Deloitte. As a part of the Valuations group, she provided valuation services to both public and private companies related to mergers and acquisitions, financial reporting, tax, and litigation. Michelle is a Chartered Accountant (CA), Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Business Valuator (CBV). She has a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University. In 2020, Michelle was named one of Venture Capital Journal’s “40 Rising Stars under 40” in the global venture community.
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About OMERS Ventures: OMERS Ventures is a transatlantic multi-stage investor in growth-oriented, disruptive technology companies
Adina Tecklu
Principal of Khosla Ventures
Adina Tecklu is at Khosla Ventures where she focuses on Seed – Series B investments in SaaS and Fintech. Prior to KV, Adina was an investor at Canaan where she built and led the firm’s Seed practice. Before becoming an investor, she was a Product & Ops leader at Oracle and Zenefits. Adina holds degrees in Management Science & Engineering and Science, Technology & Society from Stanford University. She was featured on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List for Venture Capital. Adina cares deeply about increasing diversity across venture and venture-backed companies and is a Founding Board Member at BLCK VC and Co-Head of the VC Careers team at All Raise.
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About Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), Khosla Ventures: Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on environmentally friendly tech, internet, computing, mobile, and silicon tech.
Alice Brooks
Principal of Khosla Ventures
Alice Brooks currently works as the Principal for Khosla Ventures. She previously worked at Harvard Business School as an MBA Candidate.
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About Khosla Ventures: Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on environmentally friendly tech, internet, computing, mobile, and silicon tech.
Kanu Gulati
Principal of Khosla Ventures
Kanu Gulati is a Principal at Khosla Ventures, focused on investments in data and ML-enabled enterprise applications. Kanu has over 10 years of operating experience as an engineer, scientist, and strategist. She developed advanced parallel CAD solutions and owned Intel’s multicore CAD algorithms research roadmap. Kanu has led early-stage investments in high performance computing (HPC), distributed systems and ML-enabled systems at Intel Capital and Zetta Venture Partners. Kanu was Employee #2 at MapD (hardware-accelerated data visualization) and has also held engineering roles at Nascentric (fast-circuit simulation tool, acquired by Cadence) and Atrenta (predictive analytics for design verification and optimization, acquired by Synopsys), among other startups. Kanu has co-authored 3 books, has had a chapter featured in a book, been published in 35+ peer-reviewed publications with 450+ citations, and holds a US patent on HPC and hardware acceleration. She has a PhD and master’s degree from Texas A&M University and an undergraduate degree from Delhi College of Engineering. Kanu completed her MBA at Harvard Business School, where she was co-president of the annual Venture Capital and Private Equity Conference.
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About Khosla Ventures: Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on environmentally friendly tech, internet, computing, mobile, and silicon tech.
Natasha Sharma
Principal of True Ventures
Natasha initially joined the True Ventures team in the summer of 2016 as a True Entrepreneur Corps fellow. During TEC, she worked with True portfolio company Helpshift, a SaaS company that makes it easy for businesses to care for their customers. In 2017, she joined True’s investment team. Having grown up in the Bay Area, she’s witnessed the burgeoning of Silicon Valley’s technology scene and now applies that lens in her associate role when vetting new ideas from today’s most imaginative founders and teams. Natasha is also a liaison for True’s fellowship programs, often mentoring students looking to build their own careers at high-growth technology startups. Natasha graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics from Smith College, where she braved one too many New England winters before returning to San Francisco. For more than a decade, she has been a member of The Art of Living Foundation, an organization that encourages mindfulness through meditation.
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About True Ventures: True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.
Natasha Sharma
Principal of True Ventures
Natasha initially joined the True Ventures team in the summer of 2016 as a True Entrepreneur Corps fellow. During TEC, she worked with True portfolio company Helpshift, a SaaS company that makes it easy for businesses to care for their customers. In 2017, she joined True’s investment team. Having grown up in the Bay Area, she’s witnessed the burgeoning of Silicon Valley’s technology scene and now applies that lens in her associate role when vetting new ideas from today’s most imaginative founders and teams. Natasha is also a liaison for True’s fellowship programs, often mentoring students looking to build their own careers at high-growth technology startups. Natasha graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics from Smith College, where she braved one too many New England winters before returning to San Francisco. For more than a decade, she has been a member of The Art of Living Foundation, an organization that encourages mindfulness through meditation.
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About True Ventures: True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.
Calvin Ling
Founder and Principal of Prefix Capital
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About 415, Prefix Capital: Prefix Capital is an early-stage, deep-tech VC that invests in foundational technologies.
Stew Campbell
Principal of Norwest Venture Partners
Stew focuses on investments across a wide range of sectors at NVP including information technology, business services, software, media and consumer. Prior to joining NVP, Stew worked at SurveyMonkey, where he managed several products and helped with business and corporate development efforts. Prior to SurveyMonkey, Stew was an associate at Spectrum Equity Investors for three years, where he originated, evaluated and executed software, IT and online media investment opportunities of $25-$100M. He was a member of the deal team that completed the Ancestry.com transaction in December, 2007. Earlier, Stew spent three years as an Associate Consultant at L.E.K. Consulting, where he advised healthcare, media and financial services companies on a range of strategic issues. Stew holds an MBA, with honors, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a double major in finance and entrepreneurial management and a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Stanford University.
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About Norwest Venture Partners: Norwest is a global venture capital and growth equity investment firm that specializes in venture and growth equity companies.
Ryan McDonald
Principal – Healthcare of Norwest Venture Partners
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About Norwest Venture Partners: Norwest is a global venture capital and growth equity investment firm that specializes in venture and growth equity companies.
Ran Ding
Principal of Norwest Venture Partners
Ran has a primary focus on SaaS and data-driven businesses across a variety of sectors, with additional focus on financial technology, business services, internet and consumer investments. He is actively involved with NVP investments in PICS Auditing, The Rainmaker Group and The Retail Equation. Before joining NVP, Ran was an analyst at Union Square Advisors, a technology investment banking firm. At Union Square Advisors, Ran advised technology companies and financial sponsors on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, financings, and divestitures. Prior to Union Square, Ran worked as an analyst in the Asset Backed Securities group at Citigroup. Ran holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical and computer engineering from Cornell University. Ran is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) candidate, having passed the level III CFA examination.
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About Norwest Venture Partners: Norwest is a global venture capital and growth equity investment firm that specializes in venture and growth equity companies.
Laurie Tennant
Principal, People Advisory of Norwest Venture Partners
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About Norwest Venture Partners: Norwest is a global venture capital and growth equity investment firm that specializes in venture and growth equity companies.
Patrick Chang
Principal of Cota Capital
Patrick Chang is an early stage investor at Samsung NEXT Ventures. He primarily focuses on seed to series B enterprise / B2B investing and specializes in blockchain, security, edge computing, and more. Prior to Samsung, Patrick was at Foundation Capital with a focus on SaaS and enterprise software. He has over 12 years of experience investing in enterprise software including IT security, infrastructure, developer tools, business intelligence/analytics and more ranging in various stages from seed to growth equity at Bain Capital Ventures, Investor Growth Capital, New York Angels and Updata. Patrick is also a recovering tech investment banker at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Lehman Brothers, where he helped public and venture backed technology companies raise capital and execute M&A transactions.
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About Cota Capital, Samsung NEXT: Cota Capital is an SEC-registered multi-stage investment firm focused on private and public enterprise technology companies.
Eric Lee
Principal of Cota Capital
Eric Lee joined Cota in 2019 as a Senior Associate on the investment team, where he focuses on sourcing, evaluating, and monitoring of public investments. Prior to Cota, Eric was an Analyst at Partner Fund Management and an Associate at The Capital Group covering investments in the technology sector. He also held a summer Analyst position at Whale Rock Capital, a technology-focused equity long/short hedge fund. Eric began his career as an Analyst in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs. Eric graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering with a Minor in Jazz Studies from the University of Southern California, and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Cota Capital: Cota Capital is an SEC-registered multi-stage investment firm focused on private and public enterprise technology companies.
Diego Oliveira
Principal of Cota Capital
Diego Oliveira is a Principal at Cota Capital.
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About Cota Capital: Cota Capital is an SEC-registered multi-stage investment firm focused on private and public enterprise technology companies.
Luke Pappas
Principal of New Enterprise Associates
Luke joined NEA in 2017 as an investor in the technology team. Prior to joining NEA, Luke was a member of the Technology Investment Banking Team at Morgan Stanley in Menlo Park. While at Morgan Stanley, Luke worked on a variety of capital markets and M&A transactions across the software, semiconductor, consumer internet, and hardware sectors, with companies such as Airbnb, Nutanix, Nvidia, Pandora, and Snap. Luke graduated from Stanford University with dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science, with a focus on computer systems, and Management Science & Engineering, with a focus on finance and statistics. While at Stanford, Luke competed on the Varsity Baseball team, and launched QueueStatus to help manage the waiting lines that would often develop at office hours.
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About New Enterprise Associates: New Enterprise Associates is a global venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare.
Lily Huang
Principal, Healthcare VC of New Enterprise Associates
Lily Huang is a Principal on the Med Team at NEA and focuses on investments in healthcare services, healthcare IT, and medical devices. Prior to joining NEA, Lily was a member of TPG Capital’s North America Buyouts Group, focusing on investments in healthcare. At TPG, Lily worked on private equity transactions across biopharma, healthcare services, and other generalist industries including TPG’s acquisition of Beaver-Visitec and Ellucian Inc. Lily graduated summa cum laude from University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Biology and B.S.E. in Finance.
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About New Enterprise Associates: New Enterprise Associates is a global venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare.
J.C. Lopez
Principal of New Enterprise Associates
J.C. joined NEA in 2020 as a Principal on the healthcare team; he focuses on biopharma investments. Prior to NEA, J.C. led Global Search and Evaluation for Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, and Rare Diseases for Roche/Genentech. While at Roche/Genentech, J.C. sourced, led, and closed Genentech’s collaboration with Clover Therapeutics and was involved with Genentech’s collaborations with Convelo Therapeutics and Atalanta Therapeutics. As Global Search and Evaluation Lead, he was responsible for the sourcing, triaging, and initial diligence of opportunities in neuroscience, ophthalmology, and rare diseases. Prior to Roche/Genentech, J.C. held various roles as an intern at Militia Hill Ventures, where he focused on biotech company creation and as a Tech Transfer Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Tech Transfer Office. J.C. received a BS in Biological Sciences from Stanford University, an MD from The Perelman School of Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from The Wharton School where he was a Joseph Wharton Fellow.
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About New Enterprise Associates: New Enterprise Associates is a global venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare.
Nick Kline
Principal, LP Relations of New Enterprise Associates
Nick is a Principal on the LP Relations Team at NEA. He is responsible for maintaining relationships with existing Limited Partners, and introducing new investors to the firm on a global basis. Prior to joining NEA in 2019, Nick was a Director in the Institutional Client Business at BlackRock in San Francisco. In this role, he was responsible for the delivery of the firm’s entire investment capabilities to the institutional investor community. Nick began his career as a member of the business development team at AXA Rosenberg. Nick holds a BA in History, with honors, from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a CFA Charterholder.
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About New Enterprise Associates: New Enterprise Associates is a global venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare.
Brandon Christie
Principal of New Enterprise Associates
Brandon joined NEA in 2014 as an Associate and is focused on investments in the technology sector. Prior to joining NEA, Brandon was a member of Barclays’ Financial Sponsors investment banking team in New York. At Barclays, Brandon worked on a variety of recapitalization, IPO, and LBO transactions for private equity clients across a number of industry verticals including technology, industrials, and retail. Brandon graduated from the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a dual set of Bachelor of Science degrees in Finance and Systems Engineering.
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About New Enterprise Associates: New Enterprise Associates is a global venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare.
Kathy Chen
Senior Principal of Ulu Ventures
Kathy is a Senior Principal at Ulu Ventures.
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About Ulu Ventures: Ulu Ventures provides early-stage investments to enterprise cloud and smart data companies.
Nancy Torres
Principal of Ulu Ventures
Nancy Torres is a Principal at Ulu Ventures.
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About Ulu Ventures: Ulu Ventures provides early-stage investments to enterprise cloud and smart data companies.
Lisa Molinaro
Principal of Kapor Capital
Lisa Molinaro focuses on sourcing deal opportunities, conducting due diligence, and supporting Kapor Capital’s portfolio companies, She is particularly interested in healthcare solutions that close equity gaps for low income communities and communities of color. Lisa is committed to elevating underrepresented founders who are striving to achieve catalytic social impact. Previously, Lisa worked at the Tara Health Foundation, a foundation dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of women and girls through grantmaking and impact investing. She led Tara Health’s early stage venture capital portfolio, which invests in companies that close equity gaps for women and girls, with a focus on underserved communities. Prior to Tara Health, Lisa served as a management consultant for the Camber Collective, a social impact strategy consulting firm and for Parthenon-EY, a boutique strategy consulting firm focused on private equity. She has designed and implemented social initiatives for leading companies, including Walmart, Cummins, and Genentech. Lisa received her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and her B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley. In her free time, you will find Lisa playing outside as much as possible. She enjoys backcountry hiking, cycling, yoga, and meditation.
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About Kapor Capital: Kapor Capital is an investment firm that invests in early-stage tech-enabled startups.
Brett Munster
Principal of Sway Ventures
As Principal at Sway Ventures, Brett Munster focuses most of his investment activities on the seed and earlier stages for the fund. In addition to evaluating new investments, Brett’s responsibilities include coordinating the due diligence process across all investment opportunities for the fund, monitoring performance of the fund and modeling portfolio allocation, and working directly with many of Sway’s existing portfolio companies.
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About Sway Ventures: Sway Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early to mid-stage technology companies.
Kevin Zhang
Principal of GSV Ventures
Kevin Zhang is a Principal at GSV Ventures.
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About GSV Ventures: GSV Ventures is a venture firm investing company.
Carlotta Siniscalco
Principal of Emergence
Principal at Emergence Capital & Board Member at Whistic.
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About Emergence, Kauffman Fellows: Emergence is a venture capital firm, investing in early and growth-stage cloud and SaaS visionaries that change the way the world works.
Sue Decker
Principal of Deck3 Ventures LLC
Sue Decker is principal of Deck3 Ventures LLC. She serves on the boards of directors of Berkshire Hathaway, Intel Corporation, and Costco Wholesale. She is also a trustee of Save the Children. During the 2009- 2010 academic year, she was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) at Harvard Business School (HBS). In this role, she was involved in case development activities, worked with students, and helped develop and deliver portions of the January 2010 Silicon Valley Immersion Program for HBS students. Prior to joining HBS, Decker performed a number of roles for Yahoo!, from June 2000 to April 2009. Her most recent position was president of Yahoo! Inc. from June 2007 to April 2009. In this role, she was a key participant in determining Yahoo!’s business strategy and vision and was responsible for all of the global business operations of Yahoo!, including sales, product marketing and distribution across the three major customer groups of audience, advertisers and publishers. Prior to becoming President, from December 2006 to June 2007, Decker served as the head of one of Yahoo!’s two major business units, the Advertiser and Publisher Group (APG). Before that, Decker was executive vice president and chief financial officer from June 2000 to June 2007, managing all aspects of the company’s financial and administrative direction within key functional areas, including finance, facilities, investor relations (and human resources and legal through December 2006). Prior to joining Yahoo!, Decker was with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) for 14 years. Most recently, she served as the global director of equity research, a $300 million operation, where, among other things, she was responsible for building and staffing a non-U.S. research product based on global sector teams. Before she assumed these responsibilities, Decker spent 12 years as an equity research analyst, providing coverage to institutional investors on more than 30 media, publishing, and advertising stocks. In this capacity, she received recognition by Institutional Investor magazine as a top rated analyst for ten consecutive years. Decker holds a B.S. degree from Tufts University, with a double major in computer science and economics, and an M.B.A. from HBS. She also received the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst in 1989 and served on the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (FASAC) for a four-year term, from 2000 to 2004. She served on the board of directors of Pixar Animation Studios from June 2004 to May 2006, until its sale to Disney, and on the board of The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) from March 2005 to May 2007.
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About Automattic, Berkshire Hathaway, Costco Wholesale, Deck3 Ventures LLC, Raftr, Vox Media: Deck3 Ventures LLC is a Financial Services company.
Nima Wedlake
Principal of Thomvest Ventures
Nima focuses on the advertising technology sector at Thomvest, supporting portfolio companies and evaluating new investment opportunities. His background is in management consulting, advising both startups and large enterprises on issues related to sales and go-to-market strategy, product-market fit, and sales forecasting. Prior to joining Thomvest, Nima was an associate consultant at ZS Associates, assisting a wide range of clients in the high tech and biotech industries. Nima is originally from the Bay Area and graduated from UC Berkeley with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.
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About Thomvest Ventures: Thomvest Ventures provides companies with cross-stage venture capital fund.
Ashish Kakran
Principal of Thomvest Ventures
Ashish Kakran is a Principal at Thomvest Ventures.
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About Thomvest Ventures: Thomvest Ventures provides companies with cross-stage venture capital fund.
Chase Roberts
Principal of Vertex Ventures
Chase is Principal at Vertex Ventures, where he invests in early-stage b2b startups. Chase started his career in finance (VC/PE fund-of-funds and equity research) before seeking to join a venture-backed technology firm. This led him to Box, where he held sales, channel, and commercial partnership roles. Following a 5-year tenure at Box, Chase joined Segment, where he helped start the business development team and launch a startup program. Originally from Oklahoma, Chase graduated summa cum laude from the University of Oklahoma with dual degrees in Finance & Entrepreneurship/Venture Management. Chase earned his MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business.
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About Vertex US, Vertex Ventures: Vertex Ventures is a global network of operator-investors that manages portfolios.
Brent Murri
Principal of M13
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About M13: M13 provides strategic counsel and operational expertise to help founders grow their companies.
Tyler Churchill
Principal of Bonfire Ventures
Tyler Churchill is a Vice President at Bonfire Ventures and has been working with startups for several years. Previously Tyler worked in sales and business operations at EverString, a software company using machine learning to provide better insights and predictive analytics for sales and marketing teams. Prior to EverString he worked in sales at TechValidate (acquired by Survey Monkey), a bootstrapped software company automating the process of collecting customer feedback and converting it into usable content. Before entering the world of startups, he led business development for Rough House Pictures and worked across the motion picture and business development departments at Creative Artists Agency. Tyler received his BS from The University of Southern California and his MBA from Chicago Booth.
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About Bonfire Ventures: Bonfire Ventures leads Seed rounds for talented founders building the next generation of software giants.
Elan Tye
Principal of Jazz Venture Partners
Entrepreneur and early stage investor with previous experiences building and advising companies across digital health, translational medical science, AI, and neurotech.
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About Jazz Venture Partners: JAZZ Venture Partners is a venture capital firm focused on technologies that extend the boundaries of human performance.
Alexander Fayette
Principal of ACME Capital
Alex Fayette is a Principal at ACME. Prior to ACME, Alex was a Principal with Sherpa Capital. Alex is a frontline expert in frontier technology and has independently sourced and championed a number of investment opportunities for the firm. Alex currently serves as a board observer for Cymmetria, Light Field Lab, Quip, and a stealth space company. He previously served as a board observer for PillPack, which was acquired in July 2018 by Amazon. Previously, Alex was an Investment Banking Analyst for three years at J.P. Morgan, working across the Financial Institutions Investment Banking team in New York City and the Technology, Media & Telecom Investment Banking team in San Francisco. Alex received his B.A. from Yale University in Economics and is a former Yale Whiffenpoof. Alex lives in San Francisco. Board Observer: Cymmetria, Light Field Lab, Luka, Quip, and a stealth space company Former Board Observer: PillPack (acq. Amazon Sept 2018)
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About ACME Capital: ACME Capital invests in breakthrough technologies that fuel platform shifts and disruptive business models that capitalize on new platforms.
Aike (Tiffany) Ho
Principal of ACME Capital
Aike (Tiffany) Ho is a Principal at ACME. Prior to ACME, she was an Associate with Sherpa Capital. Aike spent most of her career at J.P. Morgan, where she played various intra-preneurial roles across the bank. In 2014, she helped launch the Investment Bank’s 150-person cross-asset electronic trading desk, named Execution Services. As Chief of Staff to the CEO of Chase Digital within the Consumer Bank, she led initial development for major strategic projects such as Chase Pay and digital account opening. Aike also co-founded a variety of businesses and served as an Entrepreneur-in- Residence at a private fund. Aike is a graduate of Yale University. Aike and her partner live in San Francisco. Board Observer: Beyond Games, Curology
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About ACME Capital: ACME Capital invests in breakthrough technologies that fuel platform shifts and disruptive business models that capitalize on new platforms.
Natalie Vais
Principal of Amplify Partners
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About Amplify Partners: Amplify Partners invests in technical founders solving technical problems for the enterprise.
Renee Shah
Principal of Amplify Partners
Renee is a Principal at Amplify Partners and focuses on artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics startups. Prior to joining Amplify, Renee worked at Google, where she was a core member of the emerging products and solutions team working on machine learning projects for e-commerce applications. In her time at Google, she helped drive the of launch Shoppable Images, a computer vision product for retailers and brands. Renee also spent time at Waymo, where she helped launch their 3D LiDAR sensor business for autonomous vehicles, drone, and robotics customers. Earlier in her career, Renee worked for Boston Consulting Group where she focused on strategy for healthcare, retail, and private equity clients. As a member of BCG’s social impact group, she worked for the Clinton Health Access Initiative where she focused on identifying investments to improve healthcare in East Africa. Renee holds an A.B. in Government from Harvard University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About Amplify Partners: Amplify Partners invests in technical founders solving technical problems for the enterprise.
Michael Fanfant
Principal of Runa Capital
Michael is a Senior Associate at Runa, where he works out of the firm’s Palo Alto office. He is on the Board of AppBuddy, Revegy, and ClearMechanic, and a Board Observer at Novi. Michael primarily focuses on regulated industries (fintech, edtech, healthcare, etc.) and B2B SaaS businesses. Prior to joining Runa, Michael was Co-Founder and COO at Octane Lending where he was responsible for overall strategy and customer acquisition. While at Octane Lending, he helped launch Roadrunner Financial, a near-prime lender for powersports vehicles. He continues to serve on Octane Lending’s Board of Directors. Michael graduated from Stanford University with a BA in Economics and is originally from Seattle, WA.
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About Runa Capital: Runa Capital is a VC focusing on B2B SaaS, machine intelligence, complex software, IT, fintech, edtech, and digital health.
Eric Richardson
Principal and Head of Origination of G Squared
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About G Squared: G Squared is a growth stage venture capital firm that invests privately in today’s most dynamic companies.
Henry Kaestner
Managing Principal, Co-Founder & Partner of Sovereign’s Capital
Henry Kaestner is the Chairman, Co-Founder and previous CEO of Bandwidth.com, a company that together with his business partner, David Morken, he has grown from $0 to $200 million in revenue. The values of Bandwidth.com have always been: Faith, Family, Work and Fitness (in that order). Bandwidth.com was the 4th fastest growing privately held company in the country from 2003 through 2007, a position it achieved without acquisition or institutional funding. Prior to co-founding Bandwidth.com Mr. Kaestner founded Chapel Hill Brokers (a predecessor to ICAP Energy), an institutional energy derivatives broker that became the top ranked electricity broker in the country. Mr. Kaestner has also been involved in a number of ministry and philanthropic activities. He co-founded and serves as Chairman of the Board of DurhamCares, sits on the Board of Visitors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Board of Directors of Praxis, an accelerator committed to helping Faith driven entrepreneurs. He serves as an elder in the Presbyterian Church of America and lives in Saratoga, CA with his wife Kimberley and their three sons.
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About Faith Driven Investor, Sovereign’s Capital: Sovereign’s Capital provides growth capital for consumer SaaS, B2B tech, healthcare IT, and med devices.
Anton Zietsman
Principal of 3L Capital
Anton Zietsman is a Principal at 3L Capital.
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About 3311 Ventures, 3L Capital: 3L is a multi-stage growth equity firm that invests across tech-enabled consumer and enterprise businesses.
Freddie Martignetti
Principal of Highland Capital Partners
Freddie Martignetti is a founding member of ROSALUNA. Prior to founding the firm in the winter of 2011 Freddie worked in the Securitized Products Division of both Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital, as well as the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley. Freddie is a member of the Liquor.com Board of Directors.
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About FIGS, Highland Capital Partners, OneSpace, Rosaluna: Highland Capital Partners is a venture capital firm that offers seed, early, and growth-stage funding solutions.
Ilse Calderon
Senior Associate and Principal of OVO Fund
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About OVO Fund: OVO Fund is a venture capital firm specializing in seed investments in the Bay Area and Los Angeles.
Vivian Cheng
Principal of CRV
Vivian Cheng is the Principal at CRV.
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About CRV: CRV is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage investments in technology companies.
Craig Nolan
Principal of Akkadian Ventures
Craig Nolan is a principal at Akkadian Ventures. He focuses primarily on due diligence for prospective transactions and also assists in sourcing and execution. Prior to Akkadian, Craig Nolan was a director at Arcstone Parters, a leading valuation firm. Arcstone’s clients include some of the world’s leading private companies. Craig Nolan has researched and valued countless companies for transactional and regulatory purposes. His experience encompasses entities of virtually every size and industry, with an emphasis on fast-growing private companies supported by institutional venture capital and private equity funds. At Arcstone, Craig helped establish Arcstone Equity Research, a research firm that served the direct secondary marketplace. Craig Nolan earned an MBA and BS from the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver and is a CFA charterholder.
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About Akkadian Ventures: Akkadian Ventures is a direct secondary investment firm that offers liquidity to early employees and investors of venture-backed businesses.
Matt Neidlinger
Principal of Spectrum Equity
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About Spectrum Equity, Spectrum Equity: Spectrum Equity, a private equity firm, provides capital and strategic support to internet, software, and information services companies.
Jenny Wang
Principal of Owl Ventures
As a first-generation immigrant from a low-income family, Jenny has experienced first-hand the difference that a quality education can make in someone’s life and is fully committed to investing in and building organizations that are making significant advancement in improving the quality, accessibility, and reach of education. Jenny has worked closely with several companies in Owl’s portfolio, including Hazel Health and SV Academy. Before joining Owl Ventures, Jenny was an investor at George Soros’ Family Office, Soros Fund Management, where she evaluated and executed growth equity and buyout opportunities across sectors in partnership with top-tier management teams. Prior to Soros, Jenny was an investment banker at Barclays where she advised clients on M&A transactions. Jenny is an Education Pioneer Fellow and is a graduate of Queen’s University, where she earned a Bachelor of Commerce, with First Class Honours with Distinction, and was a varsity athlete. She is currently completing her M.B.A from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she is an Arbuckle Leadership Fellow, and will be re-joining Owl in Summer 2020.
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About Owl Ventures: Owl Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in education technology companies.
Ross Darwin
Principal of Owl Ventures
Ross joins the team directly from Stanford Business School and brings a strong foundation of investment and education experience to the Owl team. Prior to receiving his MBA, Ross spent 3.5 years at TA Associates as an Associate where he was active in deal sourcing, due diligence, deal execution and portfolio support. Ross evaluated a number of opportunities in the education space and was an integral member of one of the major education deals that TA closed. Prior to TA Associates, Ross was an Associate at The Parthenon Group, a consulting firm that specializes in education and private equity work. Ross worked on numerous client projects including a unique education assignment where he developed classification and intervention programs for CORE, the largest 8 school districts in CA to seek US Department of Education approval for a custom program to replace the requirements of No Child Left Behind.
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About Owl Ventures: Owl Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in education technology companies.
Kriti Bansal
Principal of Owl Ventures
Kriti Bansal serves as a Principal at Owl Ventures.
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About Owl Ventures: Owl Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in education technology companies.
Eric Noeth
Principal of Advent International
Eric Noeth is a Principal at Advent International.
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About Advent International: Advent International is a global private equity firm that invests in the business and financial services.
Natalie Dillon
Principal of Maveron
Natalie came home from school one day with a simple note from her kindergarten teacher – Natalie is good at patterns. Decades later, from spotting her opponents’ errors on the tennis courts at Stanford, to studying financial markets on Wall Street, to curating playlists on SoundCloud, Natalie always loves identifying consumer trends and meeting people who defy the odds.
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About Maveron: Maveron is a consumer-only venture capital firm that empower consumers to live on their terms.
David Kellenberger
Principal of Salesforce Ventures
David focuses on investments across a wide range of sectors at Norwest including software, information technology, business services, media, and consumer. He is actively involved with Norwest’s investment in WineAccess.Before joining Norwest, David was a technology investment banking analyst at William Blair in San Francisco. In this role, he focused on sell-side M&A execution as well as financing transactions for public and private companies across a wide range of technology segments.David holds a bachelor of arts in economics from Dartmouth College.
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About Salesforce Ventures: Salesforce Ventures invests in the next gen of enterprise tech to help companies connect with their customers in entirely new ways.
Spencer Chavez
Principal of Salesforce Ventures
Spencer Chavez is a principal at Salesforce Ventures.
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About Salesforce Ventures: Salesforce Ventures invests in the next gen of enterprise tech to help companies connect with their customers in entirely new ways.
Vignesh Ravikumar
Principal of Sierra Ventures
Vignesh joined Sierra Ventures in 2013 and focuses on SaaS and Vertical Apps. Vignesh has a background in M&A transactions for enterprise software companies, having worked at AGC Partners, a Boston-based investment bank. Vignesh holds a BS in Management Science and a Minor in Math from UC San Diego. Outside of work, he is an avid golfer and a big Golden State Warriors fan.
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About Sierra Ventures: Sierra Ventures is an early-stage venture firm investing globally with a focus on next generation enterprise and emerging technologies.
Jonathan Waldstreicher
Principal of Apple Tree Partners
Jonathan Waldstreicher, MD, brings medical device investing and development experience to Apple Tree Partners. Prior to joining Apple Tree, Jon was a Director, Global Surgery R&D, at Johnson & Johnson where he initiated and led an investment strategy and R&D development program in a new growth platform technology area. He started at Johnson & Johnson as an Associate Director in the Corporate Office of Science & Technology where he executed numerous seed grants to startup companies and participated in technical diligence of venture capital investments. Before medical school, Jon worked in Equity Research at Bear Stearns. Jon received a B.A. from Brandeis University in Economics and an M.D. and M.B.A. from Tufts University School of Medicine where he was awarded the Norman Stearns award for highest achievement and overall excellence within the dual degree program. Between his third and fourth year of medical school, Jon worked as a fellow at the Corporate Office of Science & Technology at J&J. He completed a General Surgery Internship at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.
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About Apple Tree Partners, Galaxy Medical, Johnson & Johnson: Apple Tree Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in pharmaceuticals, biotech, medtech, and healthcare services.
Duncan Gills
Principal of Battery Ventures
Duncan is a vice president at Battery, focusing on later-stage enterprise-software investments, including buyouts, carve-outs, take-privates, PIPES, and growth-equity. Prior to Battery, Duncan was a principal at True Wind Capital, a middle-market technology private equity firm. Earlier in his career, Duncan was a vice president at Thoma Bravo where he sourced and executed new platform investments and portfolio company add-on acquisitions within the infrastructure software sector. Duncan began his carrier as a leveraged finance analyst at Citigroup. Duncan earned a BS in management with concentrations in finance and economics from Boston College.
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About Battery Ventures: Battery Ventures finances technology sector companies with venture capital, private equity, and debt financing investments.
Eric Desai
Principal of Greenhouse Capital Partners
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About Greenhouse Capital Partners: Greenhouse Capital invests growth capital in companies promoting health & sustainability within the areas of Food, Ag and the Environment
Kevin Tu
Principal of DFJ Growth
Kevin Tu joined DFJ Growth in 2017 and has been actively involved with the firm’s investments in Aera Technology, Cohesity, Clinc, Immuta, Salt Security, and Sysdig. Prior to joining the firm, Kevin was with J.P. Morgan in their mergers and acquisitions practice, where he focused on transactions in technology sectors including security software, semiconductors, and healthcare. Previously, Kevin held positions at Summit Partners, working on growth equity investments, and J.P. Morgan’s technology, media, and telecommunications practice. Kevin also has experience in software development roles on products for Amazon (Kindle tablets), Tinder (security infrastructure), Pebble smartwatches (data scientist), zSpace (3D holographic systems), Mapkin (social navigation), CrowdComfort (intelligent thermostats), Melon (brainwave monitor), and TrueLens (social insights).
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About DFJ Growth, Threshold: DFJ Growth is a late-stage global venture capital firm that provides capital to companies in seed, early, and growth-stages.
Chris Shanahan
Principal of DFJ Growth
hris Shanahan is a principal at DFJ Growth. Prior to joining the firm in 2018, Chris was an analyst at Greenhill & Co. He holds a bachelor of science with honors in biomedical engineering from Cal Poly.
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About DFJ Growth, Threshold: DFJ Growth is a late-stage global venture capital firm that provides capital to companies in seed, early, and growth-stages.
Christopher Hill
Principal of Comcast Ventures
Chris brings over fifteen years of private equity, transactional, and corporate development experience to the company. Chris focuses on deal execution for M&A and capital raise clients at Siemer & Associates, focusing on digital media, adtech, software, and eCommerce. Prior to joining Siemer, Chris was Senior Vice President at IMT Capital where he helped lead the transaction department close over $1.2 billion in investments. He has served as an advisor for several startups in the digital media and entertainment space. Chris graduated from Yale University with a degree in history. He also serves on the California State Workforce Investment Board after being appointed by Governor Brown in 2013. He continues to serve as an advisor to several startups, is a mentor for the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute and sits the advisory board for Spark Los Angeles. Chris is a registered General Securities Representative (Series 63 and 79 licenses) with FINRA/SIPC (formerly NASD).
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About Comcast Ventures, Retina AI, Skilljar, State of California, Tovala: Comcast Ventures partners with extraordinary entrepreneurs building transformative consumer and enterprise companies.
Ashish Aggarwal
Principal of Grishin Robotics
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About Grishin Robotics, Kauffman Fellows, Spin, Taskade, Ziva Dynamics: Grishin Robotics is a VC firm, focused on robotics and IoT.
Sunil Chhaya
Principal of Menlo Ventures
Sunil is a Vice President at NextWorld Capital, an enterprise focused venture capital firm focused on investing in Series A & B companies. His current investments include Aircall, Gong.io, Headspin and CasaOne. Prior to joining NextWorld Capital, he was an investor at Tenaya Capital and was involved in the investments of Wavefront [acq. by VMW], Optimizely, Numerify, BaseCRM [acq. by ZEN] and Revinate. Sunil leverages his international background spanning across four continents to help companies think globally. He also works very closely with entrepreneurs to help them realize their full revenue potential as well as help them build a secure foundation for future success.
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About Menlo Ventures: Menlo Ventures provides capital for consumer, enterprise, and life science technologies from seed to growth stages.
Antoine Nivard
Principal of Inovia Capital
Antoine joined Inovia in 2013, and as a Principal leads our San Francisco expansion and focuses on early-stage companies in the ML/data infrastructure, digital health, and bottom-up enterprise software spaces. He led investments and sits on the boards of Poka (productivity & collaboration platform for Manufacturing), DarwinAI (ML Ops platform for AI explainability), BenchSci (workflow augmentation for life science R&D), and Vital Biosciences (decentralized diagnostics platform). Antoine also supported the firm’s investments in SMB & enterprise SaaS platforms AppDirect, Lightspeed (NYSE:LSPD); payments issuing platform like PEX; and travel and hospitality companies like Luxury Retreats (acq. by Airbnb), and Routehappy (acq. by ATPCO). He is originally from France and graduated with the highest honors from HEC University of Montreal.
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About Inovia Capital: Inovia Capital is a full-stack venture firm that invests in tech founders.
Jazmin Medina
Principal of NewView Capital
As a former founder and investment banker, Jazmin brings unique insight into company building, product strategy, and finance. Prior to joining NewView Capital, she was co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Bundler TV, a media-tech startup in Los Angeles. Previously, Jazmin advised C-level executives on product and go-to-market strategy at Warner Bros and Jaunt. She began her career at Goldman Sachs in New York, where she worked as an investment banker and for the Chief of Staff to the CEO. Jazmin holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Finance from Arizona State University, where she serves on the Next Generation Council to the ASU Foundation Board of Directors. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Topia and is a Board Observer for Node.io.
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About NewView Capital: NewView Capital has developed a new model in venture capital to drive sustainable growth for entrepreneurs.
Ankit Sud
Principal of NewView Capital
Ankit Sud is a Principal at NewView Capital. Ankit brings experience as an advisor and investor in high-growth technology companies to NewView Capital. Previously, he invested in enterprise technology and services at General Atlantic and served as the Chief of Staff at FlexiLoans, a fintech and digital lending company based in Mumbai. Ankit started his career at Qatalyst Partners in San Francisco, advising software and consumer internet companies on mergers and acquisitions. Ankit holds an MA in Finance and BA in Economics from Claremont McKenna College, where he serves on the board of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Ankit also serves on the Board of Directors of Canopy and is a Board Observer for GumGum and MindTickle.
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About NewView Capital: NewView Capital has developed a new model in venture capital to drive sustainable growth for entrepreneurs.
Ross Glasser
Principal of Western Technology Investment
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About Western Technology Investment: Western Technology Investment is a venture capital firm that specializes in offering acquisition financing to revenue generating firms.
Shomik Ghosh
Principal of Boldstart Ventures
Shomik is the Principal of Boldstart Ventures and Angel Investor of Interview Schedule and Koyfin. Prior to joining Boldstart Ventures, Shomik was an associate at Ignite Advisors, focusing on helping early-stage startups scale. His previous experience includes venture debt & equity investing at WTI, tech investment banking at GCA Savvian, and debt capital markets sales & trading at PNC Financial Services. Shomik graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with honors with a B.S. in economics and a minor in statistics.
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About Boldstart Ventures: day one partner for developer first, SaaS, & crypto infrastructure founders
Jennifer Jun
Principal of Oak Hill Capital Partners
Jennifer Jun is a Principal of Oak Hill Capital and has been part of the firm since 2011. Ms. Jun works in the firm’s Media & Communications and Services groups and previously worked in the firm’s Consumer, Retail & Distribution group. Prior to joining Oak Hill, she was a member of the investment banking group at Morgan Stanley. Ms. Jun earned a B.A. degree, cum laude, from Yale University and an M.B.A. degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Portfolio Company Boards of Directors on which she serves: Race Communications
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About Oak Hill Capital Partners: Oak Hill Capital is a private equity firm managing funds with over $16 billion of initial capital commitments and co-investments.
Adam Hahn
Principal of Oak Hill Capital Partners
Adam W. Hahn is a Principal of Oak Hill Capital Partners and has been part of the firm since 2010. Mr. Hahn works in the firm’s Media & Communications and Services groups. Prior to joining Oak Hill, he was a member of the mergers and acquisitions group at Barclays Capital PLC. Mr. Hahn earned an A.B. degree, cum laude, from Harvard University.
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About Oak Hill Capital Partners: Oak Hill Capital is a private equity firm managing funds with over $16 billion of initial capital commitments and co-investments.
Edwin Loredo
Principal of Core Innovation Capital
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About Core Innovation Capital: Core Innovation Capital is a venture capital firm investing in companies committed to empowering small businesses.
