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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top San Francisco based Partner operating in the Software space. If you think a Partner 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.
Marc Leibowitz
Global VP – Partnerships & Strategic Growth Initiatives of Adobe
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About Adobe: Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions.
Bryan O’Neil Hughes
Director of Product Management & Partner Outreach, Creative Cloud of Adobe
Bryan O’Neil Hughes is the Director of Product Management & Partner Outreach, Creative Cloud at Adobe.
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About Adobe: Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions.
Bryan Hughes
Director of Product Management & Partner Outreach, Creative Cloud of Adobe
Director of Product Management at Adobe.
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Bryan Hughes
Director of Product Management & Partner Outreach, Creative Cloud of Adobe
Director of Product Management at Adobe.
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Tim Draper
Founder and Managing Partner of Draper Associates
Timothy Draper is founding partner of leading venture capital firms Draper Associates and DFJ. Tim’s original suggestion to use “viral marketing” in web-based e-mail to geometrically spread an Internet product to its market was instrumental to the successes of Hotmail and other web-based email providers and has been adopted as a standard marketing technique by hundreds of businesses. Tim launched the DFJ Global Network, an international network of early-stage venture capital funds with offices in over 30 cities around the globe. Tim founded or co-founded DFJ ePlanet (global), Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham (NYC), Zone Ventures (LA), Epic Ventures (Salt Lake City), Draper Atlantic (Reston), Draper Triangle (Pittsburg), Timberline Ventures (Portland), Polaris Fund (Anchorage), DFJ Frontier (Sacramento and Santa Barbara), DFJ Vina Capital (Vietnam), Draper Nexus (Tokyo), and DFJ DragonFund (Shanghai). Tim recently launched “Six Californias,” a statewide initiative to create six new states and dissolve a failed one in California. Previously, Tim served on the California State Board of Education. In November of 2000, Tim launched a statewide cyber-initiative on school choice for the California General Election. Tim was a Member of Singapore’s International Economic Council and Ukraine’s Orange Circle. Tim was on the Board of U.C. Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Tim was ranked 52 on the list of the 100 most influential Harvard Alumni, and seven on the Forbes Midas List. Tim was named Always-On #1 top venture capital deal maker. Tim was awarded the Commonwealth Club’s Distinguished Citizen Award for achievements in green and sustainable energy. To further encourage entrepreneurship, Tim started BizWorld.org, a non-profit for children to learn entrepreneurship, Draper University of Heroes, a school for entrepreneurs 18-28 and he leads SixCalifornias, an initiative to improve the governance of California. Tim has a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About Bancor, DDF, DFJ DragonFund, DFJ VinaCapital, Draper Associates, Draper Athena, Draper Dragon, Draper University Ventures, ePlanet Capital, Gotham Ventures, SpeedUPAfrica, Threshold, VenturesLab, Zone Ventures: Draper Associates is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in industry-transforming companies.
Garry Tan
Managing Partner of Initialized Capital
Garry is a designer, engineer, and founder turned early stage investor, co-founding Initialized Capital in 2012. The firm has invested at the earliest stages of companies like Coinbase, Flexport, Instacart, and Cruise. Prior to Initialized, Garry spent nearly 5 years as a partner at Y Combinator, advising and funding more than 1,000 companies and founders. He was co-founder of YC-backed blog platform Posterous (acquired by Twitter in 2012) and previously worked at Palantir as a founding member of the engineering team. He also designed Palantir’s logo. Garry holds a BS in Computer Systems Engineering from Stanford University.
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About Initialized Capital, SapientNitro: Initialized Capital is an early-stage VC firm focused on helping software engineers and designers with their first seed checks.
Alda Leu Dennis
General Partner of Initialized Capital
Alda is a General Partner at Initialized Capital. She brings over a decade of investing and legal experience to both Initialized and our portfolio companies. Prior to joining Initialized, she was a managing partner at 137 Ventures where she led investments in Planet Labs, Wish, Coupang, CourseHero, and Work Market (acquired by ADP). Additionally, she made personal early-stage investments in companies such as Maven, Common Networks, Legalzoom (acquired by Permira), SpaceX, and Osaro. Previously she was COO at Airtime, General Counsel at Founders Fund, Assistant General Counsel at Peter Thiel’s Clarium Capital Management, and practiced as a litigator for IP disputes at WSGR. She graduated from Stanford with BAs in economics and political science, and a JD from UCLA.
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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.
Kim-Mai Cutler
Partner of Initialized Capital
Kim-Mai Cutler is a partner at Initialized Capital, an early-stage venture firm that has roughly $500M under management and has been a seed investor in companies including Coinbase, Instacart and Patreon. Before that, she was a journalist for more than 10 years, working at publications including TechCrunch, Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal.
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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.
Brett Gibson
General Partner of Initialized Capital
Brett brings a career of shipping software to venture. He co-founded the blog platforms Posthaven and Posterous (acquired by Twitter) and later wrote software for Y Combinator, building their essential internal software systems. He was also a founder of the social news platform Slinkset, which was funded by YC in Summer 2008, and DrawHere, a browser drawing startup acquired by DeviantArt in 2006. He graduated with a BA in philosophy from University of California, Santa Barbara.
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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.
Lisa Maki
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Health Next of Microsoft
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Health Next at Microsoft.
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About Microsoft: Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
Steve Sullivan
Partner & General Manager, Mixed Reality Capture Studios of Microsoft
Steve Sullivan serves as a Partner and General Manager of Mixed Reality Capture Studios at Microsoft.
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About Microsoft: Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
Scott Mauvais
Director, AI and Global Partnerships, Microsoft Philanthropies of Microsoft
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Richard Borenstein
Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships of MURAL
Richard Borenstein is the SVP of Strategic Partnerships at MURAL, a digital workspace for visual collaboration. He has over 25 years of experience in technology and is responsible for accelerating MURAL’s revenue growth and market penetration, forming deep, integrated partnerships with enterprise brands, and leading a highly skilled sales team bringing visual collaboration to the enterprise collaboration toolkit. A SaaS veteran with a passion for recruiting and team building, Richard has built an extensive, worldwide executive network and has a proven track record of creating mutually beneficial, long-term partnerships. He recently served as Chief Revenue Officer at Highfive (acquired by Dialpad), where he led the sales, marketing, and customer success teams. Previously, he held sales management positions at RingCentral, Zong (acquired by PayPal), Baynote Inc., and Airborne Entertainment (acquired by Cybird). He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and holds a bachelor’s degree from McGill University.
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About MURAL: MURAL is a digital workspace that provides a visual collaboration platform that enables teams to work remotely and efficiently.
Sherrick Murdoff
Vice President, Partner Investments of Salesforce
Sherrick Murdoff is the Board Observer of AllCloud.
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Elizabeth Maxson Martinet
Sr. Director, Strategic Technology Partnerships of Salesforce
Elizabeth Maxson is a Senior Director on the Strategic Technology Partnerships team at Salesforce. As a marketing veteran with over 13 years of experience, Elizabeth leads strategy for the top technology partners with specific focus on the Salesforce & Google relationship. Prior to joining the Strategic Technology Partnerships’ team, Elizabeth spent four years in Salesforce Corporate Marketing with focus ranging from strategic events to corporate messaging and content. Elizabeth is passionate about story telling and bringing technology to life through creating engaging experiences.
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Shauntel Garvey
Founder & General Partner of Reach Capital
Shauntel Garvey is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Reach Capital, an early stage venture firm, where she provides startup capital and support to education technology companies focused on issues of access and opportunity in education. Prior to Reach, Shauntel was a Partner at NewSchools Venture Fund and invested in over 40 early stage edtech companies through the NewSchools Seed Fund. Shauntel was previously a Senior Engineer at Procter and Gamble where she developed product innovations, designed supply chains, and managed technology partnerships for the global laundry business. She received her BS in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and her MBA and MA in Education from Stanford University.
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About All Raise, Broadway Angels, Procter & Gamble Company, Reach Capital: Reach supports entrepreneurs that develops technology solutions for challenges in education from early childhood through future of work
Esteban Sosnik
General Partner of Reach Capital
Esteban is an entrepreneur passionate about leveraging play in education. He is the Executive Director at co.lab, an accelerator for startups at the intersection of games and learning. Before working in education Esteban co-founded and led two gaming studios, both successfully acquired by Vivendi and DeNA respectively. Before that he was the CEO of Penguin Holdings, an early stage seed fund for Latin American startups and an M&A analyst at JP Morgan.
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About co.lab, Reach Capital: Reach supports entrepreneurs that develops technology solutions for challenges in education from early childhood through future of work
Chian Gong
Partner of Reach Capital
Chian is excited for technology’s role in increasing educational opportunity. At Reach, Chian focuses on pipeline, due diligence and management assistance for the portfolio. Previously she worked on the Data & Technology team at Aspire Public Schools and in strategy consulting with Parthenon as well as ZS Associates. Chian holds a B.S. in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley, an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She enjoys spending time outdoors, climbing, and otherwise adventuring.
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Wayee Chu
General Partner of Reach Capital
Wayee Chu is a Partner at Reach Capital, a venture fund focused on early stage education technology start-ups. Prior to Reach, Wayee was the co-founder of the NewSchools Seed Fund; a fund focused on early stage education technology companies with potential for a big impact in K-12 education. She was also a former associate partner at NewSchools Venture, where she focused on sourcing and supporting early stage education technology entrepreneurs. During her eight-year tenure at NewSchools, she also led the NewSchools EdTech Entrepreneurship Lab, in partnership with Teach For America and the Stanford d. school as well as led NewSchools’ field-building work. Prior to joining NewSchools, Wayee worked as an equity research analyst at Merrill Lynch in New York, where she covered the financial services sector. She also served as finance director for a magazine publishing firm. Wayee started her career in 1997 as a financial analyst at Morgan Stanley. Wayee also spends her time as an angel investor supporting many consumer and education technology startups. She is a current board member at Wishbone.org which matches low income high school students with high-quality enrichment and summer programs. Wayee graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children.
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About All Raise, Broadway Angels, Reach Capital: Reach supports entrepreneurs that develops technology solutions for challenges in education from early childhood through future of work
James Kim
Partner of Reach Capital
James Kim is the Partner at Reach Capital.
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Katya Akudovich
Head of Strategic Partnerships and Business Development of PandaDoc
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Kegan Kinser
Business Development & Partnerships of Crunchbase
Kegan Kinser has been working in business development, partnerships, sales and customer success at Crunchbase since February 2019.
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Karen Ding
Revenue Partner Manager of Crunchbase
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Anna Kohnen
Strategy & Partnerships of Crunchbase
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Steve Jang
Founder & Managing Partner of Kindred Ventures
Steve Jang is a venture capital investor and technology entrepreneur. Based in San Francisco, Steve serves as founder and a managing partner of Kindred Ventures. As a generalist early stage venture fund, Kindred’s mission is to invest in brilliant and dedicated founders at the earliest stages of building their startup and, ultimately, our collective future. Over the past 12 years, Steve has backed over 100 companies across different theme areas, including Uber, Coinbase, Postmates, Tonal, Color Health, Zymergen, and Blue Bottle Coffee. Since 2009 and up until IPO, Steve has also served as an Advisor to Uber since the founding of the company, up through initial product launch, global expansion, and then IPO. Steve also serves as an Advisor at Expa, a startup studio based in SF and NY, mentoring startup teams on product development, team building, and company growth. Most recently as an entrepreneur, Steve served as co-founder of Bitski, a digital wallet and storefront service for NFTs. Previously, he was co-founder/CEO of SoundTracking, a popular mobile music service that was Apple’s Best iPhone Music App of 2011 and was acquired by Rhapsody in 2014. Prior to these startups, in 2005, he was the co-creator and founding team member of the world’s first and largest on-demand music streaming service which reached over 100 million monthly unique users before its eventual acquisition by MySpace. //Investment Theme Areas of Interest// * Online Marketplaces * Decentralized Systems and Crypto * ClimateTech & Sustainable Systems * Digital Health and Wellness * FinTech * Social Consumer Media * Developer/Creator Tools * Future of Work * Software-enabled Hardware //Representative Portfolio Companies Include// Marketplaces/Market Networks: Uber (IPO), Postmates (acq. by Uber), Poshmark (IPO), StyleSeat, Italic, Reserve (acq. by Resy), Drip (acq. Kickstarter), GrandSt (acq. by Etsy), RangeMe (acq. by ECRM) Decentralized Systems & Crypto: Coinbase, dYdX, Zora, CoinTracker, Mina Protocol, Bitski, Computable, Nervos Network, Origin Protocol, Harbor, Radar Relay, Set Protocol, Messari, Rarebits Health & Wellness: Tonal, Color Health, Heartbeat Health, Forward, Enso, Breathometer Sustainable Systems/Climate Tech: Zymergen, Linear Labs, Replenysh, Mootral, Connora Systems FinTech & LegalTech: Atrium, Bloom Credit, Coinbase, Catch Benefits Developer/Creator Tools: Red Planet Labs, Northflank, Optic, Anjuna Future of Work: Bravado, Torch, Braintrust, Fountain, Catch Food Innovation & CPG: Taika, Blue Bottle Coffee, Fort Point Beer Consumer/Social Media: Clubhouse Frontier Tech: Humane
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About Bitski, Kindred Ventures: Kindred Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital fund that supports startup companies.
Kanyi Maqubela
Managing Partner of Kindred Ventures
Kanyi is a Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures, an early stage venture fund investing in mission-driven technology companies at the earliest stages. Previously, he served as a Partner at Collaborative Fund. Kanyi is a co-founder at Heartbeat Health, and previously ran growth at One Block Off the Grid (acquired by $NRG) and was an early employee at Doostang (acquired by Universum Global). Kanyi has also served as a Lecturer and Adjunct at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, a curriculum adapted from his time in undergrad at Stanford University, where he studied Philosophy.
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About Kindred Ventures: Kindred Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital fund that supports startup companies.
Carina Namih
Partner of Episode 1
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About Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), Episode 1: Episode1 Ventures is a venture capital fund set up to invest in early-stage technology companies based in London, UK.
Matt Ocko
Co-Managing Partner and Co-Founder of DCVC
Matt has nearly three decades of experience as a technology entrepreneur, operating executive and venture capitalist, with over 20 patents granted or pending in areas as diverse as hardware systems and social games. He still reads C++ code but admits to occasional struggles with Erlang. Matt is a cofounder of Data Collective, a venture fund with a unique team of experienced venture capitalists, technology entrepreneurs and practicing engineers, investing together in seed and early stage Big Data and IT infrastructure companies. During his venture capital tenure, he has invested in and/or helped grow a variety of companies including XenSource (CTRX), Zynga (ZNGA), Impermium, Verisign (VRSN), Facebook (FB), Virtuata (CSCO), Akimbi Systems (VMW), Cotendo (AKAM), Tango.me, MetaWeb (GOOG), FlashSoft (SNDK), DataMirror (IBM), UltraDNS (NSR), Kenshoo, Metamarkets, Fortinet (FTNT), SupportSoft (SPRT), Alantro (TXN), CouchBase, Spool (FB), BranchOut, On-Ramp Wireless, and many others.
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James Hardiman
Partner of DCVC
James has more than five years of experience advising both Fortune 50 and pre-revenue healthcare and biotech companies on their sales and marketing strategy. Previously, he was a consultant at ZS Associates where he advised management teams using insights gained from the analysis of large amounts of healthcare data. Most recently, while at Booth, James worked with technology executives during a stint in The Blackstone Group’s M&A Advisory Practice. James holds a BS in Engineering Physics from the University Of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School Of Business.
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About DCVC: DCVC backs entrepreneurs using Deep Tech to solve problems and multiply the benefits of capitalism for everyone while reducing its cost.
John Hamer
Managing Partner of DCVC
John is a Managing Partner at DCVC Bio. Prior to DCVC Bio, John was an Investment Director for Monsanto Growth Ventures. Monsanto is a leading global, agricultural company providing products to growers worldwide. Monsanto Growth Ventures, through investment and partnership encourages entrepreneurs, and innovative start-up companies, to take on the challenge of a more sustainable future for world food production. John Hamer’s career spans more than three decades of research, senior management and investment experience in the life sciences. Prior to joining Monsanto, he was Entrepreneur-in-Residence and later Managing Director and General Partner at Burrill & Company, a San Francisco-based life sciences merchant bank with activities in venture capital, merchant banking and media. John Hamer led investments in numerous of Ag-related start-ups in the U.S., Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Prior to joining Burrill, John Hamer was the CSO and later CEO of Paradigm Genetics/ICORIA, a leading genomics and ag-biotechnology company that completed its IPO on NASDAQ in 2000 and was later acquired by Monsanto. John Hamer received his Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of California at Davis and was a Visiting Scientist in Dupont’s Central Research & Development Group. He later joined Purdue University and rose to the rank of full Professor and was the recipient of several national awards including the David Lucille Packard Award, and The National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellowship. At Purdue, John Hamer’s research focused on crop diseases, where he pioneered molecular approaches to disease management and control and worked with numerous international agencies in China, the Philippines and South America. John Hamer lectures widely on innovation, agriculture and venture capital and is a member of the Board of Trustees for the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), and serves on the Board of Directors for Golden Pine Ventures, a microVC fund in RTP, North Carolina. He is a passionate believer in new growth opportunities that are emerging in the agricultural value chain in food, health, energy, materials and chemicals.
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About DCVC: DCVC backs entrepreneurs using Deep Tech to solve problems and multiply the benefits of capitalism for everyone while reducing its cost.
Alan Cohen
Partner of DCVC
Alan Cohen Is The Partner at DCVC.
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Bruno Bowden
Equity Partner of DCVC
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Michael Driscoll
Founding Partner of DCVC
Mike Driscoll founded Metamarkets in 2010 after spending more than a decade developing data analytics solutions for online retail, life sciences, digital media, insurance, and banking. Prior to Metamarkets, Mike successfully founded and sold two companies: Dataspora, a life science analytics company, and CustomInk, an early pioneer in customized apparel. He began his career as a software engineer for the Human Genome Project. Mike holds an A.B. in Government from Harvard and a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from Boston University.
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Armen A. Vidian
Partner of DCVC
For the entire length of his career, Armen has worked at the intersection of data and decision-making, primarily in Product Marketing roles. He has a long track record of successfully launching first-in-class products globally and accessing new markets. Armen has an M.S. in Management Science from Stanford University, and an S.B. in Applied Mechanical Engineering with a Minor in French Language and Literature from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also advises numerous technology startups in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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About DCVC: DCVC backs entrepreneurs using Deep Tech to solve problems and multiply the benefits of capitalism for everyone while reducing its cost.
Kiersten Stead
Managing Partner – DCVC Bio of DCVC
Kiersten is a Managing Partner at DCVC Bio. Prior to DCVC Bio, Kiersten was an Investment Director at Monsanto Growth Ventures (MGV), the Venture Capital arm of Monsanto, which was one of the most active investors globally in agriculture. Kiersten has over 15 years of experience in Biotechnology. Prior to joining MGV, Kiersten worked at Burrill & Company, which invested broadly in Life Sciences and Industrial Biotechnology. Kiersten is a co-founder and Director of Pairwise, is on the Board of Atomwise, Farmlead, Plant Response Biotech, VitalFields (acquired), Understory Weather and Blue River Technology (acquired). She is also a member of the Investment Committee of Genome Canada GAAP, The Keystone Symposia Scientific Advisory Board, and the EULC, a sport-not-for-profit.
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About DCVC: DCVC backs entrepreneurs using Deep Tech to solve problems and multiply the benefits of capitalism for everyone while reducing its cost.
Zachary Bogue
Co-Managing Partner and Co-Founder of DCVC
Zack has over a decade of experience in Silicon Valley as an entrepreneur, lawyer, angel investor and advisor for big data startups. Zack is a cofounder of Data Collective, a venture fund with a unique team of experienced venture capitalists, technology entrepreneurs and practicing engineers, investing together in seed and early stage Big Data and IT infrastructure companies. Zack also is a cofounder and managing partner of Founders Den, a shared workspace for experienced technology entrepreneurs. He was previously an associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and a law partner at Virtual Law Partners, where he worked with numerous start-ups and their founders, and developed expertise in technology law and Silicon Valley business practices.
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Chris Boshuizen
Operating Partner of DCVC
Dr. Chris Boshuizen is an Operating Partner at DCVC.
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About DCVC: DCVC backs entrepreneurs using Deep Tech to solve problems and multiply the benefits of capitalism for everyone while reducing its cost.
Gloria Lau
Equity Partner of DCVC
Gloria Lau joined Alpha Medical as Cofounder/CEO in 2017.Gloria Lau is the cofounder of Unity Medical, which brings AI to healthcare for improved clinical workflow. Previously, she headed up data products at Linkedin, and was VP of Data at Timeful which was acquired by Google. She is also a consulting faculty at Stanford.
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About Alpha Medical, AV8 Ventures, DCVC: DCVC backs entrepreneurs using Deep Tech to solve problems and multiply the benefits of capitalism for everyone while reducing its cost.
Ali Tamaseb
Partner of DCVC
Ali Tamaseb is a partner at Data Collective (DCVC), a highly reputable early-stage venture capital firm in Silicon Valley with about $2 billion under management. He holds several leadership and board positions at companies across the U.S. and globally. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, Ali was a successful entrepreneur. He holds a degree in Biomedical Engineering from Imperial College London and studied General Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Ali was an honoree of the British Alumni Award of 2018 by the British Council, and Imperial College President’s Medal for Outstanding Achievement. Ali and his work has been featured in BBC, Guardian, Forbes, The Telegraph, among others, and he has given talks and appeared on panels at major events and conferences, including two TEDx talks. He lives in San Francisco Bay Area.
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About DCVC: DCVC backs entrepreneurs using Deep Tech to solve problems and multiply the benefits of capitalism for everyone while reducing its cost.
Kelly Chen
Partner of DCVC
Kelly’s interest has always been how to use data and optimization to push boundaries, faster. From her career running a fixed income trading desk to building out a new quant product line for a global investment bank, she has focused closely on building the best models, structuring, and sales teams to optimize outcomes. At DCVC, she enjoys working on problems arising from fundamental population and labor driven shifts. She spends the majority of her time in hardware, where she believes we will see a massive transformation in the next 5-10 years. She is especially excited about teams building revolutionary tech in AI, robotics, manufacturing, and future of work. Kelly received a joint BS/MS in Financial Engineering and Operations Research with honors from Columbia University and an MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from Wharton, where she served as President of the Entrepreneurship Club.
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About Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), DCVC: DCVC backs entrepreneurs using Deep Tech to solve problems and multiply the benefits of capitalism for everyone while reducing its cost.
Todd Papaioannou
Equity Partner of DCVC
Todd Papaioannou is one of the co-founders of portfolio company Continuuity, a result of his tenure as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Battery, where he worked alongside the Enterprise IT investment team to evaluate investments in Big Data, Analytics, and Cloud Computing infrastructure. Todd has more than 15 years of Internet and Enterprise software experience covering a variety of senior leadership roles in R&D, product and corporate strategy, marketing and professional services. Prior to joining Battery, Todd was most recently VP, Distinguished Fellow and Chief Cloud Architect for Yahoo!. There, he was responsible for driving the technical and strategic direction of the Yahoo! Cloud and Hadoop teams, and was identified as one of the Top 10 Cloud Computing Leaders of 2011 by TechTarget. Additionally, Todd was responsible for leading and defining the overall Yahoo! corporate technology strategy. Prior to Yahoo!, Todd held a series of increasingly senior leadership roles at Teradata including CTO, Client Software and VP, Architecture and Emerging Technologies. Over the course of five years he was responsible for transforming the Teradata client software portfolio, conceiving and launching the overall Teradata Enterprise Analytics Cloud computing program, and played an instrumental role in evolving Teradata’s corporate product and M&A strategy. Earlier in his career, Todd was an early employee at Greenplum Inc. (formerly Metapa Inc.) serving as Chief Architect and Director of Engineering, where he initially built and led the early Engineering team before running the Field Services group. Before that, Todd was Co-Founder and CEO of DALi, Inc, an early stage distributed social gaming company. Todd holds a PhD in artificial intelligence and distributed systems.
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About DCVC: DCVC backs entrepreneurs using Deep Tech to solve problems and multiply the benefits of capitalism for everyone while reducing its cost.
Spencer Punter
Partner, COO and CFO of DCVC
Spencer has over two decades of experience in Silicon Valley, starting as an investment banker and then becoming a venture capitalist, an entrepreneur, a manager of a venture capital fund of funds, and eventually a CFO/COO of venture-backed enterprise SaaS companies. He brings this diverse skill set to Data Collective where, as COO, he works on the internal operations of the firm and, as an operating partner, he assists the current portfolio with fund raising, FP&A, and M&A. Immediately prior to joining Data Collective, he was COO/CFO of Appcelerator, the maker of the leading cross-platform mobile application development suite, which was acquired by Axway. He has worked in various roles from Associate to General Partner at firms such as Morgan Stanley, Integral Capital Partners, Bowman Capital, Bay Partners, and Capital Dynamics.
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Jenny Lefcourt
General Partner of Freestyle
Jenny Lefcourt is a General Partner at Freestyle. Jenny earned her B.S. in economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In 1998 she left Stanford to found Wedding Channel.com (sold: XOXO). In 2003 she co-founded Bella Pictures (sold: CPI). In 2014 Jenny joined Freestyle, and was promoted to GP in 2015. Some of Jenny’s notable investments include BetterUp, Crexi, Daily.co, Embark, Ridwell, Narvar and WELL Health. She is also a founding member and board member of All Raise. Jenny is an angel investor in Discord, MainStreetHub and Minted.
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About All Raise, BetterUp, Crexi, Discord, Freestyle, Narvar, Well Health: Freestyle is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology companies.
David Samuel
Founding General Partner of Freestyle
David Samuel is an experienced executive, serial entrepreneur, and Internet pioneer in software & media. Today, Dave is co-founder of Freestyle Capital, an early-stage Internet & technology venture capital firm, with investments in over 66 companies. Prior to Freestyle, Dave co-founded Crackle.com in 2004 (acquired by Sony Pictures Entertainment for $65 million in 2006) and founded Spinner.com in 1996 (acquired by AOL for $320 million in 1999). Dave graduated from MIT with a degree in Electrical Engineering, is an SF Giants fan, enjoys both wake boarding and snowboarding, and lives in Marin with his 4 children.
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Adam D’Augelli
Partner of True Ventures
Adam is a partner at True Ventures. He previously worked with True portfolio company B-Stock, an online marketplace for liquidating excess inventory, and initially joined the True Ventures team as an analyst in 2010. Adam graduated magna cum laude from the University of Florida with a bachelor’s degree in science and a master’s degree in finance. As an undergraduate, he launched and ran an independent, donation-based record label and later created “Digital Frontiers,” a course exploring how the internet and technology are changing the global business landscape, which he taught at the University of Florida. He shares his thoughts on his blog, Life in Beta.
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Adam D’Augelli
Partner of True Ventures
Adam is a partner at True Ventures. He previously worked with True portfolio company B-Stock, an online marketplace for liquidating excess inventory, and initially joined the True Ventures team as an analyst in 2010. Adam graduated magna cum laude from the University of Florida with a bachelor’s degree in science and a master’s degree in finance. As an undergraduate, he launched and ran an independent, donation-based record label and later created “Digital Frontiers,” a course exploring how the internet and technology are changing the global business landscape, which he taught at the University of Florida. He shares his thoughts on his blog, Life in Beta.
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Toni Schneider
Partner of True Ventures
Toni is a partner at True Ventures. From 2006-2014, he was CEO of True portfolio company Automattic, where he helped WordPress.com become a top 10 global internet destination with close to a billion monthly visitors. His career in technology began during his software engineering days at Crystal River Engineering where he built 3D audio simulators for NASA. Later, he was the vice president of technology at Aureal Semiconductor (acquired by Creative Labs). He originally joined the startup ecosystem when he co-founded Uplister, a venture-backed music recommendation startup. However, it was his CEO role at Oddpost that impacted his career path most significantly. Yahoo acquired Oddpost in 2004, forming the basis of Yahoo Mail, which was then used by more than 250 million people around the world. When Toni joined Yahoo’s executive ranks, he created the Yahoo Developer Network. After joining True and while still leading the team at Automattic, he started blog search engine Sphere (acquired by AOL) with now fellow True partner Tony Conrad. Voted Startup CEO of the Year at the Crunchies, Toni’s leadership style is commended by many of those who have worked for and with him. When he’s not running a company or advising another, you can find him in his VW van exploring the U.S. with his family, coaching San Francisco Little League baseball, or tinkering with old cars.
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About True Ventures: True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.
Toni Schneider
Partner of True Ventures
Toni is a partner at True Ventures. From 2006-2014, he was CEO of True portfolio company Automattic, where he helped WordPress.com become a top 10 global internet destination with close to a billion monthly visitors. His career in technology began during his software engineering days at Crystal River Engineering where he built 3D audio simulators for NASA. Later, he was the vice president of technology at Aureal Semiconductor (acquired by Creative Labs). He originally joined the startup ecosystem when he co-founded Uplister, a venture-backed music recommendation startup. However, it was his CEO role at Oddpost that impacted his career path most significantly. Yahoo acquired Oddpost in 2004, forming the basis of Yahoo Mail, which was then used by more than 250 million people around the world. When Toni joined Yahoo’s executive ranks, he created the Yahoo Developer Network. After joining True and while still leading the team at Automattic, he started blog search engine Sphere (acquired by AOL) with now fellow True partner Tony Conrad. Voted Startup CEO of the Year at the Crunchies, Toni’s leadership style is commended by many of those who have worked for and with him. When he’s not running a company or advising another, you can find him in his VW van exploring the U.S. with his family, coaching San Francisco Little League baseball, or tinkering with old cars.
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Om Malik
Partner of True Ventures
Journalist Om Malik founded technology blog Gigaom in 2001. With seed funding from True Ventures, he turned the one-man blog into a media company and research firm. Not long thereafter, Om became a venture partner at True Ventures. In 2014, he graduated to partner at True where he continues to invest in promising networking and internet infrastructure technologies. Om regularly writes for The New Yorker and provides commentary on tech trends to broadcast channels including Bloomberg West, NPR, and BBC television and radio. Om started writing about tech in the early 1990s at Quick Nikkei News before joining the founding team at Forbes.com. After a short stint at H&Q Asia Pacific as an investment manager, he then returned to the media world as a senior writer for Red Herring and later at Business 2.0. He published his first book, Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist, in 2003. Born and raised in New Delhi, he is now happily situated in Northern California. He holds a bachelor’s degree from St. Stephen’s College where he graduated with honors. His grandfather once told him, “Do not bank money. Bank people.” This advice remains core to Om as he considers new opportunities.
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Om Malik
Partner of True Ventures
Journalist Om Malik founded technology blog Gigaom in 2001. With seed funding from True Ventures, he turned the one-man blog into a media company and research firm. Not long thereafter, Om became a venture partner at True Ventures. In 2014, he graduated to partner at True where he continues to invest in promising networking and internet infrastructure technologies. Om regularly writes for The New Yorker and provides commentary on tech trends to broadcast channels including Bloomberg West, NPR, and BBC television and radio. Om started writing about tech in the early 1990s at Quick Nikkei News before joining the founding team at Forbes.com. After a short stint at H&Q Asia Pacific as an investment manager, he then returned to the media world as a senior writer for Red Herring and later at Business 2.0. He published his first book, Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist, in 2003. Born and raised in New Delhi, he is now happily situated in Northern California. He holds a bachelor’s degree from St. Stephen’s College where he graduated with honors. His grandfather once told him, “Do not bank money. Bank people.” This advice remains core to Om as he considers new opportunities.
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Jon Callaghan
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of True Ventures
Jon is an early stage venture capitalist and co-founder of True Ventures. He has been in the venture capital business since 1991 and built three companies of his own. His first was Mountain Bike Outfitters, Inc., which he created at age 18. Jon started his venture career as an associate at Summit Partners and then joined Greenhouse, AOL’s venture capital investment group and incubator. He entered the internet market early by joining CMGI’s @Ventures group in 1996. Before founding True, Jon was a managing director at Globespan Capital Partners. First as a founder and now as an investor in early-stage technology companies, Jon’s direct startup experience has allowed him to see the world through an entrepreneur’s eyes. Jon’s career has been driven by a deep belief in the power of human creativity to improve our world. Jon received a bachelor’s degree in government from Dartmouth College and an MBA, with distinction, from Harvard Business School. He was recently the Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association. When he is not empowering the entrepreneurs of tomorrow, you can find him talking about airplanes or hanging out with his wife and four boys.
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Jon Callaghan
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of True Ventures
Jon is an early stage venture capitalist and co-founder of True Ventures. He has been in the venture capital business since 1991 and built three companies of his own. His first was Mountain Bike Outfitters, Inc., which he created at age 18. Jon started his venture career as an associate at Summit Partners and then joined Greenhouse, AOL’s venture capital investment group and incubator. He entered the internet market early by joining CMGI’s @Ventures group in 1996. Before founding True, Jon was a managing director at Globespan Capital Partners. First as a founder and now as an investor in early-stage technology companies, Jon’s direct startup experience has allowed him to see the world through an entrepreneur’s eyes. Jon’s career has been driven by a deep belief in the power of human creativity to improve our world. Jon received a bachelor’s degree in government from Dartmouth College and an MBA, with distinction, from Harvard Business School. He was recently the Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association. When he is not empowering the entrepreneurs of tomorrow, you can find him talking about airplanes or hanging out with his wife and four boys.
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Jeffrey Veen
Design Partner and Head of Platform of True Ventures
In Jeff’s role as design partner, he helps the True portfolio create better products and advises early stage founders on how to leverage design thinking as they lay the groundwork for their companies. Jeff was the vice president of design at Adobe after they acquired Typekit, the company he co-founded and ran as CEO. Jeff was one of the founding partners of the user experience consulting group Adaptive Path. While there, he led Measure Map, which was acquired by Google. During his time at Google, he redesigned Google Analytics and led the UX team for Google’s apps. Much earlier, Jeff was part of the founding web team at Wired Magazine, where he helped build HotWired, Web Monkey, Wired News, and more. He’s authored two books, HotWired Style and The Art and Science of Web Design. When not working with the True team or recording his design-focused podcast, Presentable, Jeff enjoys time with his partner and three energetic children.
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Jeffrey Veen
Design Partner and Head of Platform of True Ventures
In Jeff’s role as design partner, he helps the True portfolio create better products and advises early stage founders on how to leverage design thinking as they lay the groundwork for their companies. Jeff was the vice president of design at Adobe after they acquired Typekit, the company he co-founded and ran as CEO. Jeff was one of the founding partners of the user experience consulting group Adaptive Path. While there, he led Measure Map, which was acquired by Google. During his time at Google, he redesigned Google Analytics and led the UX team for Google’s apps. Much earlier, Jeff was part of the founding web team at Wired Magazine, where he helped build HotWired, Web Monkey, Wired News, and more. He’s authored two books, HotWired Style and The Art and Science of Web Design. When not working with the True team or recording his design-focused podcast, Presentable, Jeff enjoys time with his partner and three energetic children.
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Tony Conrad
Partner of True Ventures
Having founded about.me and Sphere (both acquired by AOL), Tony brings founder and startup leadership expertise to his partner role at True. Early in his career, Tony spent a decade abroad in India, France, and Indonesia with Groupe Danone where he focused on brand extension opportunities through mergers and acquisitions in North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Tony grew up in a small Indiana farming community. He’s worked a lot of jobs not listed on his resume, including short stints as a baseball umpire, basketball camp counselor, pharmacy stock person, high school sports reporter, book bindery glue machine operator, janitor, college newspaper ad salesman, and yogurt merchandiser, to name a few. When he is not seeking out new opportunities for investment, you can find him communicating en français, making drip coffee, traveling, or getting lucky with his enviable good parking karma. He holds a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications and a minor in business from Indiana University. He is also a proud board member of the Tony Hawk Foundation.
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About about.me, HODINKEE, PullString, Quarterly, True Ventures: True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.
Tony Conrad
Partner of True Ventures
Having founded about.me and Sphere (both acquired by AOL), Tony brings founder and startup leadership expertise to his partner role at True. Early in his career, Tony spent a decade abroad in India, France, and Indonesia with Groupe Danone where he focused on brand extension opportunities through mergers and acquisitions in North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Tony grew up in a small Indiana farming community. He’s worked a lot of jobs not listed on his resume, including short stints as a baseball umpire, basketball camp counselor, pharmacy stock person, high school sports reporter, book bindery glue machine operator, janitor, college newspaper ad salesman, and yogurt merchandiser, to name a few. When he is not seeking out new opportunities for investment, you can find him communicating en français, making drip coffee, traveling, or getting lucky with his enviable good parking karma. He holds a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications and a minor in business from Indiana University. He is also a proud board member of the Tony Hawk Foundation.
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About about.me, HODINKEE, PullString, Quarterly, True Ventures: True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.
Rohit Sharma
Partner of True Ventures
Rohit Sharma is a partner at True Ventures. He began his career as founder and CTO of ONI Systems, which pioneered the use of optical switching and real-time signal processing technologies in optical networks. ONI Systems was acquired by Ciena, where Rohit served as SVP and CTO of Metro Networks Group. Rohit holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communications engineering from India’s National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra. He also holds Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in electrical engineering from University of Alberta, Canada, where he endowed a professorship in digital communications in 2004. In 2013, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science by the President of India at NITK’s 50th anniversary convocation. Rohit is fascinated by many aspects of innovation and technology. He believes all rabbit holes, especially across technology and society, are worth exploring. He is also a keen student of the many ways in which startups evolve into thriving companies. Rohit firmly believes that the “people part” of a startup is just as, if not more, critical to a company’s success than the technology piece of the business.
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About True Ventures: True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.
Rohit Sharma
Partner of True Ventures
Rohit Sharma is a partner at True Ventures. He began his career as founder and CTO of ONI Systems, which pioneered the use of optical switching and real-time signal processing technologies in optical networks. ONI Systems was acquired by Ciena, where Rohit served as SVP and CTO of Metro Networks Group. Rohit holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communications engineering from India’s National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra. He also holds Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in electrical engineering from University of Alberta, Canada, where he endowed a professorship in digital communications in 2004. In 2013, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science by the President of India at NITK’s 50th anniversary convocation. Rohit is fascinated by many aspects of innovation and technology. He believes all rabbit holes, especially across technology and society, are worth exploring. He is also a keen student of the many ways in which startups evolve into thriving companies. Rohit firmly believes that the “people part” of a startup is just as, if not more, critical to a company’s success than the technology piece of the business.
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Bobby Yazdani
Founder & Partner of Cota Capital
Bobby Yazdani is a Founder and Managing Partner at Cota Capital. Bobby works full-time on the development and support of entrepreneurs through Cota Capital and was ranked #1 out of 2000 angel investors for successful follow-on funding by CB Insights in 2014. Bobby founded Saba in 1997, taking the company public in 2000. Saba was the pioneer in learning management and talent management systems addressing all aspects of acquiring, developing, and retaining talent serving over 30 million users within 2,000 enterprise customers across 195 countries and in 37 languages worldwide. Prior to Saba, Bobby served in various R&D roles at Oracle. Since making his first investment in Masimo Corporation (NASDAQ: MASI) in 1989, Bobby has successfully mentored entrepreneurs and invested in more than 100 early-stage companies, including: Aardvark (acquired by Google), AddThis (acquired by Oracle), Addepar, Atheer Labs, Baarzo (acquired by Google), Berkeley Lights, Bina Technologies (acquired by Roche), Bioniz, Blueprint Genetics (acquired by Quest Diagnostics), Bonobos (acquired by Walmart), Bossa Nova, Clear Labs, CleverSense (acquired by Google), CloudLending (acquired by Q2 Holdings), Dropbox (NASDAQ: DBX), FundersClub, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Greensmith Energy (acquired by Wartsila (HEL: WRT1V)), Guardant Health (NASDAQ: GH), Gusto (formerly ZenPayroll), InstaEdu (acquired by Chegg), Klout (acquired by Lithium Technologies), Mission Bio, Movandi, NextBio (acquired by Illumina), OpenGov, PassBan (acquired by EMC/RSA), Purigen Biosystems, Qwiki (acquired by Yahoo!), RecVue, Rollbar, Roostify, Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), Smartfrog Canary Group, SoundHound, SweetGreen, ThinkBig Analytics (acquired by Teradata), Tubi (acquired by Fox Corp), Uber (NYSE: UBER), Webs.com (acquired by VistaPrint), Zymergen, and more. Bobby has a B.A. in Applied Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About Compliance.ai, Cota Capital, Signatures Capital, Signatures Capital: Cota Capital is an SEC-registered multi-stage investment firm focused on private and public enterprise technology companies.
Albert Azout
Partner of Cota Capital
Albert Azout is a Partner at Cota Capital and a Managing Director in Cota Ventures II. Albert is responsible for sourcing and managing Cota’s private portfolio with a specific focus on infrastructure, workflow automation, software developer life cycle, and big data/analytics. Prior to Cota, Albert served as a Senior Product Manager for data science and ad optimization at AOL. Out of his family office, Patagonia Capital, Albert has made several direct investments, including unicorns such as Hippo Insurance and Oak North. His direct investments include several exits, such as: Qwiki (acquired by Yahoo!), Uber (NYSE: UBER), Bina Technologies (acquired by Roche), and DeepScale (acquired by Tesla). Previously, Albert sold his company, Velos, to AOL/Verizon in 2015. Prior to Velos, Albert founded StyleCaster Media Group, a premier style destination that delivers a daily forecast of need-to-know fashion, beauty, entertainment, and lifestyle intel for millions of consumers on web and mobile. StyleCaster was purchased by Great Hill Partners and rolled into SheKnows Media, and subsequently acquired by Penske Media Corporation. Prior to StyleCaster, Albert co-founded Sub Rosa, a brand strategy and design agency based in New York. Albert started his career in 2001 at Lehman Brothers in New York, where he was a software engineer in the analytics group within private client services. Albert has a B.A. in Finance and Economics from Babson College.
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About Cota Capital, Hii Def Inc., Level Ventures, Level Ventures, velos: Cota Capital is an SEC-registered multi-stage investment firm focused on private and public enterprise technology companies.
Ashkan Marsh
Partner & Director of Research of Cota Capital
Ashkan Marsh joined Cota in 2019 as a Principal, where he focuses on sourcing, evaluating, and monitoring of public investments. Prior to Cota, Ashkan was an Investment Partner at Crimson Investment Partners making private equity investments in founder-led companies to accelerate growth through digital transformation and corporate processes. Prior to CIP, Ashkan was a public equity Investment Analyst at Newbrook Capital, a $1+ billion long/short equity fund. Previously, Ashkan was an Investment Analyst and Investment Associate at Goldman Sachs in private equity at the firm’s Special Situations Group, a $25 billion proprietary investment fund. Ashkan was Founder and CEO of SilverIP Communications, which became the leading gigabit internet service provider in Illinois and exited to private equity. Ashkan received a B.S. in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is a graduate of Harvard Business School.
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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.
Babak Poushanchi
Founder & Managing Partner of Cota Capital
Babak Poushanchi is a Founder and Managing Partner at Cota Capital. Babak is responsible for leading public investing activities across the Firm’s funds. As Portfolio Manager of the Cota Growth Fund, he is directly responsible for the management of the investment team covering sourcing, evaluation, and portfolio/risk management of the Firm’s public investments. Babak also serves on the Firm’s Investment Committee, overseeing investments across its private and public portfolios. Babak and Bobby Yazdani founded Cota Capital in 2015. Leveraging Bobby’s early stage investing and operational expertise, and Babak’s late stage and public investing expertise, Cota was designed to invest across all the stages of the lifecycle of a company. Their investment platform is built around the desire to create a research and knowledge platform, and to deploy their own capital into the multi-decade theme of the digital transformation of the enterprise technology stack. Prior to Cota, Babak served as Co-Founder and Co-Portfolio Manager of Newbrook Capital, a global equity long/short fund focused on public investments across the technology, media, consumer, and industrial sectors. Babak was also a Venture Partner at Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, a leading technology accelerator based in New York. Previously, Babak was on the investment teams at Karsch Capital, a global equity long/short fund focused on public investments across all sectors, and Indosuez Capital, a leading middle market merchant banking group focused on equity and debt private investments across the capital structure and a broad range of sectors. Babak has a B.A. in Economics from Northwestern University.
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About Cota Capital, Fanatic Sports Corp.: Cota Capital is an SEC-registered multi-stage investment firm focused on private and public enterprise technology companies.
Pete Williams
Partner & COO of Cota Capital
Pete Williams is a Partner, COO, and CCO at Cota Capital. Pete is responsible for overseeing the Firm’s operations, finance, legal, and compliance matters. Pete also serves on the Firm’s Investment Committee. Leveraging his operational, financial, and legal experience from serving as a public SaaS company CFO and as a Corporate Finance Partner at a preeminent law firm, Pete is involved in structuring and negotiating the Firm’s private company investments as well as providing operating support to portfolio company executive teams. Prior to Cota, Pete served in a number of executive positions at Saba, including CFO, EVP of Corporate Development, and General Counsel. Previously, Pete was a Partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP, a leading international law firm. Pete has extensive experience representing entrepreneurs and technology companies as well as venture capital and investment banking firms on venture financings, public offerings, and M&A transactions. In addition to private and public financings and acquisitions, Pete specialized in intellectual property development, licensing, and distribution transactions. During his tenure at Morrison & Foerster LLP, Pete was recognized as one of the top 20 lawyers under 40 in the state of California. Pete has a B.A. in Economics and Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles and a J.D. from Santa Clara University.
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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.
David Silverman
Partner of Crosslink Capital
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About Crosslink Capital: Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators typically at the Seed-Series A stage.
Eric Chin
Partner of Crosslink Capital
Eric joined Crosslink Capital in 2010. He focuses on Internet, Software, and Cloud Infrastructure companies. In addition, Eric leads the Crosslink Capital Seed Program. Eric brings over 20 years of experience as a successful entrepreneur and venture investor. Prior to Crosslink, Eric was a Partner at Artiman Ventures and Bay Partners focusing on Internet & Software investments, some of which include Opsource (NTT), Invensense (INVN), InterAct and Dropcam. Eric’s startup experience includes co-founding the Internet server software company WebSpective (INKT), and co-founding TelASIC Communications (MTI). In addition, his operating experience includes business development at Mainspring (IBM) and at MILCOM (Military Commercial Technologies) where he focused on finding and commercializing next generation technologies out of the military, aerospace and Defense Labs. Eric is co-founder and president of alpha, the entrepreneurial networking club for more than 500 Founders and CEOs. Eric Chin holds a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College and an MBA degree from Harvard Business School.
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About Crosslink Capital: Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators typically at the Seed-Series A stage.
Phil Boyer
Partner of Crosslink Capital
Phil joined Crosslink in 2014 and focuses on investments in enterprise applications, infrastructure, vertical software, and frontier technology. Phil brings over a decade of experience as a technology investor with deep sector expertise within enterprise and vertical software (AI, cloud, developer tools, SaaS, security). He is passionate about serving as a partner with early-stage founding teams, with an eye towards helping strong technical teams build category-defining companies. At Crosslink, Phil’s investments include Armory, Descartes Labs, Iron Ox, Molekule, Verodin (FEYE), Weave, and Yotascale, among other companies. Prior to Crosslink, Phil was an investor with NYC-based venture capital firm Tenfore Holdings, with early investments in Optoro and Trulioo during his tenure. Before beginning his venture capital career, Phil wrote and published research on the technology sector at Credit Suisse and RBC, where he covered companies such as Google, Amazon, LinkedIn, eBay, Priceline, Yelp, and many others.
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About Crosslink Capital: Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators typically at the Seed-Series A stage.
McLain Southworth
Partner of Crosslink Capital
McLain joined Crosslink in 2017 and focuses on Internet, Financial Technology, and Software as a Service. McLain has 12 years of experience working with early stage technology companies as an entrepreneur, leader and investor. Prior to Crosslink, McLain was an early employee at Currenex which was acquired by State Street Bank (STT) in 2007. After the acquisition, McLain worked in State Street’s e-Exchange group, which oversaw all financial technology-related innovations and initiatives within the bank.
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About Crosslink Capital: Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators typically at the Seed-Series A stage.
Gary Hromadko
Venture Partner of Crosslink Capital
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About Crosslink Capital, Crosslink Capital: Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators typically at the Seed-Series A stage.
Maureen Offer
Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Crosslink Capital
Maureen has been with Crosslink since 2005. As Controller Maureen is responsible for the preparation of both fund and investment level financial statements, performance reporting and Crosslink Capital, Inc. accounting. Maureen joined Crosslink as a Venture Fund Accountant. In her years at Crosslink, Maureen has acquired in-depth knowledge of Crosslink’s public and private funds and investors. Prior to joining Crosslink, Maureen was a Finance Associate with Wells Fargo Financial.
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About Crosslink Capital, Wells Fargo Financial: Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators typically at the Seed-Series A stage.
Tom Bliska
General Partner of Crosslink Capital
Tom is a portfolio manager for the Firm’s public equity investing activities. In addition, he focuses on investments in the Communication Services & Infrastructure sector. Tom joined Crosslink in 1999. From 1992-98, Tom was a technology portfolio manager at West Highland Capital, a $700 million Bay Area hedge fund. Prior to that, he was with Emerging Growth Management, a small-cap hedge fund manager. He spent two years in investment banking with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and five years in equity research and institutional sales at Robertson Stephens.
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Tetsuya Nakamura
Partner Solutions Architect of Amazon Web Services
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Scott Irwin
Founder, Partner of Camber Partners
Scott Irwin is the General Partner at Rembrandt Venture Partners.
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Sanjay Katyal
Global Vice President, Business Development and Partner Sales, Integrated Systems Business Unit of VMware
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About Druva, VMware: VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that powers complex digital infrastructure.
Alain Debost
Director, Global Partner Development Funds of VMware
Alain Debost is the Director of World-Wide Development Funds at VMware. He is a seasoned technology leader with over 25 years of experience in global IT companies in Finance, Marketing, Go-To-Market, Partner Sales roles to bring disruptive products and solutions, both hardware and software, and Programs to market.
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About VMware: VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that powers complex digital infrastructure.
Frances Wong
Cloud Partner Solution Architect of VMware
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About VMware: VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that powers complex digital infrastructure.
Adam Carson
Operating Partner of Point72 Ventures
As part of the Global Technology Strategy & Partnerships Team, Adam is focused on assisting with digital strategy and facilitating strategic and emerging technology relationships. Areas where he is currently focused include digital customer experience, digital marketing, digital payments, partnerships with Digital companies and engagement with the FinTech ecosystem. Adam joined JPMC in 2012 from eBay, where he led strategy and business development on the Global Shipping Team. Prior to eBay, Adam worked with Bain & Company as a Consultant focused on the internet and ecommerce sector. Adam started his career as an investment banker with Morgan Stanley and transitioned into a technology role leading the firm’s internet strategy. Adam has an MBA from Tuck School of Business where he was a Tuck Scholar and a Center for Digital Strategies Fellow, and a B.S.E. in mechanical engineering from Duke University.
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About Point72 Ventures: Point72 Ventures is an every-stage global VC fund focused on fintech, deep tech, and enterprise investments led by Steven A. Cohen.
Dave Matter
Operating Partner, FinTech Ventures of Point72 Ventures
Dave Matter is an Operating Partner on Point72 Ventures’ FinTech team, supporting investment activities and portfolio companies in financial services technology. He is based in San Francisco. Prior to joining Point72 Ventures, Dave was the Chief Product Officer at Marqeta, a global payment card issuing platform, where he helped lead the product and business as it grew into a multi-billion dollar company serving some of the best brands in the world. Previously, Dave held product and technology leadership roles in investments and mortgages with Citadel Investment Group and Quicken Loans as well as digital banking pioneer ING Direct. Dave is originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota and enjoys snowboarding, golfing, and cooking. He studied Business Computer Information Systems at St. Cloud State University.
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About Point72 Ventures: Point72 Ventures is an every-stage global VC fund focused on fintech, deep tech, and enterprise investments led by Steven A. Cohen.
Noah Carr
Partner of Point72 Ventures
Noah joined Bain Capital Ventures in 2013 and focuses on venture and growth-stage opportunities in software. He enjoys working with passionate entrepreneurs to help grow their companies. Prior to joining Bain Capital Ventures, Noah was an analyst in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Deutsche Bank focused on helping software companies raise capital and explore strategic alternatives. During Noah’s time at Deutsche Bank he worked closely with the Eloqua, Bazaarvoice and Tangoe management teams on their IPOs. Noah graduated from Hamilton College with degrees in Computer Science and Economics. While at Hamilton, he was an active leader for the campus outing club and competed in C4 canoe races in the Adirondacks. Noah also spent a semester backpacking on New Zealand’s South Island. An avid hiker and photographer, Noah has brought back thousands of photographs from multi-week backpacking trips in Alaska, Norway, New Zealand, Costa Rica, and on Baffin Island.
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About Point72 Ventures: Point72 Ventures is an every-stage global VC fund focused on fintech, deep tech, and enterprise investments led by Steven A. Cohen.
Bobby Lent
Managing General Partner of Hillsven Capital
Bobby Lent is the Managing Partner at Hillsven.
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About Cyhawk Ventures, Hillsven Capital, Livefyre, Threadbox: Hillsven Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on startups based in Silicon Valley and Israel.
Boris Putanec
Managing Partner of Hillsven Capital
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About Hillsven Capital: Hillsven Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on startups based in Silicon Valley and Israel.
Scott Coleman
Partner of Ignition Partners
Scott joined Ignition as Business Development Partner to help our portfolio companies identify and win customers and partners on a global scale. Scott has spent 20 years working at the intersection of technology and finance and has worked with startups and large companies on partnerships, go-to-market, acquisitions, and investments. Scott’s prior roles have placed him at the forefront of how software-defined infrastructure, devops, advanced analytics, cyber, and digital transformation are changing our notion of the tech stack and how enterprises source and consumer solutions. Prior to joining Ignition, Scott led Microsoft Startup Growth Partners, was responsible for Microsoft’s global accelerator program and brought together colleagues across the company to drive engagement and partnership with the start-up and venture capital ecosystem. Before Microsoft, Scott led the Technology Innovation Portfolio team at Bank of America. The team’s mission was finding innovative solutions to emerging business and technology opportunities by partnering with the technology community, including venture capital firms, and their portfolio companies. Prior to Bank of America, Scott ran Technology Business Development at Morgan Stanley where his responsibilities included technology strategy and partnering with the banking and equities businesses to drive revenue for the Firm. In this role, Scott created a structured innovation practice that cultivated relationships with VCs, technology entrepreneurs, CEOs, CTOs and other leaders at both large and small technology companies. Prior to his role in Technology Business Development, Scott spent 10 years in equity research at Morgan Stanley, covering the networking and communications equipment sector, and before that Scott ran finance at Covista, a publicly-traded telecom company.
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About Ignition Partners: Ignition Partners is a venture capital firm dedicated to helping the best entrepreneurs seize opportunity.
Shirish Sathaye
General Partner of Cervin Ventures
Shirish Sathaye General Partner Shirish Sathaye focuses on investments in next-generation enterprise software, cloud-based software, wireless and wireline networking, storage infrastructure and systems. Prior to Cervin, Shirish was a General Partner at Formation 8. He was also a General Partner at Khosla Ventures from 2010 to 2013 and a General Partner at Matrix Partners from 2001 to 2010. Shirish’s prior investments include Aruba Networks (NASDAQ:ARUN), Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX), Grandis (acquired by Samsung), Solidcore Systems (acquired by McAfee), Aviatrix, and Vectra.AI. Shirish’s investing career was preceded by a long operating career at technology companies. He helped build two venture-backed companies, FORE Systems (NASDAQ:FORE) and Alteon Websystems (NASDAQ:ATON), and led the design and development of their core products. Both companies pioneered important new product categories and had very successful IPOs. Shirish ran the Engineering Group at FORE Systems, a pioneer in ATM Switched Networks. FORE went public in 1994 and was eventually sold to Marconi for $4B. In 1997 Shirish joined Alteon Websystems, which created the server-load-balancer product category, as its VP of Engineering and later, its CTO. Alteon went public in 1999 and was acquired by Nortel for $7.8B. Shirish began his career at Digital Equipment Corporation first in the Semiconductor group and then in the Network Architecture & Software Group.
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About Cervin Ventures, Formation 8: Cervin Ventures is a seed and early stage venture firm, focusing solely on opportunities in the B2B software space.
Samir Shah
Operating Partner of Cervin Ventures
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About Cervin Ventures: Cervin Ventures is a seed and early stage venture firm, focusing solely on opportunities in the B2B software space.
Pascale Diaine
Partner of Storm Ventures
Pascale Diaine is a Partner at Storm Ventures.
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About LiftIgniter, Passage AI, Storm Ventures: Storm Ventures is a venture capital firm focused solely on early-stage enterprise investments.
Archana Chattha
Partner and VP of Network of VSC
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About VSC: We are a band of strategists, storytellers and data nerds obsessed with helping Davids crush a sea of Goliaths.
Jack Smith
Partner of Amino Capital
Mr. Jack Smith is a Partner at AMINO Capital and co-founded Hotmail in 1996, acquired by Microsoft. Jack is currently an Advisor at Airkast, Inc. Since 2007, Mr. Smith has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Proximex Corporation, acquired by ADT. He was a co-founder of Valley Inception, LLC. Mr. Smith also co-founded Windows Live Hotmail in 1996 and served as its Chief Technology Officer. His earlier background includes semiconductor design and various technical positions at Apple Computer and FirePower Systems, a subsidiary of Canon Computer Systems. From 2001 to 2007, Mr. Smith seed-funded, advised, and/or directed early-stage tech startup companies.
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About Amino Capital, VeriFyle: Amino Capital focusing on data driven startups, and blockchain powered next generation protocols.
Huican Zhu
Managing Partner of Amino Capital
Dr. Huican Zhu is a Founder and Managing Partner at AMINO Capital. Huican joined Google in 2000 and was responsible for many significant Google research. He was a pioneer of Google’s image search and the first Senior Chinese Engineer and Senior Manager at Google. In 2010, he left Google and joined Tencent as the Chief Architect and General Manager of Infrastructure. Dr. Zhu has received high praise for his excellent computer vision research capability. Huican has a strong academic reputation, and his research results have over 12,000 citations. He is currently a board member of MaxFun, Weee, Yiqixie, and Evertoon, and has over 10 years of experience in investing in fast-growing companies like AppFolio (NASDAQ: APPF). He completed his B.E. degree at Sun Yat-sen University, M.S. degree at the National Academy of Science, and PhD at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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About Amino Capital, CloudIn: Amino Capital focusing on data driven startups, and blockchain powered next generation protocols.
Sue Xu
Managing Partner of Amino Capital
Dr. Sue Xu is a Managing Partner at Amino Capital, and her focus areas of investment include data-driven solutions and blockchain web3.0 protocols. She was interim CEO of CandyHouse and Databeyond. Since 2012, she has involved with more than 140 investments, including Assemblage (acquired by Cisco), Orbeus (acquired by Amazon), Ozlo (acquired by Facebook), GrokStyle(acquired by Facebook), Woomoo (acquired by Priceline), Contastic (acquired by Sugar CRM), Mobike (acquired by Meituan/Tencent), Evertoon (Acquired by Niantic | PokemonGo), Yiqixie (Acquired by Kuaishou/Tencent), Voyage, AIFI.io, Vicarious, Paperspace, Skycatch, Skuchain, Webflow, and Grail. We are also early backers of next-generation blockchain protocol since 2014 and led the seed and A round of String Labs, which incubated one of the most anticipated public chain, DFINITY. We participated in the investment of OASIS, DFINITY, Kadena, TrustToken, NuCypher, Kyber, 0x, and OmiseGo, which later became known as the first blockchain unicorn in 2017. Dr. Sue Xu began her early-stage entrepreneurship when she was the founding scientist of GlycoMira (also involved in undergrad and Ph.D. laboratory spin-offs). She has three patents and over 20 journal publications, and previously was a Postdoc fellow at Stanford University.
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About Amino Capital: Amino Capital focusing on data driven startups, and blockchain powered next generation protocols.
Lara Hood Balazs
EVP, Chief Marketing Officer & General Manager, Strategic Partner Group of Intuit
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About Intuit, Ridge Ventures: Intuit offers business and financial management solutions for SMBs, financial institutions, consumers, and accounting professionals.
Felicia Wilson
Head of Product & Platform Partnerships of Intuit
Felicia Wilson is the Head of Business Development at Intuit.
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About Intuit: Intuit offers business and financial management solutions for SMBs, financial institutions, consumers, and accounting professionals.
Lorrie Norrington
Operating Partner of Lead Edge Capital
Lorrie Norrington has over 30 years of operating experience in technology, software, and internet businesses. Norrington currently serves as an Advisor and in an Operating Partner capacity for Lead Edge Capital. Lead Edge is a growth equity firm that partners with world-class entrepreneurs and exceptional technology businesses. Prior to Lead Edge Capital, Norrington was the President of eBay Marketplaces and led all eBay businesses in 39 countries. Previously she served as President and COO of eBay Marketplaces and President of eBay International, in Europe and Asia. Prior to joining eBay, Norrington was the CEO of Shopping.com Inc., an online shopping comparison site acquired by eBay in 2005. Prior to eBay, Norrington was an officer at Intuit, Inc., where she led the Quicken and QuickBooks brands and later became an Executive Vice President in the Office of the CEO. She also led a variety of businesses at General Electric Company over a twenty-year period in a broad range of industries, including her last position as an officer of GE and CEO of GE FANUC. Norrington has an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BS degree from the University of Maryland. She also serves on the board of DIRECTV and HubSpot. Previous boards include Shopping.com, McAfee, TaskRabbit and Lucasfilm.
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About Lead Edge Capital: Lead Edge Capital is a growth equity and buyout firm focused on software and internet related companies.
SC Moatti
Managing Partner of Mighty Capital
SC Moatti is a Silicon Valley investor, entrepreneur & visionary. She is the managing partner of Mighty Capital, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, and Products That Count, one of the largest communities of product managers, leaders and entrepreneurs in the world. Previously, she built products that billions of people use at Facebook, Nokia and Electronic Arts. She also serves on boards of both public and private companies, including mobile technology giant Opera Software (OPERA:Oslo). An award-winning bestselling author, Moatti frequently gives keynotes on business and technology, and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, the Harvard Business Review, and on NPR. She lectures at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she earned her MBA and has a Master of Science in electrical engineering. Andrew Chen, one of Uber’s top executives, called SC “a genius at making mobile products people love.”
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About Columbia University in the City of New York, Mighty Capital, Products That Count, Stanford University Graduate School of Business: A Silicon Valley venture capital firm that invests in companies building products that transform lives and create value at scale.
Jennifer Vancini
General Partner of Mighty Capital
Jennifer has over 20 years of experience across a broad range of technologies, with extensive experience in the mobile and security industries. She has held management and executive roles in start-ups and innovation units of large organizations including Price Waterhouse, Nokia, VASCO Data Security and Telefonica. She looks for teams that can execute their go-to-market strategies.
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About Mighty Capital: A Silicon Valley venture capital firm that invests in companies building products that transform lives and create value at scale.
Allan Kramer
Investment Partner of Mighty Capital
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About Mighty Capital, The Angels’ Forum: A Silicon Valley venture capital firm that invests in companies building products that transform lives and create value at scale.
Erin Wright
Marketing Director, Partner Solutions of Dun & Bradstreet
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About Dun & Bradstreet: Dun & Bradstreet grows the most valuable relationships in business by uncovering truth and meaning from data.
Kate Mitchell
Co-founder & Partner of Scale Venture Partners
Founding Board Member at Venture Forward. Partner & Co-Founder at Scale Venture Partners.
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About Broadway Angels, Kauffman Fellows, PEWIN – Private Equity Women Investor Network, Scale Venture Partners: Scale is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on intelligent business software.
Vyoma Kapur
Product Marketing, Business Solutions and Strategic Partnerships of Momentive
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About Momentive: SurveyMonkey is an agile experience management company delivering solutions that help leaders make important decisions.
Shaye Martin
Head of People Partner Team, Tech of Gusto
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About Gusto: Gusto provides a cloud-based payroll, benefits, and human resource management solution for businesses.
Phil Chen
General Partner of Race Capital
Phil is a technology explorer and global citizen. As head of HTC’s business and corporate development, Phil has led investments into KKBox (#1 music service in Asia), Soundhound, Magnet and the acquisition of Beats electronics. Most recently, Phil founded VR at HTC. Prior to HTC, Phil was VP of Product for the Alex eReader and founded Glo Bible. Before his corporate endeavors, Phil built schools and orphanages in Afghanistan, Africa, and China and worked as a research assistant at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Phil holds a B.A and B.S in Pure Mathematics and Physics from UCSD, and an M.Div on Postmodern Philosophy from Fuller Seminary. His biggest return is from his role as father of Miles & Naomi.
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About Presence Capital, Race Capital: Race Capital is an early stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley.
Chris McCann
General Partner of Race Capital
Chris McCann is the Partner at Race Capital.
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About Race Capital, StartupDigest: Race Capital is an early stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley.
Edith Yeung
General Partner of Race Capital
Edith is a venture capitalist, technology executive, and creator of the China Internet Report, and Silicon News. Edith is a General Partner at Race Capital – an early-stage Silicon Valley venture capital fund. A few sectors we are particularly interested in infrastructure, fintech, and deep tech verticals. She has invested in over 50 startups including Agora.io (Nasdaq: API), Lightyear/Stellar (valued $1.2B), Silk Labs (acquired by Apple), Chirp (acquired by Apple), Fleksy (acquired by Pinterest), Human (acquired by Mapbox), Solana, Oasis Labs, Hooked, DayDayCook, AISense, and many more. Prior to Race Capital, Edith was a partner at 500 Startups, the world’s most active early-stage fund and incubator invested in Twilio, Credit Karma, Grab, and 2000 more companies. Before 500, Edith was the general manager at Dolphin Browser, a Sequoia-backed mobile browser with over 150 million installs worldwide. Edith also worked with many Fortune 500 companies such as Siebel, AMS, AT&T Wireless, and Autodesk. She frequently speaks on China and Silicon Valley technology and the investment landscape. She is also a frequent guest lecturer at Berkeley and Stanford and commentator on BBC, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, SCMP, Techcrunch, etc.
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About MoboTap, Race Capital, RightVentures: Race Capital is an early stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley.
