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This list showcases the top United States based Principal operating in the Financial Services 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.
Jeff Weinstein
Principal of FJ Labs
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About FJ Labs, Kauffman Fellows: FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.
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.
Erica Yu
Principal of GGV Capital
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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.
Thomas Krane
Principal of Insight Partners
Thomas Krane joined Insight in 2012. Prior to Insight, he founded and ran an SAT prep business in his hometown of Los Angeles and led operations for a mobile food delivery service in Philadelphia. He has also worked as a programmer for an online learning company and as a teacher for a science school in Cape Cod. Thomas received a BA in Astrophysics with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania (Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude). During his four years at Penn he also received his Masters in Physics, along with the Rose Research Award for his thesis on the discovery of multiple clusters of galaxies. Outside of work, Thomas is an avid musician and has toured with his band across the Northeast.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Allyson White
Principal of Insight Partners
Allyson joined Insight in 2012. Previously, she was a strategy consultant in the markets and customers practice at Monitor Group, where she advised multi-national companies on growth strategy, product innovation, acquisitions, scenario planning and pricing strategy. She worked in a variety of industries including Pharmaceutical, Insurance, and Chemicals. Allyson graduated with high honors from the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business at the University of Pennsylvania. She is fluent in Spanish.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Kevin Hurth
Principal, Capital Markets of Insight Partners
Kevin Hurth joined Insight in 2016 as Vice President, Capital Markets. In this role, Kevin is responsible for managing relationships with financing partners and investment banks and coordinating debt and equity capital markets activities across the firm. He supports Insight’s investment professionals and senior executives at Insight portfolio companies in the structuring and execution of debt facilities. In addition, he sources and manages deal flow from investment banks and serves as a resource to investment professionals and management teams engaging investment banks. Prior to joining Insight, Kevin spent 8 years in Chicago with BMO Capital Markets and BMO Harris Bank in various leveraged finance roles. Most recently, he was a Vice President in BMO Harris Bank’s Sponsor Finance group, where he originated, structured, underwrote, syndicated, and managed senior debt investments. Kevin holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BBA in Finance, Investment, and Banking from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Kevin enjoys skiing and playing soccer and softball. He is a fan of all Wisconsin sports teams.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Boris Treskunov
Principal of Insight Partners
Boris Treskunov joined Insight in 2016. He focuses on leveraged buyouts and majority recapitalizations in both high-growth and mature software businesses. Prior to joining Insight, Boris was an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs, where he helped advise on numerous M&A transactions, leveraged buyouts, spin-offs, and debt and equity offerings. He has also previously worked as a Software Engineer at Google. Boris graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S.E. in Computer Science from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and a B.S. in Economics with a concentration in Finance from the Wharton School. Outside of work, Boris enjoys exercising, snowboarding, watching basketball, and travelling.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Jonathan Grossman
Principal & Head of Valuation Group of Insight Partners
Jonathan Grossman joined Insight in 2010. He previously worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he provided audit and assurance services to various hedge funds, private equity funds, and other clients within the financial services industry.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Stuart Mayer
Principal, Finance of Insight Partners
Stuart Mayer joined Insight in 2007 and is Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining Insight, Stuart was Controller of the private equity division at Sandler Capital Management which he joined in 2003. Stuart began his career as an Auditor and Consultant at Ernst & Young, LLP in the Financial Services Division where he provided assurance and business advisory services for hedge funds, private equity funds, banking and capital markets clients.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Byron Lichtenstein
Principal of Insight Partners
Byron joined Insight in 2015. Prior to starting with Insight, he worked as a Consultant with Bain & Company in their New York and Boston offices. His work at Bain focused on advising both public and private companies on long-term product and go-to-market strategy definition, internal process redesign, and supply chain optimization. He also spent significant time in Bain’s private equity due diligence group. Byron has experience across a diverse set of industries including healthcare, retail, financial technology, insurance, and consumer packaged goods. Byron has also spent time working at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Procter & Gamble. At the Gates Foundation, he was part of their Discovery Strategy team concentrating on early-stage technology investments in Malaria and Child Nutrition. At Procter & Gamble, he was an R&D Engineer in their Innovation Lab where he focused on product reformulations. Originally from Berkeley, CA – Byron graduated with honors from Harvard University where he studied Biomedical & Materials Engineering with a secondary degree in Economics. In his spare time he loves cooking with friends, reading design blogs, exploring New York by foot, and singing aloud to himself.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
John Weinstein
Principal & Deputy General Counsel of Insight Partners
John Weinstein is Insight’s Principal and Deputy General Counsel who joined the firm in 2021. Prior to joining Insight, John worked at Two Sigma Investments as in-house counsel, where he oversaw the firm’s private investment strategies, which included private equity, venture capital, and impact investing.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Conrad Gorospe
Principal of Insight Partners
Conrad Gorospe joined Insight in 2019 as a Principal and Head of Investor Relations for North America. Prior to joining Insight, Conrad was a senior member of the Investor Relations & Fundraising team at Apollo Global Management where he led institutional client coverage of the mid-Atlantic region and led family office client efforts across North America. Prior, Conrad ran Investor Relations for KSA MidOcean and Varna Capital, both long/short equity hedge funds. Earlier in his career, he ran the Los Angeles office for Gerson Lehrman Group where he managed relationships for some of the firm’s largest private equity, hedge fund, and traditional asset management clients in California.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Aravind Bharadwaj
Principal of Innovation Endeavors
Aravind Bharadwaj currently works as the Principal for Innovation Endeavors. He previously worked at Vertical Knowledge as the Board Observer.
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About Innovation Endeavors, Marker: Innovation Endeavors invests in visionary founders, transformational technology, and emergent ecosystems for a new world.
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.
Vignesh Chandramouli
Principal of Oak HC/FT
Vignesh Chandramouli (HC), a Principal at Oak HC/FT, joined the firm in 2014 and focuses on growth equity and early-stage venture opportunities in Healthcare. Vig currently serves on the Board of Syllable and is a Board Observer at Advise, CareBridge, Mainstreet Health, Notable, OncoHealth, Quartet Health, Unite US, Veda Data, Vesta Healthcare, and VillageMD. Vig is also actively involved with Rialtic and Unified Women’s Healthcare. Recent prior investments include Aspire Health (acquired by Anthem), Core Informatics (acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific), LDI Integrated Pharmacy Services (acquired by Diplomat Pharmacy), Maestro Health (acquired by AXA Group), and Therapy Brands (acquired by KKR). Prior to joining Oak HC/FT, Vig was an Associate with LLR Partners, a middle-market growth equity firm, where he focused on investments in healthcare services companies. Vig received dual Bachelor of Science degrees, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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About Oak HC/FT: Oak HC/FT is a venture and growth equity investment firm that focuses on healthcare information services and financial service technology.
Monica Desai
Principal of Kleiner Perkins
Monica Desai is an investor at Kleiner Perkins and focuses on investments in blockchain, crypto, and fintech. Prior to joining Kleiner Perkins, she led Operations & Strategy at Blockchain, where she helped the company develop an institutional platform. She began her career as a bond trader at JPMorgan, where she managed TMT and industrial high-grade credit portfolios. She holds a Bachelor’s Degrees in Math and Economics from Cornell University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About Kleiner Perkins: Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm that specializes in investing in early-stage, incubation, and growth companies.
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.
Peter Sundheim
Principal, Real Estate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Peter Sundheim (New York) joined KKR in 2010 and is a member of the real estate team. Prior to the formation of a dedicated real estate group, Peter worked in the Firm’s corporate private equity business as a member of the Media industry team. Prior to joining KKR, he was at KSL Capital Partners, a hospitality and leisure focused private equity firm. He holds a B.A., cum laude, from 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.
Allan Jean-Baptiste
Principal, TMT Growth Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Allan Jean-Baptiste (New York) joined KKR in 2016 and is a member of the Technology, Media and Telecommunications industry team within KKR’s Private Equity platform. He focuses primarily on growth equity TMT investments in the Americas. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Jean-Baptiste was with CapitalG (formerly Google Capital), where he focused on software and consumer internet investments globally. Previously, he was also a member of the Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Jean-Baptiste holds an A.B with honors in Economics from Harvard 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.
James Rudy
Director, Principal Activities of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
James Rudy (New York) joined KKR in 2008 and is a member of the Corporate Development team. Previously he was a member of the New York Private Equity team. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Rudy was with Bear Stearns & Co., where he was involved in a variety of merger, acquisition and financing transactions. He holds a B.S., summa cum laude, from the McDonough School of Business at 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.
Webster Chua
Director, Principal Activities of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Webster B. Chua (New York) joined KKR in 2006 and is a member of KKR’s Principal Activities team and Head of Strategic Stakes. From 2006 to 2013, he was a member of the private equity team where he was involved with the investments in First Data Corporation, IPREO, Legg Mason, and Visant Corporation. He is currently on the board of directors of Visant Corporation. Prior to joining KKR, he was with Goldman, Sachs & Co. in its technology, media, and telecommunications investment banking group, where he was involved in a number of merger, acquisition, and financing transactions. He holds a B.S., summa cum laude, from the Wharton School of 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.
Emily Mason
Principal, KKR Prisma of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Emily Mason (New York) joined KKR Prisma, which previously conducted business as Prisma Capital Partners LP, in 2011. Ms. Mason is a member of the Client and Partner Group, focusing on customized hedge fund solutions. Prior to joining KKR Prisma, she was with Titan Capital, a hedge fund, where she was involved with the firm’s marketing and investor relations efforts. Previously, she was an analyst in J.P. Morgan’s prime brokerage capital introduction and client service groups. She holds a B.A. in English, magna cum laude, from Lehigh 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.
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.
John Diercksen
Principal, KKR Prisma of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
John D. Diercksen (New York) joined KKR Prisma, which previously conducted business as Prisma Capital Partners LP, in 2008. Mr. Diercksen is member of the Client and Partner Group, focusing on customized hedge fund solutions. He leads global client servicing for KKR Prisma. Prior to joining KKR Prisma, he was with Verizon Investment Management Corporation, where he was involved in alternative investments, portfolio restructurings, and strategic partnerships. He holds a B.S. in Business Management, cum laude, from Babson College.
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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.
Alex Shih
Principal, Energy & Infrastructure of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Alex Shih (Houston) rejoined KKR in 2014, having previously worked for the firm from 2008 to 2012, and is a member of KKR’s Energy and Infrastructure team. Prior to joining KKR, he was an investment professional at Highfields Capital. Mr. Shih holds a B.S. / M.S. in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford 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.
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.
Irene Shih
Principal, Legal of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Irene Shih (New York) joined KKR in 2011. Prior to joining KKR, Ms. Shih was an attorney at Shearman & Sterling LLP in New York, where she advised corporations and investment banks on capital markets transactions and compliance with U.S. securities laws. Ms. Shih holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from the Stanford Law School.
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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.
Benjamin Conner
Principal, Energy and Infrastructure of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Ben Conner (Houston) joined KKR in 2014 and is a member of the Energy & Infrastructure team. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Conner was with Lime Rock Partners and was directly involved in numerous investments, with a particular focus in North American upstream oil & gas and oilfield equipment, manufacturing and services. Prior to joining Lime Rock, he was with the natural resources investment banking group of J.P. Morgan where he worked on numerous corporate advisory and financing transactions. He is a graduate of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas (M.P.A, B.B.A.). Mr. Conner sits on the board of directors for Young Texans Against Cancer in Houston, Texas.
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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.
David Roosth
Principal of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
David Roosth (Houston) joined KKR in 2012 and is a member of the Energy industry team. Before joining KKR, he was with TPH Partners, where he was involved in middle-market equity investments in the energy industry. Prior to TPH Partners, he was with Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., where he focused primarily on strategic advisory and M&A transactions for companies in the energy industry. He holds a B.A. in Economics, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Yale 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.
Vishal Soni
Principal, KKR Prisma of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Vishal Soni (New York) joined KKR Prisma, which previously conducted business as Prisma Capital Partners LP, in 2014 as a member of the investment team. Prior to joining KKR Prisma, Mr. Soni was a quantitative portfolio analyst at the Citadel Group, where he managed the fund risk process across the Surveyor Capital market-neutral equity platform. Additionally, he managed a hedge portfolio designed to reduce top-level beta and style-factor exposure. Mr. Soni has served as a graduate research assistant for the University of Michigan Advanced Technology Laboratories where his research work involved topics covering machine learning, Markov decision processes, and game theory. Mr. Soni holds Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon 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.
Jacki Goodman
Principal, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Jacquelyn Goodman (New York) joined KKR in 2013 and is a member of the Client and Partner Group. She is involved in the Firm’s capital raising and investor relations effort and works closely with institutional client and consultant relationships. Prior to joining KKR, Ms. Goodman was with Credit Suisse Asset Management where she focused on project management and distribution for Credit Suisse’s private equity and hedge fund businesses. Ms. Goodman holds a B.B.A from Emory University’s Goizeuta Business School with concentrations in Finance and Organization & Management.
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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.
Jaime Villa
Principal, Global Macro and Asset Allocation of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Jurcell Virginia (London) joined KKR in 2012 and is a Director in the Client and Partner Group. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Virginia was responsible for the business development activities for EIM SA in the Netherlands and Southern Africa. Previously, he was engaged with a number of entrepreneurial companies. Mr. Virginia started his career with ABN AMRO where he worked for 7 years in the corporate finance department in Amsterdam and Sao Paulo. His most recent position was as VP Corporate Finance. Mr. Virginia holds a Masters in Econometrics from Tilburg University, The Netherlands.
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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.
Joseph Thistle
Principal, KKR Capstone of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Joseph Thistle (New York) joined KKR Capstone in 2014. Mr. Thistle was previously with A.T. Kearney in New York where he worked across industries focusing on procurement and marketing initiatives. He holds a B.A. in Engineering and Economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.
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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.
Elizabeth Saracco
Principal, KKR Prisma of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Elizabeth A. Saracco (New York) joined KKR Prisma, which previously conducted business as Prisma Capital Partners LP, in 2010. Ms. Saracco is a member of the Client and Partner Group, focusing on customized hedge fund solutions. Prior to joining KKR Prisma, she was with EIM Management (USA) Inc., a global fund of hedge funds firm. While at EIM, Ms. Saracco was involved in managing business development efforts to institutional investors and consultants in North America. She holds a B.A. in Economics from Colgate 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.
Richard Le
Principal, Real Estate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Richard Le (New York) joined KKR in 2015. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Le was a senior vice president at LNR Property, LLC. Most recently at LNR, Mr. Le was responsible for negotiating and resolving large loan workouts. Prior to that, he was responsible for CMBS B-piece investing and managing the due diligence underwriting process. Before joining LNR in 2003, Mr. Le worked for The Bulfinch Companies where he was primarily responsible for structuring real estate equity investments. Prior to The Bulfinch Companies, Mr. Le worked at Morgan Stanley in the investment banking / real estate funds group in New York and in Hong Kong where he was a part of the principal investment team. Mr. Le began his career at LaSalle Partners in the real estate advisory group. Richard graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Economics.
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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.
Joseph Muscatiello
Principal, Legal of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Joseph Muscatiello (New York) joined KKR in March 2015 as Principal Investments Compliance Officer and Counsel. Mr. Muscatiello was previously an in-house attorney at Black Diamond Capital Management, L.L.C. where he was involved in managing the compliance program and other regulatory and transactional matters. Prior to that, he was a corporate attorney in the financial services group of Dechert LLP. Mr. Muscatiello holds a B.A. in English from Rutgers University and a J.D. from NYU School of Law.
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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.
Domenick D’Onofrio
Principal, Capital Management Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Domenick A. D’Onofrio (New York) joined KKR in 2011 to focus on capital management of the balance sheet within the Treasury group. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. D’Onofrio was a vice president at Citigroup, where he traded convertible bonds within the equities division. He earned a B.S. in Finance from St. John’s 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.
Joshua Lederman
Principal & Associate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Josh Lederman is the Principal & Associate at KKR.
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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.
Paul Sigfusson
Principal, Capital Markets of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Paul Sigfusson (New York) joined KKR in 2011 and is a member of KKR Capital Markets. Prior to joining KKR, he was with Deutsche Bank Securities in the industrials investment banking group, where he was involved in a number of corporate advisory, debt and equity transactions. He holds a B.S. from Indiana 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.
Wilson Tran
Principal, KKR Prisma of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Wilson Tran (New York) joined KKR Prisma, which previously conducted business as Prisma Capital Partners LP, in 2013 and focuses on operational due diligence and monitoring efforts. Prior to joining KKR Prisma, he was an operational due diligence analyst at Mariner Investment Group LLC, responsible for evaluating the business and operational risks of hedge funds for a multi-strategy fund of hedge funds. He holds a BS in Business Administration from the College of Mount Saint Vincent.
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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.
Queenie Chang
Principal, Hedge Funds of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Queenie Chang (New York) joined KKR Prisma, which previously conducted business as Prisma Capital Partners LP, in 2009 and focuses on operational due diligence and monitoring efforts. Previously, Queenie served as a vice president at DB Advisors Fund of Funds and an assistant vice president at Julius Baer Investment Management LLC, in both cases with responsibilities for global operational due diligence. She began her career as an auditor at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in Hong Kong and then moved to senior credit and accounting positions at the Bank of Bermuda (Hong Kong and New York) as well as SAGEN Asset Management, LLC. She holds a B.Comm Accounting from the University of New South Wales and an M.B.A., Beta Gamma Sigma, from Boston University. Ms. Chang is also a CFA Charterholder and a Certified Public Accountant.
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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.
Ali Hartman
Principal, ESG Strategy & Stakeholder Engagement of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Ali Hartman (New York) joined KKR in 2011 to support the firm’s growing work on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues and stakeholder engagement across its investment portfolio. Previously, Ms. Hartman worked at Coca-Cola in the public affairs department, where she oversaw a range of social and environmental issues in North America and Europe. Prior to this role, she studied worker rights at the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Paris and completed fieldwork in child labor issues at the Working Boys Center in Quito, Ecuador. Ms. Hartman holds a B.A. from Columbia College at Columbia University and completed her M.A. in International Affairs at L’Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). Ms. Hartman is a founding co-chair of the Earth Institute’s Leadership Council, a co-chair of the Young Professionals Board of the YMCA of Greater New York, and a 15-year volunteer at Camp Fatima of New Jersey.
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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.
Michael Friedland
Principal, Real Estate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Michael Friedland (New York) joined KKR in 2011 and is a member of the Real Estate industry team. Prior to joining KKR, he was with Eton Park Capital Management where he analyzed public and private real estate opportunities. Before that, Mr. Friedland spent a total of four years analyzing, executing, and managing private real estate transactions at The Blackstone Group and Square Mile Capital Management. He holds a B.A. in Economics from 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.
Narender Nanchary
Principal, Hedge Funds of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Narender Nanchary (New York) joined KKR Prisma, which previously conducted business as Prisma Capital Partners LP, in 2014 and focuses on risk management. Prior to joining KKR Prisma, Mr. Nanchary was the chief risk officer at 40 North Capital, responsible for the implementation of risk management policies and procedures and the development of risk infrastructure. Previously, he was a director of risk at TPG-Axon, where his responsibilities included risk monitoring and analyses, risk mitigation, and to provide an independent risk oversight. Mr. Nanchary holds a B. Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, an M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston, and an M.S. degree in Financial Mathematics from the University of Chicago. He is a CFA Charterholder and FRM Charterholder.
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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.
Steven Perrotto
Principal, Business Operations of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Steven Perrotto (New York) joined KKR in 2011 and is a Principal in Finance on the Private Markets Valuations team. Previously, Mr. Perrotto acted as a financial officer at Bessemer Venture Partners. Prior to Bessemer Venture Partners, he worked at KPMG as a senior auditor. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Villanova University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and a CFA Charterholder.
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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.
Adam Simon
Principal, Real Estate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Adam Simon (New York) joined KKR in 2015. Prior to KKR, Mr. Simon was a vice president at Rialto Capital Management where he was responsible for originating and structuring real estate debt and equity transactions. Mr. Simon also worked within Rialto’s Asset Management group, where he was responsible for managing a portfolio of distressed loans and negotiating workouts with borrowers. Previously, he worked at balance sheet lender Anglo Irish Bank in New York. Mr. Simon received a B.A. from the University of Michigan and is a CFA charterholder.
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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.
Jonathan Rin
Principal, Hedge Funds of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Jonathan Rin (New York) joined KKR Prisma, which previously conducted business as Prisma Capital Partners LP, in 2005. He focuses on portfolio management. Mr. Rin holds a B.S. and an M.Eng in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering from Cornell University. He is also a CFA Charterholder.
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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.
Len Fliegel
Principal, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Len Fliegel (New York) joined KKR in 2012 as a member of the Client and Partner Group. Prior to joining KKR, he worked at Lazard Asset Management, where he was involved in marketing and investor relations efforts focusing on alternative investment strategies. Previously, he worked at Deutsche Asset Management where he was involved in institutional business development focusing on hedge fund strategies. He also previously worked in the architectural industry. He holds a B.A. from Columbia 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.
Jonathan Rin
Principal, Hedge Funds of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Jonathan Rin (New York) joined KKR Prisma, which previously conducted business as Prisma Capital Partners LP, in 2005. He focuses on portfolio management. Mr. Rin holds a B.S. and an M.Eng in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering from Cornell University. He is also a CFA Charterholder.
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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.
Antonio Gracias
Founder, Principal of Valor Equity Partners
Gracias serves as Valor’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Investment Committee. His duties include overall responsibility for the Firm’s management, operations, and investing. These include but are not limited to: human resources, management of the Firm’s board, raising capital, limited partner communication, deal generation, investment selection, investment strategy, investment committee management, transaction structuring, and portfolio company management and improvement. Gracias has over 15 years experience investing in a variety of sectors including private equity, public equity, and real estate transactions. Gracias is Valor’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to founding Valor in 2001, Gracias served as Founder and Managing Member of MG Capital from 1995 through 2000. MG Capital was a private equity firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. As the lead transaction principal, Gracias sourced investments in nine middle market manufacturing companies where MG Capital played the role of lead equity sponsor. He also sourced three non-lead investments in a diverse set of industries. Gracias served as the Chief Executive Officer of MG Capital’s electronic connector holdings, Connector Service Corporation. He managed the company through growth from $10 million to $125 million in revenue before exiting the investment in 2001. In addition, Gracias served as Chief Executive Officer of Industrial Powder Coatings, Inc., a $65 million revenue supplier to the auto parts and appliance sectors. Prior to MG Capital, Gracias was an Associate with Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York where he served the firm’s institutional clients in the International Equity Division. Gracias is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a member of the Board of Directors of the Grand Victoria Foundation, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Institute of Technology, a member of the Board of Directors of The Economic Club of Chicago, a Trustee of the Field Museum, and a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of Chicago Law School. Gracias received the 2008 Immigrant & Refugee Contributions Award for Entrepreneurial & Business Leadership from Changing Worlds, an educational arts non-profit organization. Gracias is a 2009 Henry Crown Fellow, an Aspen Institute program designed to engage the next generation of leaders in the challenge of community-spirited leadership. He is also a member of several Valor portfolio company boards. Gracias holds a joint B.S. and M.S.F.S. (honors degree) in International Finance and Economics from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. He also studied corporate structures and economic development at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. Prior to completing his Masters, Gracias returned to Japan as a Nikko Securities Fellow. Gracias holds a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. He is fluent in Spanish, proficient in Portuguese, and has a working knowledge of Japanese.
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About Valor Equity Partners: Valor Equity Partners is an operational growth investment firm focused on high growth companies across various stages of development.
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.
Amelia Armour
Principal, Early Stage Funds of Amadeus Capital Partners
Amelia joined Amadeus Capital Partners in 2009. Her current investment focus is on autonomous systems, AI and machine learning, cloud computing, digital health and medical technology. Based in Cambridge, Amelia has an interest in supporting and nurturing university spin-outs. She is a Director on the board of Cambridge Touch Technologies, a company developing the next generation of ‘force touch’ for mobile phones and tablets and SLAMcore, a spin-out from Imperial College, developing spatial intelligence for autonomous robotics and drones. Amelia is an active board observer at Prowler.io, an AI company that has built a platform for general purpose decision-making; Paragraf, manufacturing graphene and other two-dimensional materials for real-world applications and Graphcore, the Bristol-based business building chips for the future of AI. Prior to Amadeus, she worked at Barclays Investment Bank as a manager in the structured capital markets team with responsibility for running a portfolio of multi jurisdiction transactions. Amelia has also worked in structured finance at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. She qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte in the corporate tax department. Amelia holds a BSc in Chemistry and Biology from Durham University and is a mentor on the Judge Business School’s Accelerate Programme.
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About Amadeus Capital Partners: Amadeus Capital Partners caters to the technology sector with seed, early, and later stage venture, and private equity investments.
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.
Yoni Rechtman
Principal of Tusk Venture Partners
Yoni Rechtman is a Principal at Tusk Ventures.
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About Tusk Venture Partners: Tusk Venture Partners invests in early-stage technology startups operating in highly-regulated markets.
Jillian Williams
Principal of Cowboy Ventures
Jillian is an Investment Associate at Anthemis, where she helps discover, evaluate and execute investments. Prior to joining Anthemis, Jillian worked at Barclays in the Investment Banking division. She specialized in equity capital markets for financial institutions, helping a range of companies go public and raise capital in the public market. Born and raised in New York City, Jillian graduated from Yale University with a BA in Economics. Outside of work, she enjoys traveling and participating in sports. Jillian is a talented athlete and ran competitively for several years. She studied Mandarin and has spent a significant time working and studying the language in China.
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About Cowboy Ventures: Cowboy Ventures is a generalist seed-stage fund focused fund investing in technology startups.
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.
Jenny Zhang
Sr. Principal Information Security Engineer of Mastercard
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About Mastercard: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
Vishal Anand
Principal Software Engineer of Mastercard
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About Mastercard: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
Wally Lo Faro
Principal Consultant of Mastercard
Wally Lo Faro, PhD, Vice President Data Science, Operations and Technology, Mastercard Wally Lo Faro is Vice President, Data Science for Mastercard Operations and Technology. He leads a team of data scientists whose responsibilities include architecting data science and analytics environments and applying artificial intelligence and related approaches to extract information from large volumes of data for operational improvement, data quality, and product development. Wally has been with MasterCard for 12 years in a variety of roles.
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About Mastercard: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
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.
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.
Peter Briger
Principal & Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortress Investment Group
Briger is a principal and Co-Chairman of the board of directors of Fortress. He has served as a member of the board of directors of Fortress since November 2006 and was elected Co-Chairman in August 2009. Briger has been a member of the Management Committee of Fortress since March 2002. Briger is responsible for the Credit and Real Estate business at Fortress. Prior to joining Fortress in March 2002, Briger spent fifteen years at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he became a partner in 1996. Briger serves on the board of Tipping Point, a non-profit organization serving low income families in San Francisco. Briger also serves on the board of Caliber Schools, a network of charter schools committed to preparing students for success in competitive four-year colleges and beyond. Briger received a B.A. from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Fortress Investment Group: Fortress is an investment management firm that manages alternative assets in private equity, liquid hedge funds, and credit funds.
Randal Nardone
Co-founder, Principal and Director of Fortress Investment Group
Randal A. Nardone is the interim CEO, co-founder, principal and director at investment management firm Fortress Investment Group LLC. He has been a part of the management committee at Fortress since 1998, and was appointed to the board of directors in November 2006.
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About Fortress Investment Group: Fortress is an investment management firm that manages alternative assets in private equity, liquid hedge funds, and credit funds.
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.
Grygorii Yefremov
Principal of I2BF Global Ventures
Grygorii joined I2BF Global Ventures in 2013. Prior to I2BF he worked at Stroud Consulting, a boutique consultancy specialising in Industrial Operations & Management Consulting, first as an associate and later as a consultant. His responsibilities included optimization and ongoing improvement projects for various clients in the food & beverage, healthcare, and speciality chemicals industries. Before Stroud, Grygorii interned at Lux Research where he performed strategic analysis and market research in bio-based chemicals, bio-fuels, and bio-materials. Grygorii graduated summa cum laude from Columbia University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering.
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About I2BF Global Ventures: I2BF is a venture capital firm that focuses on early stage technology companies.
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.
Andrew Schoen
Principal of New Enterprise Associates
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About New Enterprise Associates: New Enterprise Associates is a global venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare.
Danielle Lay
Principal of New Enterprise Associates
Danielle joined NEA in 2017 as an investor on the Technology Team in New York. Prior to joining NEA, Danielle was a member of Goldman Sachs’ Financial Technology and Asset Management investment banking team. While at Goldman, she worked on a variety of M&A transactions across the payments, insurance technology and alternative asset management sectors, representing companies such as Nasdaq, Bridgewater, FIS, and Fiserv, among others. Danielle graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in Economics and minors in Business Institutions and Chinese Culture & Language. While at Northwestern, she launched DesignWorks, a graphic design and web development company that exclusively hired student creators.
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About New Enterprise Associates: New Enterprise Associates is a global venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare.
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.
Chris Doppman
Principal, LP Relations of New Enterprise Associates
Chris joined NEA in 2019 as a Principal on the LP Relations team. He is focused on managing relationships with the firm’s Limited Partners and raising capital from investors globally. Prior to joining NEA, Chris was Principal, Investor Relations at IFC Asset Management Company, a $10 billion private equity firm focused on growth equity investments in emerging markets. In this role, he was responsible for building relationships with global investors and developing new products in the growth equity, venture capital, and credit space. Chris also worked at The Carlyle Group on the Investor Relations team and began his career in investment banking at Evercore and UBS. Chris received his BA from Georgetown University and his MBA from the Questrom School of Business at Boston University; he holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation.
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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.
