Adam is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Terra Nova, a network-driven, early-stage venture capital and research firm. Adam is also the Founder of the Emerging Venture Capitalists Association (EVCA), a nonprofit and the preeminent community for the emerging (pre-partner & junior partner) VC.
Prior to Terra Nova, Adam was an investor at Sierra Ventures where he focused on investments in the enterprise software, healthcare, and blockchain sectors. His investments included Interplay Learning, Hashnode, Loop Health, and Podcastle.
Adam began his venture career with investor roles at Benhamou Global Ventures and Plug and Play Ventures. He holds a B.A. in Finance from Texas A&M University.
Adam is a proud Incline Village resident, where you can often find him hunched over a laptop in the back of Drink Coffee Do Stuff, in search of fresh powder in the Mt. Rose backcountry, or at the lake with his golden retriever, Cooper.
John joined Scale in 2018 and focuses on the firm's investments in SaaS, cloud infrastructure, fintech, and frontier technologies. He was featured on Business Insider's list of up-and-coming financial technology investors and has contributed to the firm's investments in AppOmni, Archipelago, Comet, Spruce, Socure, Scout RFP, Tetrate and Papaya Global (sourced).
Before Scale, John was most recently a Product Manager at Personal Capital where he focused on customer engagement and growth. Previously, he was also a Product Manager at Intuit and launched the first iteration of their QuickBooks Capital lending product, which provided working capital loans to small business owners.
John holds dual degrees in both the business and liberal arts honors programs from the University of Texas at Austin. Outside of work, John enjoys running and playing soccer in Golden Gate Park.
Kathryn is a vice president at Norwest Venture Partners, where she focuses on consumer and enterprise software companies. To date, she has invested across future of work, food innovation, IoT, EdTech, luxury commerce, and audio. Kathryn has sourced over $60M of investment for Norwest.
Previously, Kathryn worked in business operations at NerdWallet, focused on small business lending. Prior to NerdWallet, she was a strategy consultant at Deloitte, where she specialized in financial services and retail loyalty. Kathryn obtained a bachelor of arts degree in Spanish, financial economics, and corporate strategy from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
While at the GSB, Kathryn led the High Tech Club as co-president. In addition to the EVCA Board, Kathryn serves as co-chair of the Technology Advisory Council for Mission Asset Fund, a leading financial inclusion nonprofit in the Bay Area.
Oscar is the co-founder of Remi, a direct-to-consumer sleep and wellness brand based in San Francisco.
Prior to starting Remi, Oscar worked at Sinai Ventures, a $100m Bay Area-based venture fund focused where he focused on early stage consumer investments.
Previously, Oscar was an investor at BMW i Ventures, where he focused on micromobility, autonomous driving, and marketplace investments. Oscar is a graduate of NYU’s Stern School of Business.
Riley is a Principal at Valia Ventures. He divides his focus between supporting the company’s existing portfolio and searching for the next entrepreneur to back – something that takes a real eye for detail and intuition for good ideas.
Before joining Valia, Riley was an Associate at Arctaris Capital Partners and the founder of Crash Alert. Over the past six years, Riley has mentored hundreds of start-up founders as a volunteer for the MIT Enterprise Forum, SCORE and MassChallenge, and has been actively involved as a board member and mentor for several non-profits. After buying and building a small business in the lawn and garden industry, Riley attended Bentley University, and spent his time starting companies and becoming ingrained in the Boston startup ecosystem.
Outside of his work at Valia, Riley enjoys traveling the world (he’s on 41 countries and counting) and trying to keep up with an expanding reading list. His competitive side pushed him to become a college soccer player, a professional motorcycle racer, and a sponsored snowboarder, but Riley’s now learning to embrace a slower pace in the interest of balance. Nowadays, you’ll likely find him on weekends exploring northern California’s coasts and mountains, and planning his next trip.
Connect with Riley on LinkedIn / Twitter, or email at riley@valia.vc
Samantha Huang serves as Head of Content for the EVCA and is a Principal at BMW i Ventures, where she focuses on investments across AI and big data, autonomous driving, Industry 4.0, sustainability, and the next generation of human experiences.
Samantha previously worked at Robert Bosch Venture Capital and in corporate development at SK Telecom. She also worked as Lead Researcher at the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University on research projects centered on innovation and entrepreneurship.
She holds a J.D. from Berkeley Law School and is a licensed California attorney.
Ananya Vasagiri is an Analyst at Schematic Ventures, an early-stage venture firm focused on technology that makes and moves the world, covering sectors such as supply chain, manufacturing, robotics and automation.
Prior to Schematic, Ananya was on the fund-of-funds team at Adams Street Partners, where she supported investments in VC and PE funds across a range of stages and sectors, deploying ~$250 million in funds. She was also involved in the launch of both the impact and blockchain manager funds, assisting with pipeline development and early investments.
She received a bachelor's degree in Economics and Psychology from the University of Chicago. Outside of work, Ananya enjoys trying new restaurants and reading.
Betsy Mulé is an Associate at F-Prime Capital, where she focuses on early-stage investments in enterprise technology. Prior to joining F-Prime, she was a strategy consultant at Mars & Co. where she advised Fortune 500 companies across the US, LatAm and Europe.
Betsy is a graduate of MIT where she majored in Chemical-Biological Engineering.
Erika is an investor at Pelion Ventures where she focuses on early-stage B2B SaaS investments.
Before Pelion, she was an investor for a growth-stage firm focused on infrastructure and cybersecurity software. During graduate school, Erika worked in the corporate transactions group at Wilson Sonsini and as a management consultant for PwC supporting cloud-based software and networking companies.
She holds a JD/MBA from Brigham Young University, where she co-managed the university’s student-run venture capital fund.
Outside of work, Erika enjoys skiing, mountaineering, and the performing arts.
Abdul is an early-stage investor at F-Prime Capital, where he focuses on Fintech & Vertical SaaS investments.
Prior to joining F-Prime, Abdul invested in emerging markets-based technology startups and worked with a venture-backed digital banking/payments startup in East Africa. He began his career in financial services where he carried out assurance and valuation services for venture capital, private equity and hedge funds in New York & London.
Abdul holds B.A & B.S degrees from the University of Minnesota. He also holds joint MBA & MPA/ID degrees from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and the Harvard Kennedy School.
Achal joined WestBridge Capital as a member of the investment team to help expand their US software practice. He covers both enterprise infrastructure and application software. He has actively worked on WestBridge's investments in Innovaccer, Turing, Phenom People, Leadsquared, SupportLogic, Nightfall, and Goldcast among others. He has also worked on WestBridge's public market investments.
Prior to WestBridge, he was part of the private equity group at Bain & Company, where he worked on a number of growth stage and public transactions. He also spent time at Electronic Arts and Walmart eCommerce in their business operations teams.
Achal graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor’s in business and economics. While at Cal, he was actively involved with the startup scene, especially with the center of entrepreneurship and technology. Originally from Mumbai, India, Achal is also fluent in Hindi.
Adam joined Sapphire Ventures as a member of the growth investment team in 2021. He focuses on performing due diligence on prospective investments, assisting current portfolio companies, and looking out for exciting companies in the infrastructure software space.
Before Sapphire Ventures, Adam was part of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Technology Investment Banking Group, where he worked on multi-billion-dollar IPOs and M&A transactions across the software and internet verticals. Adam also brings a diverse set of experiences in technology having spent time at Light Street Capital, Yahoo!, and start-ups prior. Adam graduated with distinction from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.S. in Business Administration.
Born and raised in Palo Alto, CA, Adam is an avid marathoner, road biker, mountain biker, golfer, and watch collector.
Aditya Raghupathy is an Associate at Schematic Ventures, an early-stage venture firm focused on technology that makes & moves the world covering sectors such as supply chain, manufacturing, robotics & automation, and energy.
Prior to Schematic, Aditya was at Deloitte where he focused on developing smart factory applications across consumer and industrial products manufacturers. Later, as part of Deloitte's technology innovation group, Deloitte Catalyst, he led the scouting and evaluation of industrial startups for corporates.
He received a Bachelor's degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering and Management at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Outside of work, Aditya is passionate about soccer, traveling (60+ countries), and photography.
Alan Yu is an Associate at Space Capital, an early-stage fund that focuses on global investments in space infrastructure, distribution and applications companies that reside within the core space and aerospace industries as well as climate, smart urban, communications, manufacturing, energy, logistics, mobility, metaverse and many more.
Alan’s early career started with applying geospatial analysis on Urban Planning and Ecohydrology research. With an immense interest in the world of Tech, Maps and Space, he worked in multiple geospatial engineering and database roles in companies including Apple Maps and ESRI prior entering the investing world.
Alan holds a bachelor’s in urban planning and GIS from the University of Waterloo.Aside from work, Alan enjoys playing guitar, practicing aikido, reading comics and indulge in viewing unique arts and collectibles.
Amanda Way is an investor on the Health Team at Emerson Collective, a family office founded by Laurene Powell Jobs that leverages policy, philanthropy, and venture investing to enable the most underserved communities to live to their fullest potential.
The venture arm of the Health Team primarily makes early stage investments in the oncology space - the narrow focus enabling their deep and targeted network, robust set of capabilities, and unique insight into the future of cancer care.
Prior to Emerson Collective, Amanda studied neuroscience at Brown University - conducting research in the Assad Lab on the optogenetic investigation of neural rhythms and learning, working as an EMT, and co-founded and exited a cystic fibrosis focused company that reduces bacterial growth on nebulizers.
Ariana is an investor at the MassMutual Catalyst Fund, focusing on early-stage impact investments across a variety of sectors. Her passion for clean-tech and deep tech have led to investments into Nth-Cycle, Clean Crop, Alloy Enterprises among others. She is responsible for sourcing, researching, evaluating, and supporting early-stage companies that can be impact and financial unicorns.
Prior to joining the Impact Investing team, Ariana was part of MassMutual’s Investment Management Leadership Development program where she held roles across quantitative and fundamental credit, macro-economic research and operational due diligence.
Ariana holds a BS in Finance from Bentley University and is based in Boston. In her free time she is an avid traveler, sailor, loves anything outdoors and enjoys cooking.
Ben is an investor at Munich Re Ventures in the Bay Area. He focuses on Series Seed-B investments in InsurTech, FinTech, and AI/ML with check sizes ranging from $1M-$20M.
His current portfolio companies include Hippo, At-Bay, Forge Global, and HDVI, among others.
Prior to MRV, Ben spent time as an investor at Samsung NEXT Ventures, Alpha Venture Partners, and JetBlue Ventures, as well as a founder of a mobile software startup. Ben holds degrees from Columbia Business School and Claremont McKenna College.
Bijoy is an investor at Fulcrum Global Capital, an early-stage venture fund focused on boosting global food production through investments in AgTech, Animal Health, and Supply Chain.
A graduate of Boston College with a background in finance, entrepreneurship, and social impact, Bijoy co-founded the first student-led venture fund at Boston College in partnership with SSC Venture Partners. He is a 2022 Venture for America fellow, a program that supports recent graduates in joining entrepreneurship ecosystems across 13 US cities, with his home base of Kansas City, MO.
Brian Wei is an Analyst at BMW i Ventures, an early-stage fund that focuses on investments in industry 4.0, mobility, human experiences, and sustainability.
Prior to joining BMW i Ventures, Brian was a strategy consultant at KPMG Strategy's technology, media and telecommunications team, where he worked on growth, M&A and operations strategy projects.
He received a Bachelor of Arts in Statistics from Harvard University.
Carl is a principal at Solasta Ventures Silicon Valley office, responsible for frontier tech investments. Previously, Carl served as a director of corporate strategy at Upwork where he led strategic initiatives in creating economic opportunities through a human cloud marketplace. He also worked at Riverbed Technology driving several M&A transactions and spent time at J.P. Morgan in San Francisco.Hailing from Canada, Carl holds a double degree in Mathematics and Business Administration from the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University respectively, and an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas. In his free time, he enjoys playing soccer and all kinds of board games.
Casber joined Sapphire Ventures as a member of the investment team in early 2018. He focuses primarily on security, enterprise infrastructure, and data & analytics. He has actively worked on Sapphire’s investments in Auth0, CircleCI, Dremio, Exabeam, Outreach, Moveworks, OwnBackup, Pendo, Privacera, Side, StackHawk, Tetrate, Thoughtspot, Upytcs and Verbit. In 2020, Business Insider listed Casber as an Enterprise VC Rising Star Investor.
Prior to Sapphire, he was part of the technology investment banking group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he worked on a number of high-profile IPO and M&A transactions. He also spent time at Wish, a leading mobile commerce platform in North America and Europe.
Casber graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor’s in business. While at Cal, he was actively involved with the startup scene and co-founded Etch.ai, a personal CRM company incubated at Berkeley Skydeck. Originally from Wuhan, China, Casber is also fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
Chris Abshire is an Senior associate at Toyota Ventures, responsible for sourcing startups, evaluating opportunities, negotiating, and closing investments.
Prior to joining Toyota AI Ventures, Chris was on the investment team at Fenox Venture Capital, where he led the U.S. due diligence process and market research activities. He also was executive director of the firm’s Startup World Cup event, a platform that created innovation opportunities for startup ecosystems around the world.
He received a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Kansas, where he received the CPE Outstanding Academic Achievement Award for graduating at the top of his class.
Connie is a VP at Montage Ventures focusing on seed-stage investments into vertical AI applications such as financial services, commerce, and the built world.
Before Montage, Connie held a variety of operating roles in GTM: a Series A fintech company called Karat, focusing on growing their credit card product, and PlanGrid (Series B), a construction software startup where she helped scale their sales team. PlanGrid was acquired by Autodesk as their largest acquisition ever.
Connie started her career at Piper Sandler on the equity-linked team, executing over $1B in convertible debt, IPO, and follow-on transactions. She graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) with a B.S. in Business Administration. While she misses the LA sun, she’s a true SF native, doing Barry’s Bootcamp and pottery on the weekend.
Dave Mullen is a Senior Associate at SVB Capital where he is responsible for leading investment research and underwriting for the platform’s direct investment vehicles.
Prior to SVB Capital, Dave was an investor at Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, the principal investment arm of Wells Fargo where he focused on venture growth investments in the technology sector. Dave started his career with J.P. Morgan in the Leveraged Finance division of the Investment Bank where he was responsible for raising debt capital for both sponsor buyout and M&A transactions. Dave earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with concentrations in Economics, Analytic Finance, and Entrepreneurship and has a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Georgia.
Dave is on the programming board and serves as an active mentor with StartOut, a non-profit serving LGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs and currently lives in San Francisco.
Eduardo Laiter is a Sr. Investment Analyst at Kapor Capital. As an impact investor he focuses on identifying, evaluating, and supporting diverse founders whose companies help increase economic mobility for underserved and low income communities.
His current focus areas include Proptech, Fintech, Edtech, and the Future of Work.
Prior to joining Kapor Capital he worked at two early stage ad-tech companies, and also brings with him experiences in the wealth management and entertainment industries, from Merrill Lynch and Marvel Studios respectively.
Emily is an investor at NEA on the healthcare team where she focuses on early-stage and growth-stage digital health and life sciences investments. She is a Board Observer for Spiras Health, Slope, and Senti Bio, and is also involved in NEA’s investments in Vori Health, Strive Health, Waymark, Curana Health, ChromaCode, Vistagen Therapeutics, and Geron. Prior to NEA, Emily worked in healthcare investment banking at Goldman Sachs in New York City. She has also worked at the U.S. Department of Treasury, PwC, and early-stage digital health startups Healthie and NeuroFlow.
Emily graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Vagelos Program in Life Sciences & Management, where she earned a B.S. in Finance from Wharton, a B.A. in Biology, and a certificate in healthcare policy as a Public Policy Research Scholar. Originally from the Chicago suburbs, Emily now lives in the Bay Area and loves to hike, make music, and try different restaurants and workout classes.
Jeremy joined CapitalG in 2019 and is an Investment Associate.
Prior to CapitalG, Jeremy worked as an investment banking analyst at Moelis & Company in Los Angeles, where he covered TMT M&A and restructuring.
Jeremy graduated in 2017 with a B.A. in Economics and B.S.E in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
John is a Vice President at Owl Ventures, a multistage venture fund focused on investments in education technology and the future of work in the US and internationally.
Previously he was an investor at Technology Crossover Ventures, where he helped build the firm’s software buyout practice in New York City. John holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Harvard University.
Lynch is a founding investor at MGV, the firm he joined in 2017 after starting his career at CrunchFund, the firm now known as Tuesday Capital.
Lynch's focus areas include mental health, where he invested in Modern Health, and fintech, where he's backed ObserveAI and Origin.
He also works with Glide and Leap for the early-stage, Bay Area-based firm.
Kira Noodleman is a principal at Bee Partners. Her role in the 4-person firm is part pioneer--deeply exploring new areas like synthetic biology and blockchain--and part startup geek, co-reviewing over 2,000 new companies a year in dealflow.
She significantly supports Bee portfolio companies in company-building with her unique combination of intellectual acumen and technical expertise, often applying wisdom gained as a woman in VC to the growth and funding challenges of female-led businesses.
Mady is an investor at Lumos Capital Group, a growth-stage fund that invests solely in the education and future of work categories.
Prior to joining LCG, Mady was a Consultant within EY-Parthenon’s Private Equity Practice (education vertical). Through her work with financial sponsors, she advised on 30+ buy- and sell-side processes that spanned early childhood education through corporate training software markets. Prior to that, she had experience as an educator in Lebanon and working in operations at an OER start-up.
Mady has a B.S. in Management Science and Engineering and minor in Classical Studies from Stanford University. She remains involved as a Executing Leadership Council member of Stanford Professionals in Investing & Finance (SPIF). She also volunteers with a number of other nonprofits in NYC, where she is currently based. In her free time, she loves to cook, support her hometown NBA team (go Raptors!), and train for triathlons.
Mustafa invests in both early & growth stage entrepreneurs at NEA. He is especially passionate about infra, developer, cybersecurity, data, AI-powered intelligent applications, crypto, and fintech. Before NEA, Mustafa advised on $55B of tech M&A at Qatalyst Partners. At Qatalyst, Mustafa worked closely with management teams on deals like Segment’s sale to Twilio, Auth0’s sale to Okta, Afterpay’s sale to Square, Intuit’s acquisition of Credit Karma, Hortonworks’ merger with Cloudera, Pluralsight’s sale to Vista, and HotelTonight’s sale to Airbnb. Growing up in Dallas, Mustafa started coding in elementary school and has been a lifelong developer since. Mustafa graduated from the University of Texas, studying business, liberal arts, computer science, and math.
Natan Reddy is on the investment team at Ironspring Ventures, where he sources, conducts diligence, and invests in startups upending supply chain, logistics, construction, manufacturing, and more.
Previously, he led data-driven analysis and research on supply chain innovation at CB Insights in New York City. His work has been cited in The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, NBC, TechCrunch, CNN, Forbes, Quartz, The Los Angeles Times, and more. Earlier in his career, Natan worked as business valuation senior associate at Andersen in San Francisco.
Natan is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (BA Economics) and enjoys the outdoors and exercise, history, travel, art, and more.
Natasha joined the True Ventures investment team in 2017. 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 Senior Associate role at True when vetting and investing in new companies from today’s most imaginative founders and teams.
Natasha is a liaison for True’s fellowship programs, often mentoring students looking to build their own careers at high-growth technology startups. She is also a volunteer for All Raise, an organization dedicated to accelerating the success of female founders and investors with the goal of fostering a more gender-equitable future. 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.
Patrick Klas is an investor with Maschmeyer Group Ventures (MGV). MGV is a seed stage fund located in San Francisco primarily focusing on InsurTech and Fintech.
Previously, Patrick was a founding member of American Family Ventures (AFV) where he helped deploy over $300m across 100+ insurtech and fintech deals. Patrick also served as the Head of Operations for Bunker (an Insurtech startup located in San Francisco) where he helped to raise their Series A round as he gained operational experience.
Patrick lives in Oakland with his wife and graduated from the University of Wisconsin. He enjoys fly fishing around California and learning to surf.
Puneeth Meruva is an Associate at Trucks Venture Capital, an early stage venture firm investing in start-ups building the future of transportation and making it safer, cleaner, or more accessible.
Prior to Trucks, Puneeth developed safety and telematics related software at BMW and Uber. He also researched perception algorithms and motion planning at MIT CSAIL's Distributed Robotics Group and CMU RI's Biorobotics Laboratory.
He received a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Outside of work, Puneeth is passionate about electronic dance music, soccer, and Formula 1 racing.
Rachel is an investor at PayPal Ventures. Rachel has been focusing on Enterprise and Fintech investment, she is passionate about helping tech companies that are at the forefront of innovation. She joins PayPal Ventures because this is a great platform that can enable her to connect the dots and helps founders, and be supportive from the early days of their entrepreneurship. She is excited to work with founders and VCs in the infrastructure, cyber, e-commerce enablement, and payments ecosystem.
Rachel graduated from Indiana University Kelley Scholl of Business Bachelor of Science in Accounting, and Columbia University with MPA in Environmental Policy.
Rajko is a cloud infra investor at NEA. He focuses on infrastructure, data, AI/ML, developer tools, open-source and community GTM best practices. He also runs alternative data infrastructure at NEA for sourcing and diligence. Prior to NEA, Rajko worked at BCG, where he advised major enterprise technology companies on their growth strategies and performed strategic diligence of growth-stage technology investments for investors.
Rajko has always enjoyed the natural sciences, competing in mathematics as early as elementary school in Serbia. He graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Economics, Computer Science, and citation in Mandarin. In his free time, he enjoys the outdoors: hiking, backpacking, fly fishing, and rock climbing.
Russell is an investor with H.I.G. Capital and joined the firm to help start its new late stage venture and minority growth investment practice.
Prior to H.I.G., Russell was an investor on the growth stage investment team at Greycroft and previously worked in financial planning & analysis at Fastly, where he helped the company raise $75 million during its Series D fundraising process.
Russell graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern California with a B.S. in Business Finance and is currently based in the Bay Area.
Ryan Fauber is an investor at Point72 Ventures. He is focused on applied AI / ML spanning a wide range of industries and use cases – from vertical B2B applications, to infrastructure and FMOps, to creative media and consumer.
Prior to joining Point72 Ventures, Ryan was an investment banking associate at Goldman Sachs covering technology, media, and telecom out of New York.
He received his MBA from Columbia Business School and his bachelor’s degree in near eastern studies with a minor concentration in energy technology at Princeton University.
Sabrina Dammholz is an investor at Point72 Ventures, focusing on early and growth-stage healthcare investments. She is enthusiastic about the potential for technology to enhance back-end processes and increase physician productivity.
Prior to Point72 Ventures, Sabrina worked in investment banking at Scotiabank and was involved with the bustling entrepreneurial ecosystem in Vancouver at the Creative Destruction Lab. She earned her Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business.
Her bucket list spans the globe and includes climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, teaching English in a Nepalese monastery, and visiting all seven continents, with just Australia and Antarctica remaining on her list.
Shahriar is an investor at Brookfield Technology Partners, where he invests across proptech, fintech and insuretech, B2B software, and digital marketplaces. Prior to Brookfield, he worked at H.I.G. Growth Partners, where he did a combination of technology, consumer, and healthcare investing across venture capital and growth equity.
Shahriar began his venture investing career as a founding team member of ILONA Capital, the venture investing arm of the Lowy Family Group (family office behind Westfield Malls). Prior to joining ILONA, Shahriar worked as an investment banker at Millstein & Company (now Guggenheim Restructuring).
Shahriar graduated with a B.S.E. with honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Outside of EVCA, he is also involved in C100 and is an avid Lakers fan.
Sujude is an investor at JAZZ where she both invests in new opportunities and supports existing portfolio companies across all funds. She is interested in the intersection of culture and science and is passionate about accelerating generational health and community capital.
Sujude started her career off in the computational sciences and is a Berkeley-trained scientist. She was a member of the Somorjai Group, a surface chemistry research lab at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and subsequently led the integration of Jupyter computation into social sciences research and curricula at the Berkeley Institute of Data Science. She has also worked for an array of community-forward health initiatives at Hopelab and YTH and contributed to projects including Engage, an empowerment program to reduce childhood marriage in Malawi, and Oregon Reminders, a state-funded SMS platform to reduce HIV transmission. Sujude is also active in the MENA-affiliated startup world as a board member of TechWadi.
Prior to JAZZ, Sujude supported investments at Lux Capital and K50 Ventures across frontier tech, workforce solutions, and health innovations. Sujude holds an MEng in Design from Stanford University and a BS in Chemistry from UC Berkeley.
Taylor Sargent is an Associate at Airbus Ventures - a multi-LP financial fund that independently invests in early-stage deep tech companies around the world. Airbus Ventures is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA with offices in Toulouse, France and Tokyo, Japan.
Before Airbus Ventures, Taylor worked at Booz Allen Hamilton where he held a TS/SCI clearance and consulted DARPA and NASA on a variety of technical topics. At DARPA, Taylor helped invest in advanced R&D across aerospace, quantum sensing, metamaterials, imaging, and other verticals.
Taylor holds a B.S. in Physics from the Honors College at George Mason University, where he competed on the NCAA Division 1 Men’s Tennis Team, and an MBA from UCLA Anderson. In his free time, Taylor can be found playing tennis, skiing, hiking, playing guitar, watching F1, or marveling at the latest James Webb Space Telescope images.
Thomas invests in both early & growth stage startups at Clearvision Ventures. He is responsible for building investment theses, sourcing startups, negotiating, and closing investments.
Prior to joining Clearvision, Thomas was a Senior Analyst at GE Ventures, the VC arm of General Electric. In this role Thomas worked closely with the Chief Investment Officer, conducting valuation analyses and driving process improvement. He also worked on deals ranging from Energy to Healthcare IT to Cybersecurity software.
He graduated from Vanderbilt University, with majors in Economics and Mandarin Chinese. Outside of work Thomas enjoys traveling, reading, and any activity that will get him outside.
Zack is an investor at Ribbit Capital which he joined in 2019.
Prior to Ribbit, Zack was an investment banking analyst at J.P. Morgan in the Financial Institutions Group, focusing primarily on banks, specialty finance companies, and alternative asset managers. He also spent 1.5 years working on LineHop, a ticketing platform for nightlife venues, which he sold to LineLeap (YC S19) in 2018.
Zack received a BBA degree from the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business in 2017 with a minor in Chinese.
Zain is an investor with Pelion Ventures which focuses on early-stage enterprise investments. He is currently involved with the following Pelion investments: Macrometa, Presidio Identity, Otto, Open Raven, and Harmonic. Prior to joining Pelion, he was on the Special Projects team at Cloudflare. The Special Projects (SPX) team works on a wide range of tactical and strategic projects which included Cloudflare’s entry into China through a strategic partnership; conducting strategic acquisitions; managing strategic partnerships with major cloud providers and finding commercial opportunities for Cloudflare’s new products and technologies. During his time at Cloudflare, he helped with the S2 Systems Acquisition, helped launched the Cloudflare for Teams product line, and managed strategic partnerships with storage and compute partners. Zain received a B.S. in Political Science from the University of Utah. Outside of work, he's an avid reader and cyclist.
Abhinaya is a principal at M25, a Chicago-based fund focused on pre-seed and seed-stage investments in the Midwest. She joined the fund in 2017 and spearheads the team’s outbound efforts, along with leading deals and working with portfolio companies.
In addition to investing, Abhinaya brings the Chicago community together through various events she hosts or co-hosts, from 300-person events like ChiTechIRL to 5-person dinners. She actively runs a text group where more than 250 people receive a weekly text about community tech events.
In her free time, you can find Abhinaya tinkering with the latest tech, building side projects, and making videos. She is also very active with the 1for2 Education Foundation, where the organization provides tuition scholarships.
Abhinaya graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Illinois at Chicago with degrees in finance and mathematical computer science.
Adele is a Senior Associate at March Capital, a Santa Monica-based firm focused on enterprise software companies from the Series B+. At March, she is focused on fintech and cloud/data infrastructure.
She joined March with a consulting background from Mercer where she assisted clients in recognizing new opportunities by helping align their people strategy to their business strategy. Her consulting experience covered projects for both For-Profit and Not-for-Profit companies across the technology, food and beverage, healthcare, and real estate industries. Adele earned her B.A. in Philosophy and Public Affairs from Claremont McKenna College (CMC), where she now serves on the board of the Alumni Association and the Randall Lewis Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (RLCIE). She also serves on the board of the Los Angeles Synergist Network, supporting women in the first decade of their investment careers.
As a Portland, OR, native, she likes to spend most of her free time exploring the outdoors with friends and family. She’s quite a foodie too.
Aimee Xu is an investor at I Squared Capital, a global multi-strategy infrastructure investment firm based in Miami, on the InfraTech venture team. She’s focused on investing across energy transition/electrification, modern supply chains and mobility, digitalization of infrastructure, and critical physical and cyber infrastructure protection.
Prior to joining I Squared, Aimee graduated with a dual MBA/MA degree from The Wharton School and The Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. Before business school, Aimee spent two years as a private equity associate at Goode Partners, a consumer-focused growth equity fund investing in restaurants, retail, and branded consumer products based in New York City. She started her career at J.P. Morgan on the Consumer & Retail Investment Banking Coverage team.
Aimee graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler business school with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. In her spare time, Aimee enjoys electronic music, cooking Chinese food, exploring new countries, and spending time with her husband and fur baby.
Bridget Duru is a Senior Associate on the investment team at Rethink Education, where she focuses on seed and Series A investments in edtech, workforce, and life skills companies.
Prior to joining Rethink Education, Bridget spent two years at EY-Parthenon, focusing on commercial due diligence for companies in the consumer and education sectors.
Bridget graduated magna cum laude from Brown University and holds a B.A. in Political Science and Gender Studies. She lives in Brooklyn, NY and enjoys boxing, running, cooking, and travelling!
Carolyn Houren is an investment team member at S3 Ventures focusing on early stage investments across B2B software, consumer software, and healthcare technology.
Prior to joining S3, Carolyn spent the last six years gaining knowledge across consulting, finance, investments, and operations. Most recently, she was Chief of Staff at Cosmic Bliss (fka Coconut Bliss) supporting the business transformation post-acquisition across operations, finance, accounting, and sales. Carolyn also worked for Stafford Capital Partners, a global alternative investment firm, building out the global deal sourcing platform and supporting private markets investments. Carolyn began her career at PwC in M&A financial modeling and data analytics.
Carolyn attended the University of Georgia (UGA) Honors Program for her BBA in Accounting/International Business and Master of Accountancy. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Carolyn currently serves on the UGA Terry Young Alumni Board and is involved in the UGA mentor program.
Carter Bourassa is an Associate at Moneta Ventures, where he focuses on B2B enterprise tech. Prior to joining Moneta, Carter worked at Clear Scientific, a biopharma startup, and held internship positions at Neventa Capital, a Geneva-based growth capital fund, and Capital Advisors Group, a Boston-based asset manager.
Carter graduated with honors from Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business with a degree in International Business and Finance. At Northeastern, Carter was a member of the alpine ski team, and worked as a peer mentor to international exchange students entering the university.
Outside of work, Carter works with non-profits that support alpine ski racing safety efforts and athletes, and enjoys golf, traveling, motorsports, and photography.
Casey Van Maanen is a Senior Analyst at LOI Venture, an emerging venture capital fund in British Columbia with a focus on youth entrepreneurs, where he is responsible for meeting with founders, investors and experts within the startup ecosystem.
He also mentors students at Front Row Ventures and is an advisor at DECKO, a marketing agency with a focus on pitch deck design for early-stage startups. Previously, he held roles at Pursuit Ventures, VU Venture Partners and the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo).
He received his Bachelor's in Management in 2021 from the University of Lethbridge Dhillon School of Business, with a major in finance.
Charlie is a senior associate at SineWave Ventures and lives in New York City. He focuses on early-stage enterprise software and invests in startups building data and analytics, cybersecurity, computing, and networking technologies.
Before SineWave, Charlie worked for Syno Capital, focusing on early-stage healthcare investments. Charlie began his career at KPMG in their economic and valuation services practice, helping venture-backed companies with valuation analyses and building financial models.
Charlie graduated from Boston College, where he studied finance and economics. He enjoys running and reading during his free time.
Chaya is an Associate at Mission BioCapital where she focuses on investing in early stage therapeutics and biotechnology companies.
Prior to this, Chaya supported company creation at a family office and the growth of their portfolio company, Alloy Therapeutics. Chaya received her PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies at Dartmouth. Her research yielded new discoveries for how maternal immunity, generated from vaccine and antibody therapeutics, can be protective against, often fatal, neonatal viral infections. Chaya holds a B.S. in Microbiology and Immunology from UCLA.
A California native, Chaya has taken to backcountry skiing, biking, and hiking the peaks of northern New England.
Claire is an Associate at JMI Equity, a B2B software focused growth equity firm, where she is responsible for sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities. Currently she is involved with JMI’s investments in Incident IQ and Unanet.
Outside of work, Claire enjoys trying new recipes, traveling to new countries, and cheering on the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Claire holds a BA in Economics from the University of Richmond.
Colin is an investor at SemperVirens, an early stage fund investing in healthcare tech, fintech, and workforce technology. Colin looks to invest in companies that are transforming the future of work as employers look to help their employees work, live, and earn better.
Prior to SemperVirens, Colin was an investor at Tenaya Capital, an early-growth stage fund with $2 billion under management. At Tenaya, Colin worked directly with Tenaya's managing partners to evaluate early-growth investments in consumer and enterprise sectors.
Colin graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of San Diego with degrees in finance and accounting.
Dana Sun is a Digital Health Investor at OCA Ventures, where she focuses on health technology companies transforming how patients, providers, and payers experience and deliver care in today’s evolving ecosystem. Dana was a member of the deal team for OCA’s investments in OssoVR, BioROSA, eBlu Solutions, iPill, HealtheMed, and Biotia.
Prior to joining OCA Ventures, Dana partnered with global teams across commercial and R&D functions to drive strategic decision-making while at Genentech. Dana also brings experience from her prior roles doing early stage healthcare investing at Towerview Ventures and incubating companies at ‘87 (part of Sterling Partners). She began her career as a management consultant at Accenture, where she primarily advised payer, provider, and pharma clients on business and technology strategy.
Dana earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BSE in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University.
Evan is an analyst at Osage Venture Partners, an early stage fund investing in B2B Software with a particular focus on the future of work and the future of education.
Previously, he was an associate at ZS Associates, a management consulting firm serving clients in global life science companies. Evan studied Biomedical Engineering at the University of Galway, and completed his Master's degree in Technology Entrepreneurship at the University of Notre Dame. He also co-founded a startup that developed assistive technology for Parkinson's patients while in college.
Evan is an avid sports fan and writer in his spare time, focusing mainly on the misfortunes of the Chicago Bears.
Ipsita Roy is an investment team member at Sierra Ventures, a San Mateo based firm focusing on early stage B2B software investments. She focuses on outbound efforts in the South, Midwest and Rockies.
Ipsita attended Babson for her Masters in Entrepreneurial Leadership. Prior to Sierra, Ipsita worked with the National Stock Exchange of India along with a few fashion-tech startups.
Outside of work, Ipsita enjoys hiking, paddle boarding, traveling and landscape photography.
Isha is an investor at Mirae Asset, a $600B global asset manager, in its VC & Growth arm. Previously, she was an investment banker at Moelis & Company, focused on M&A and Restructuring.
Growing up across 3 continents, Isha enjoys traveling, scuba diving, reading, skiing, and trying new restaurants with friends.
sha holds a BBA from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.
Jessica is an investor at AVP focused on venture stage investments.
Prior to joining AVP, Jessica had experience as a private equity investor at Ares Management in Los Angeles and as an investment banker at Moelis & Company in New York.
Jessica graduated from The University of Texas at Austin, where she studied finance and chemistry. In her free time, she enjoys practicing yoga, reading philosophy, and playing a good game.
Katie is an investor at Threshold Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on software investing. Prior to joining Threshold, she was a software investor at JMI Equity, a growth stage investment firm focused on B2B SaaS companies.
Katie graduated from UC Berkeley, where she received a BS in business administration from the Haas School of Business.
As an Oregon native Katie loves the outdoor access San Francisco provides. You can find her biking, skiing or otherwise exploring the outdoors in her free time.
Keshav is a senior analyst at the venture investments team at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, where he focuses on Series A+ Healthcare investments. Focus areas include behavioral health, healthtech, analytics, telehealth & virtual care platforms.
Previously, Keshav worked in Management Consulting and Portfolio Valuation.
Keshav graduated from Boston University, where he studied Finance and Accounting. He enjoys basketball, boxing, and traveling during his free time
Madelyn is an Associate on the investment team at Dynamo Ventures, a pre-seed and seed stage firm focused on supply chain and mobility.
Prior to Dynamo, Madelyn performed both fund and growth equity investing on behalf of institutional clients at Flatworld Partners.
Madelyn holds a BS in Finance from the University of Utah.
Manu Sharmais an Investor at Tusk Venture Partners where he focuses on all aspects of the investment process including sourcing, diligence, and portfolio support.
Prior to Tusk Venture Partners, Manu worked as an Investor at B Capital Group, where he focused on early-stage investments across US, Southeast Asia, and India.
Before joining B Capital Group, Manu spent five years at Dallas Venture Capital, an early-stage venture fund with a geographic focus of both the US and India. During that time, Manu worked on investing and managing enterprise investments in the US.Before joining Dallas Venture Capital, Manu started his career at EY Consulting, focused on financial services strategy and operations projects.
Manu holds a B.B.A in Supply Chain Management from Texas A&M University and an M.B.A. from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Manu is based out of the firm’s New York office.
Mark is an Associate at Resolve Growth Partners, a B2B SaaS-focused growth equity firm based in Baltimore, Maryland.
Prior to Resolve, Mark was an investment banker at Spurrier Capital Partners (acquired by Lincoln International) in the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications group.
He received a BBA in Finance and Information Systems, summa cum laude, from Loyola University Maryland.
Marlow is a Vice President at March Capital, where he provides support to existing portfolio companies and evaluates potential new investments in cybersecurity and data infrastructure.
Born in Singapore and raised in Miami, Marlow attended Pennsylvania State University (B.S., Finance and Economics). While at Penn State, he co-founded ParkingBee, a digital marketplace for parking spaces, showcasing his entrepreneurial spirit.
After graduation, Marlow worked at The Blackstone Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where he supported fintech acquisitions and provided M&A advisory services. Before joining March, Marlow worked at ClearSky, a Florida-based venture capital firm. Marlow met the March team after KnowBe4’s acquisition of SecurityAdvisor, where he served as a board observer. Marlow was impressed by March’s intellectual rigor to its investment portfolio.
Marlow is always looking for his next adventure—he has conquered terrains from the French Alps to the Kiso Mountains in Japan. Outside of the office, you might find him on stage at comedy clubs like The Comedy Store in LA or the Gotham Comedy Club in New York when he’s not hitting the trails or the slopes. He also serves as a coach at WallStreetOasis and GoingVC.
Melissa is an investor at Differential Ventures in New York City. She focuses on early-stage enterprise investments with an emphasis on ML and data infrastructure.
Prior to Differential, Melissa worked in early-stage venture in San Francisco at Sway Ventures and the Shatter Fund.
Melissa graduated from the University of Southern California, earning a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in entrepreneurship. Melissa is on USC’s Marshall Partners Board and on the executive team of a non-profit, Destined for X, which connects students from low socioeconomic and underrepresented backgrounds with top-tier technology companies in Silicon Valley.
Nancy is an investor on the SVB Capital direct investment team. She focuses on enterprise software, digital health, fintech, and climate tech and has contributed firm’s investments in companies such as Vouch Insurance, Chipper Cash, Ripcord Technologies, AppliedVR, and Circulo Health.
Prior to SVB, Nancy was an investor at K1 Investment Management where she focused on private equity investments in the enterprise software space such as Digital Pharmacist, Rave Mobile Safety (Exited), and TeamDynamix (Exited). Previously, Nancy was also an Investment Banking analyst at Barclays Capital, executing on acquisition finance and capital markets transactions.
Nancy holds a B.A. from Yale University where she majored in East Asian Studies and spent time abroad studying in Japan. She enjoys weightlifting, gymnastics, skiing, hiking, and musical theater.
Nick is an investor at NextEra Energy Investments (NEI), the venture capital arm of NextEra Energy, a renewable energy developer and electric utility holding company. NEI invests in early-stage climate technology companies with a core focus on energy and sustainable transportation.
Prior to joining NextEra, Nick graduated with a dual MBA/MS from The University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and School for Environment and Sustainability. Before graduate school, Nick worked as a software product manager for Thomson Reuters and Work & Company.
Nick is based in Miami, FL. You can find him running, cycling, and enjoying nature during his free time.
Sarah Lamont is a Senior Associate at F-Prime Capital, where she focuses on early-stage investments in FinTech. Prior to joining F-Prime, she was a senior consultant at Oliver Wyman where she was a member of the Private Capital practice, advising PE firms on pre-transaction commercial due diligence and post-transaction portfolio support.
Sarah is a graduate of the University of Virginia, where she majored in Mechanical Engineering and learned how to fly a Cessna.
Scotty Lefkowitz is a Senior Associate at LOVC. Scotty comes to the firm from the University of Chicago, where he was a Booth scholar and graduated cum laude with a degree in Psychology.
Scotty also previously founded Ludite, a screen time reduction startup that went through the Polsky Accelerator and New Venture Challenge at the University of Chicago.
Scotty loves jam bands, cream-based desserts, Christmas music, credit card rewards, and mountain sports, and hates chiropractors and walking fast.
Sophie is an investor at Goodwater Capital, a $4B+ global, multi-stage consumer-tech venture firm. Goodwater has been cited as one of the leading data-driven VCs with the industry's largest team of data scientists and engineers.
Prior to Goodwater, Sophie was an investor at GSV Ventures, focusing on education and workforce technologies. She started her career at Goldman Sachs as a founding member of a team that works alongside every division of the firm to source and syndicate all of Goldman’s direct, private-market investment opportunities.
Sophie has a passion for behavioral economics and loves thinking about how to weave the decision sciences into new businesses to help them gain traction. In her free time, she enjoys running, spinning, hiking, and exploring the Bay Area as a relatively recent East Coast transplant.
Stefan Sandoval is an investor at JetBlue Ventures, the San Francisco-based corporate venture capital arm of JetBlue Airlines. He focuses on Seed through Series B Enterprise Software, Travel/Aviation, and ClimateTech investing.
Prior to joining JetBlue Ventures, Stefan graduated with an MBA from the Yale School of Management and also worked at Mendoza Ventures and Bright Ventures. He started his career at Bank of America within the structured products (options and derivatives) team and helped implement financial technologies into the banks' platform. He also holds a B.S. in Finance from Boston College.
Stefan is passionate about reducing the barriers to entry within the venture ecosystem for underserved communities and is an active volunteer via several DE&I initiatives. Originally from Colombia and growing up on the east coast, he is exploring the west coast via soccer, local trips, and concert series.
Tyler Fohrman is a Senior Analyst on the investment team at Glasswing Ventures. Tyler has five years of venture accelerator and startup experience and has worked in financial markets across the United States and Europe. Previously, he was an Associate at FeatureByte, a Glasswing portfolio company, where he supported the platform’s beta launch and the company’s licensing strategy.
Prior to this role, he was the Venture Director of Northeastern University’s IDEA Venture Accelerator, where he led a 15-person student team supporting entrepreneurs through go-to-market mentorship, strategic partnerships within the Boston investor ecosystem, and non-equity capital.
Tyler graduated summa cum laude with honors and as a member of the Huntington 100 honor society from Northeastern University with a BS in International Business and is a 2+2 Deferred Admit to the Harvard Business School.
Yasho is an investor at Catalyst, the venture firm & innovation company launched by Wellstar, the largest health system in the southeast US.
He focuses on Pre-Seed to Series A healthcare, deep tech, and sustainability investments. Before joining Catalyst, Yasho helped build self-driving cars at Nuro, a ~$9B Series D robotics startup. He also has prior VC experience as a B2B investor at Tech Square Ventures.
Yasho is an engineer from Georgia Tech. Outside of work, he has a knack for adventure, being a "retired" licensed skydiver, a wing walker, a Muay Thai fighter, and an obscure-place traveler. He is also a lover of history and has a never-ending curiosity about the world.
Previously a software engineer at Capital One, Zach works on the Capital One Ventures team investing in enterprise technology including Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, AI/ML Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure, and Data.
Based out of NYC, Zach enjoys exploring everything the city has to offer, including NYC’s vibrant startup ecosystem and distinguished sports culture.
Zane Khatib, a Seattle-native, is on the investment team at FUSE. FUSE is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in Pacific Northwest-based software companies within the B2B automation stack. They are actively investing out of their second Fund.
Zane joined the FUSE team after beginning his career building out the private investment arm at Brighton Jones. He was part of a two person team that raised and deployed two private investment funds. This included everything from sourcing and diligence to LP relationships and fund management.
Zane graduated with a finance degree from Seattle University. His free time is spent with his family, traveling, and staying active (golf, tennis, etc.).
Zoe van den Bol is an investor at Alpha Partners, a New York City-based fund that partners with early-stage VCs to co-invest in the growth rounds of their portfolio companies.
Zoe focuses on Series B to pre-IPO tech investments. Before Alpha Partners, Zoe worked as an investment analyst at Rosecliff Ventures, a generalist, stage-agnostic fund. She has additional experience as an Equities Sales Trader with a specialization in SPAC trading.
Zoe graduated NYU Stern with a BS in Finance and Management. Outside of work, Zoe enjoys running, skiing, hiking, squash, and hosting Capital Supper Club (Women in VC monthly dinner series).
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