Passionate about leveraging technology to unlock opportunities in Africa's trillion-dollar informal economy.

Passionate about helping founders solve major challenges in healthcare, biology, and sustainability. Has experience across venture and startup ecosystems, having worked at three early-stage funds and an accelerator. Formerly launched 30Ventures, focusing on digital health and precision medicine. Holds a biochemistry degree and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin, where he remains active as an advisor.

Pat joined CircleUp in 2013, taking on various investing and operational roles, including being a part of the founding CircleUp Growth Partners team. Before CircleUp, Pat was an investor at Mainsail Partners, a private equity firm with over $1B in assets under management, focusing on growth equity in e-commerce and software businesses.

Passionate about partnering with founders who exhibit grit and determination, regardless of big-brand credentials. Based in Europe, focusing on ecosystem growth.

Passionate investor and operator who lives and breathes startups. Played a pivotal role as an early employee and general manager at General Assembly, growing the division to $30M+ in revenue in just two years. Named a 40 under 40 for tech diversity in Silicon Valley in 2016. Invests in the future of income, edtech, fintech, and more.

Pat founded Supermoon Capital after spending 37 years at Williams-Sonoma in various roles spanning strategy, marketing, and operations.

Passionate about helping founders build successful companies, strong teams, and impactful products. Expertise includes product strategy, partnerships, team building, and financing.

Passionate about early-stage angel investing, Alex has invested in ventures with a focus on job creation and flexibility, ranging from rocket ships to sandwich delivery services.

Passionate about building networks and platforms that redefine how we live and work, Talia partners with founders creating disruptive products with unique distribution. Joined Bessemer in 2013 and became the firm’s youngest elected partner.

Passionate about creating category-defining, high-growth businesses. Believes in the transformative power of products and services that improve everyday lives for ordinary people. Thrives in environments with substantial opportunities for growth.

Passionate about helping first-time founders avoid common pitfalls, Andrew co-founded and led Agency Within, managing $1 billion in client spending for brands like Nike.

Partners with founders building fintech and software platforms. Believes insights are gained from deeply listening to customers and aligning those insights with a founder’s future vision. Focused on delivering impact through technology solutions across sectors.

Partners with entrepreneurs at the seed and early stages in AI, cybersecurity, data infrastructure, and SaaS. Leads Greylock's investments in security and application companies.

Partnering with founders building technologies across B2B, fintech, AI, and data infrastructure. Previously invested across tech companies at Comcast Ventures and Highland Capital. Started career as a data scientist and product manager.

Pascal enjoys working with founders passionate about their problems and solutions. He was an early investor in Notion, Wag, Payjoy, and others.

Partner at Wing, Jake Flomenberg focuses on AI/ML, product-led growth companies, and next-gen infrastructure. He serves on boards for companies like Cyberhaven and Human Interest. Formerly, he was a partner at Accel, leading investments in Demisto, Radar, and Sumo Logic. Prior roles included product leadership at Splunk and Cloudera, and time with Lockheed Martin's Engineering Leadership Development Program.

Partnering with entrepreneurs from inception to IPO, she joined Greylock as an investor in 2013, eventually starting her own firm as a board partner in 2022. She led investments in companies like 0x, Baseten, Cleo, and others, and currently sits on several boards. Before Greylock, she worked at Goldman Sachs, investing in growth-stage startups like Dropbox and advising prominent companies such as Workday, Netflix, and Nvidia.

Partner on the early-stage investing team at Sequoia Capital, serving on boards like Citizen, Jumpstart, and Threads.

Pascal is Managing Partner at Focal Ventures.

Partnered with organizations like the Pittsburgh Steelers on social justice initiatives. Aims to help overlooked founders by sharing personal experiences as a bootstrapped tech founder.

Passionate about building an efficient, reliable, and inclusive financial system.

Partner at Union Square Ventures since 2010, started his career as a corporate lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York and Paris, specializing in mergers and acquisitions. He then transitioned into private equity and venture projects between 2000-2010.

Partner at Valor Capital Group, with over 15 years of experience in internet startups as an entrepreneur, executive, and investor. He led Viacom’s Digital Video Group, worked at Univision’s Online Group, and launched startups like The Gryphon Group. He has been an active angel investor in Latin America.

Partner at Shine Capital, Alex Hartz brings a hands-on approach to early-stage investing, drawing on years of experience working with high-potential startups.

Partner at Tiger Global and an alumnus of Harvard University.

Partner at Plymouth Growth, focusing on lead investments in technology-based businesses. Previously worked in real estate private equity for The Carlyle Group and began his career as an architect.

Partner at Hummingbird Ventures with an active portfolio that includes companies like Armut, Aspire, and Kernal Biologics. Previously worked at J.P. Morgan in the Emerging Markets Structuring group. Holds degrees from MIT in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Partner at Greenoaks focused on fintech investments. Led key investments in Sea, Kavak, Toast, Tipalti, and Misfits Market. Previously an analyst at Apollo Global Management.

Partner at Lakehouse Ventures, dedicated to supporting early-stage companies in building their foundations for success. Deeply committed to working closely with startups to fuel growth and innovation.

Partner at NextView Ventures, investing in seed-stage consumer and B2B startups across North America, focusing on the 'everyday economy.' With over a decade of experience, she has backed and led investments in marketplaces, Web3, SaaS, fintech, edtech, and more, including Poshmark, Clever, and Panorama Education.

Partner at Lerer Hippeau and Collaborative Fund, leading investments at the seed stage over the past decade.

Partner at BITKRAFT Ventures. Former Vice President and Head of the Global Gaming and Esports practice at Goldman Sachs. Based in both Los Angeles and New York.

Partner on the investment team at Great Oaks Venture Capital, focusing on early-stage investments in fintech, healthcare, and marketplaces. Select investments include Astra Finance, Soil Connect, and Sympto Health. He graduated with a BA in Economics from Cornell University.

Partner at NEA since 2014, Andrew Schoen focuses on enterprise technology investments. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Venture Capital in 2018.

Partner at Benchmark, investor in companies like Confluent and Amplitude, and co-founder of RockMelt, acquired by Yahoo in 2013. Focuses on early-stage enterprise software startups.

Partner at BrandProject since 2019, focusing on new deal flow and investment execution. Supports portfolio companies with fundraising, based in the New York office.

Partner at Anim Fund and co-founder of Black Angel Group. Formerly led Google's startup developer ecosystem as head of partnerships. Also an investor, entrepreneur, event manager, and dancer.

Partner at Altimeter Capital, Jamin has extensive experience in venture investing, helping tech companies navigate the complexities of early growth and market positioning.

Partner at Altimeter Capital.

Partner at Bessemer, Anant focuses on opportunities in SaaS and internet marketplaces in India. Previously, he worked with BCG on IT and financial services and has degrees from IIT Delhi and Harvard Business School.

Partner at Concrete Rose Capital, and an alumnus of Cornell University.

Partner and Managing Director at Breakout Ventures, focusing on supporting entrepreneurs building a bio-based future, with investments in health and sustainability.

Pano founded XRC Labs in 2015 and is its Managing Director. Before XRC, Pano held leadership roles in media, retail, consumer goods, and industrial companies. He also founded four startups, including Gather Education and Hangout Industries, which brought branded video games to Facebook in 2007. He coined the term "Global Logistics Systems" while working in supply chain. Pano holds degrees from the University of Delaware and Columbia University.

Part cultural anthropologist and part digital consumer investor, he has over 18 years of experience in investing, sourcing, and portfolio construction. He was a partner at Grace Beauty Capital, a family office focused on beauty products. Previously, he was Managing Director at Ironwood Capital and worked as an investment banker in Lehman Brothers’ Global Technology Group. He also co-founded Bambike.

Part of Airbnb's original team, he established the company's data science department.

Partner and co-founder at Electric Capital, Curtis Spencer is a Stanford alumnus.

Oversees operations in China for both Uphonest Capital and OnePiece Work. Has an extensive background in leading tech and financial media, having worked with outlets like InformationWeek and Forbes. Earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Nanjing University.

Partner and CFO at Merus Capital.

Oversees Congruent's investments in PolySpectra, Sense Photonics, Energetic Insurance, TeleSense, Bellwether Coffee, Xtelligent, Arcbyt, Fox Robotics, and Emergy Labs.

Over the past six years, Or has held a variety of technical and managerial roles in the tech industry. He started as a software engineer at Cisco Systems while completing his computer science studies. He went on to co-found All-in-Image, which built large-scale databases for cyber investigations, and later joined Sisense as R&D team lead during its growth phase.

Over two decades of experience in venture capital, growth equity, and entrepreneurship.

Over the past 26 years, she has served as a director on more than 25 tech company boards, providing expertise in product strategy, risk, ESG, HR, M&A, and financing. She has worked with companies across the U.S., Canada, Germany, the Czech Republic, and Israel, primarily in SaaS, cloud, cybersecurity, quantum computing, and climate technologies. Her experience covers financial services, internet infrastructure, e-commerce, defense, and telecommunications sectors.

Over 20 years of experience in tech investing, business development, and digital transformation projects. Served as Intel Capital LatAm Director for over a decade and now an Operating Partner at Redpoint eVentures.

Over the last ten years, Adam Burrows has played a key role in building some of Denver's most successful tech companies. He is dedicated to supporting the most ambitious founders in Colorado. As Senior Vice President and General Manager at HomeAdvisor, he helped grow the company from $100M to over $1B in revenue, leading it through Colorado’s largest tech IPO in 2017. He was also the first C-level executive at Guild Education, helping the company raise its Series C funding and reach a $1B valuation. He has advised the founders of successful Denver startups like Artifact Uprising and FareHarbor. Adam started his career in business strategy at BCG and graduated from Harvard Law School and the University of Michigan.

Over 25 years of financial service experience. Consulted for R3 on blockchain tech for financial services, previously with Bank of America Merrill Lynch in global principal investments for eight years.

Over four years of experience in venture capital and growth equity investments.

Over a 20-year career, Kevin has worked for visionary founders, launched beloved products, and seen two of his companies go public. He joined Spark Capital in 2015 as a General Partner on the early-stage investment team.

Over a decade of expertise in private equity and venture capital investments. Founder of PGC Investments, a single-family office focused on PE, VC, and real estate opportunities.

Originally from Tulsa, Will developed his passion for business through competitive tennis and organizing large-scale sports events. He later worked as an equity analyst at BOK Financial, where he gained significant experience in tech-focused investment analysis.

Originally from the UK, Rachel began her career at Superbrands, working with some of the world's most prestigious brands like Coca-Cola, Jaguar, Apple, Aston Martin, and Disney. In 2006, she was recruited to start the corporate sales division at the luxury lifestyle group Quintessentially. Rachel traveled globally to train local teams, close deals, and build relationships with top CEOs, celebrities, entrepreneurs, and brand directors.

Over 15 years of experience in design, product, and engineering, including as part of the team that built the first iPhone and many generations of iPods. Founding member of Pearl Automation and former investor at Bolt.

Over 10 years of experience in life sciences research and 8+ years in executive leadership roles in biotech. Specialties include biotech, genomics, drug development, microbiology, and sustainability, with a focus on VC and PE in emerging markets.

Operator with experience scaling three companies from founding stages to profitable exits. By training, an applied mathematician and statistician.

Oni has over 20 years of experience in strategic leadership at Southern Company. Before joining EIP, he was Vice President of Communications at Southern Company Gas. Oni is also the founder of Cloverly, a clean-tech startup helping corporations achieve carbon neutrality through its Sustainability-as-a-Service platform.

One of Mark Zuckerberg's earliest hires at Facebook in 2005, he later founded Radius, a customer data platform, and served as its CEO for seven years.

Operator and angel investor focused on early-stage fintech companies. Formerly with Robinhood.

Omar is CEO and co-founder of Kiwi, a mobile entertainment company. He previously served as VP at Disney Playdom, leading studios responsible for successful social games. He also co-founded Trippert Labs, which was acquired by Playdom. Omar holds an MBA from Stanford and an AB from Harvard.

Omeed Mehrinfar is the Managing Director overseeing Plug and Play's operations across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, which together represent about 40% of the company’s global business. He joined the company in California in 2014, co-founded its financial services practice, and helped expand it to over 40 banking clients. In 2017, he relocated to Paris and Abu Dhabi to lead EMEA operations. Plug and Play EMEA has since grown to 24 locations, serving over 190 institutional partners across 18 sectors.

Omar focuses on sourcing, evaluating, and supporting investments in fintech, data science, digital healthcare, and consumer products. He has prior experience in operational roles at startups and as a consultant at PwC.

Olivia joined Andreessen Horowitz from CRV, where she invested in early-stage consumer and SMB technology companies. Before CRV, she worked at Goldman Sachs in alternative investments. Olivia co-runs Accelerated, a large newsletter and community for young people interested in venture capital, with her twin sister Justine.

Ollie co-manages Antler's operations in London. Before joining Antler, Ollie was the Chief Product Officer at Bó, RBS's digital bank. Earlier, he founded Loot, a venture-backed digital banking service that helped over 200,000 users manage their finances.

Ollie is driven by his passion for technology, building founder relationships, and connecting them to customers or investors. He focuses on the creator economy, gaming, Web3, crypto, and other products that will shape future generations.

Olaf Carlson-Wee founded Polychain Capital and serves as CEO. Previously, he was the head of risk at Coinbase, where he was also the company's first employee. Olaf graduated with a BA in Sociology from Vassar College, where he wrote a thesis on distributed networking and financial cryptography.

Ofer Schreiber leads investment processes, due diligence, and value-added initiatives for YL Ventures. He is passionate about helping Israeli cybersecurity entrepreneurs succeed globally, providing strategic guidance, ideation support, and valuable introductions to partners, customers, and investors. Ofer takes on active board roles and plays a key part in strengthening YL Ventures' network within Israel's cybersecurity landscape. He frequently speaks and writes on industry topics like investment strategies, startup development, and Israeli cybersecurity innovation. Before joining YL Ventures, he worked on researching and analyzing technology and venture capital at the IVC Research Center.

Olivia has substantial experience and innovative ideas, contributing to Palm Drive’s core investment team. She previously worked for Iconiq Capital, focusing on sourcing new opportunities for Palm Drive’s investment portfolio.

Olivia brings more than a decade of experience in journalism and digital editorial strategy with a deep focus on climate and sustainability solutions. Previously, she served as the Features Director at Harper's Bazaar, where she was instrumental in large-scale digital projects and launched Hearst’s first podcast series, "Dare I Say." Before Harper's Bazaar, she worked as the Executive Style Editor at The Village Voice.

Oren served as CEO of the Allen Institute for AI from its inception in 2014 until September 30, 2022, while also being a professor at the University of Washington's Computer Science department since 1991. Oren has been a venture partner at Madrona Venture Group since 2000 and co-founded companies like Farecast and Decide. He has received several awards, including Seattle's Geek of the Year and the Robert Engelmore Memorial Award.

Paul founded Vanedge Capital and focuses on investing in SaaS businesses targeting underserved markets and digital media technologies. He previously served as President of Electronic Arts and has been an angel investor for over 25 years. Paul is on the Premier’s Technology Council, the UBC Sauder School Faculty Advisory Board, and the Vancouver Public Library Foundation’s campaign cabinet. He is also the chair at D-Wave Systems. Among his many accolades are "Forty Under 40" by Business in Vancouver and Person of the Year from the British Columbia Technology Industries Association.

Oana, an ML engineer with extensive experience in enterprise software, has worked at SAP and contributed to backend systems across different stages of product development. She also led partnership strategies for SAP's Conversational AI efforts, securing key partnerships with companies like Slack and Microsoft Teams.

Northpond Ventures is a global venture capital firm with a strong focus on science, dedicated to creating a better future through impactful investments.

Northpond Ventures, a multibillion-dollar science-focused venture capital firm, has offices in Cambridge, MA; San Francisco, CA; and Bethesda, MD. In 2021, it was recognized as one of the top three most active lead biotech investors by Crunchbase and the leading investor in life science solutions and molecular diagnostics by Silicon Valley Bank. Northpond actively supports the research community through initiatives like founding a bioengineering lab at Harvard and sponsoring an MIT prize for women entrepreneurs. It has led over 50 financings in recent years, many of which originated in academia. More information is available at npv.vc.

Nnamdi leads his firm’s investment strategy, working closely with founders as an investor and board member to help them realize their entrepreneurial visions. Growing up in Massachusetts as the child of Nigerian and German immigrants shaped his appreciation for diversity. Nnamdi attended Harvard, where he discovered his passion for tech entrepreneurship and investing while also competing in track and field events. After graduating, he joined Insight Partners, rising to the position of Principal over his eight-year tenure. He pioneered Insight's global outbound sourcing model targeting software companies and was directly involved in investments totaling $9 billion in exit value.

Paige Finn Doherty, Forbes 2022 Under 30 standout for venture capital, is a San Diego native passionate about surfing, traveling, sneakers, music, and spending time with friends and family. She wrote "Seed to Harvest," an illustrated children's book for adults about venture. She previously worked as a developer success engineer at WorkOS and as part of TVC Capital, a growth equity firm focused on B2B software.

One of the first venture capitalists to focus on transforming industrial sectors. Previously a partner at NEA, she invested in manufacturing, automation, and vertically integrated consumer brands. Her notable investments include Desktop Metal, Onshape, Framebridge, Tulip, Formlabs, and Guideline.

Noah joined Bond after working at Kleiner Perkins (KPCB), where he targeted growth-stage consumer and enterprise internet companies. Before KPCB, he spent nine years at Warburg Pincus, leading tech-enabled investments and serving on the boards of multiple companies.

Noah Breslow heads BCV's platform team, focusing on business-building support for BCV portfolio companies and establishing operational systems for the firm. Noah's diverse background as an engineer, early-stage entrepreneur, and former public company CEO helps him assist businesses through various growth stages. He initially joined BCV in 2021 as an operator-in-residence after his own company was acquired and became a partner in January 2022.

Oded serves as CTO at Crexi, a comprehensive marketplace and tech platform providing workflow management tools and customizable data analytics. He has held CTO roles at multiple companies and co-founded the LA CTO Forum, a private invite-only network of over 250 CTOs that meets monthly in Santa Monica.

Niv Dror is currently a Managing Partner at Shrug Capital.

Nisha has over a decade of experience spanning media, tech, strategy, and law. As General Manager of AOL’s site Cambio, she re-launched it in partnership with Girls Who Code, rebranding it as a space “for girls, #BuiltByGirls.” Later, she founded Built By Girls, a platform to connect young women and non-binary talent with industry professionals to help them enter tech-powered careers. Nisha has also served as Chief of Staff for the AOL Brand Group, overseeing strategy, operations, and special projects. Her professional journey started as a management consultant with Bain & Company and as an M&A lawyer with Australian law firm Blake Dawson.

Niraj Pant serves as General Partner at Polychain Capital. He previously worked as a Campus Ambassador at Sequoia Capital and co-founded Source Networks, where he was the CTO. Mr. Pant holds a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Nitin has a passion for enterprise software, investing in infrastructure software while also leading security investments at Shasta Ventures. He serves on the boards of TrueFort, Banyan Security, Oomnitza, Cequence Security, ISARA, and Kubit AI, and remains closely involved with other Shasta Ventures investments such as Lucidworks, Data.World, Valimail, Lightbend, Aquera, and Macrometa. Nitin frequently organizes executive roundtables for enterprise IT executives, CISOs, and CEOs of venture-backed startups.

Nitin has built multiple businesses successfully while on a visa. Before co-founding Unshackled Ventures, he led finance and strategy for ed-tech startup Kno (acquired by Intel in 2013), which secured over $90M in funding from investors like Andreessen Horowitz, First Round Capital, and Floodgate. Prior to Kno, Nitin moved to the U.S. from India to work at Deloitte, where he focused on guiding tech startups on growth, exits, and strategic initiatives.

Nikitas Koutoupes is a managing director at Insight Partners, specializing in application software. His investments include Campaign Monitor, Nearpod, and OwnBackup.

Niki Pezeshki is a general partner at Felicis Ventures, focusing on companies like Guild Education, Kandji, and Commsor. He previously worked at Summit Partners and Vista Equity Partners and received a BS from USC.

Nigel Morris co-founded QED Investors, a fintech-focused VC platform. Previously, Nigel co-founded Capital One Financial, pioneering an information-based strategy that transformed consumer lending.

Nicole began working with consumer brands in the mid-2000s and specializes in U.S. and European retail landscapes.

Nina focuses on growth and venture investments in enterprise SaaS, vertical SaaS, and AI.

Nick Washburn is a senior managing director at Intel Capital, focusing on cloud infrastructure, developer tools, and data platforms. He serves on several boards, including Ottertune and Amenity Analytics.

Nico, born in Argentina, previously led Techo's senior team and co-founded Miami Angels. He later worked with Resolute Ventures before founding Animo Ventures.

Nick Schoewe is a general partner at OCA Ventures, specializing in fintech. He was also co-founder and vice-chairman of the O'Connor Partners Investment Office and lived in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and London as a managing director at Swiss Bank Corporation.