San Francisco, California, United States
Currently leading VC & startup partnerships at Rippling! Ex- early stage venture capital investor at 500 Global. Previously was an operator on both the corporate and startup side specializing in product & strategic partnerships. Data driven, growth minded, people focused. Noodling thoughts about venture capital at yindexinvesting.substack.com
Launched Rippling for accelerators program, leading VC relationships, startup GTM growth & marketing, field events marketing, and Rippling for Startups program expansion Early promotion & top performer recognition
First hire on Startup partnerships team directly reporting to our SVP, building out the Rippling for Startups program from 0 to 1 & leading our relationships with early stage startups and VCs
Building & learning
500 Startups is one of the most active venture capital firms in the world with $2.3B AUM and investments in Canva, Solana, Credit Karma, Twilio, Grab, Intercom, Mercury Bank, The RealReal, Talkdesk, Lucidchart, Udemy, Algolia, Mejuri, Ironclad, Superhuman, and Carbon Health. Select deals I sourced, led through diligence, and managed through later stage investment: Roi (co-led pre-seed round with Gradient Ventures; marked up via seed round led by Spark Capital, acquired by OpenAI) Ash Wellness (led pre-seed round; marked up via $10M Series A led by Merck) Verisoul (led pre-seed round; marked up via $9m Series A round led by High Alpha) Huma Finance (seed round; marked up via $38M Series A by Distributed Global) Snickerdoodle Labs (Series A led by Spartan Group) Detoure (led pre-seed round) Worked with founders and CEOs on business insights and strategies to grow their company. Analyzed company financials, product direction, and GTM strategies for hundreds of startups. Managed critical fundraising efforts for firm’s $140M fundraise; oversaw strategic LP relationships with multiple stakeholders and due diligence requests to help raise the largest fund in firm history. Optimized portfolio operations for 3,000 companies; worked cross functionally with marketing, legal, and executive team to drive alignment.
Jet.com was acquired by Walmart eCommerce for $3.3B-- one of the largest eCommerce acquisitions of its time. Managed P&L of multi-million dollar eCommerce vertical at the global #1 Fortune 500 company; analysis and strategy resulted in 3x'd market share. Spearheaded and negotiated strategic partnerships with premier national brands such as Buzzfeed's Tasty, KitchenAid, and Cuisinart to launch and expand assortment on Walmart.com and Jet.com. Worked cross functionally with marketing, engineering, and supply chain teams to drive alignment. Co-drove creation of the Premium Kitchen Shop (https://www.walmart.com/cp/premium-kitchen-shop/9409401) on Walmart.com. Led partnership discussions with over 17 multi-million dollar national brands to execute website launch which convinced 8 other brands to work with Walmart.com. Personally built backend assets, troubleshot issues, and executed product vision. Led product development, strategy, and partnership discussions for multiple best-selling 5-star rated products featured exclusively on Walmart.com.