To join our community, you must be an accredited investor. This means you have one of the following qualifications. 1) Earned income that exceeded $200,000 (or $300,000 together with a spouse or spousal equivalent) in each of the prior two years, and reasonably expects the same for the current year.
Principal Strategist, Riot Games
Matt runs insights and research at TSM – a global gaming and entertainment company. He has dedicated his career to the intersection of sports and technology working at top institutions like Neilsen. Matt has BA in International Relations from Stanford University and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles.
VP Marketing, Samsara
Dana is the Vice President of Marketing at Samsara – which enables businesses that depend on physical operations to harness IoT (Internet of Things) data. She has had an incredible marketing career, most recently leading huge teams at Salesforce where she was the Vice President of Product Marketing. Dana has a BA in Economics from Tufts University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Executive Director, The Hidden Genius Project
Brandon has dedicated his career to education policy. He founded Hidden Genius – a nonprofit tech startup built to empower young men of color to transform their lives and their communities through training in technology, entrepreneurship, and leadership skills. He partners with well-known tech organizations, including CGC, to advance this mission. Brandon has a BA from Princeton University and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.
Director of Product, Netflix
Kate is a leader in technology most recently leading parts of Netflix’s product organization. Prior to this, she has led product teams at Google and Credit Karma. She is also active in the larger tech community and is part of First Round Capital’s Fast Track Program and is an advisor for BigCo Studio (a Cornell Tech class). She graduated from Stanford University with a BS in Mathematical and Computational Sciences
Partner Cowboy Ventures
Amanda is an investing partner and leader at Cowboy Ventures. She has dedicated her career to early-stage technology investing having started her career at Norwest Venture Partners. She is dedicated to equity in technology and has emerged as a leader in the community having spotlights in TechCrunch and an avid Twitter following. She graduated with a BA from Ivey Business School.
Head of Business Success Products, Pinterest
Marco is a successful product leader currently running the Business Success product at Pinterest. He is very active in early-stage investing; being a mentor for TechStars, an investor with Harlem Capital, and a mentor for First Round’s Fast Track program. Prior to Pinterest, he held product and marketing leadership roles at Google and Microsoft. He graduated from Princeton with a BA in electrical engineering.
Regional GM, Sonder
Chris is a Regional General Manager at Sonder – a technology hospitality innovator. Prior to Sonder, Chris was an Engagement Manager at Deloitte Consulting. Chris attained his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and his BA from Morehouse College.
Chief Product Officer, Rubrik
Anneka is currently the Chief Product Officer at Rubrik – a high-growth data security company. She has had a very impressive career from being the President LiveRamp (a publicly-traded B2B SaaS Ad-tech company), a frequent lecturer at Stanford University, to sitting on boards like Tinuiti and IAB. She holds a BA in Computer Science and Mathematics from Stanford University.