Venture with Grace

Kevin Novak is the founder of Rackhouse VC. Before that, he served as Uber’s first Head of Data Science, its first Head of Data Science Platform, and was one of the early members of a Uber Freight (Uber’s innovative freight marketplace). Kevin was the inventor of Uber’s dynamic pricing product, and holds several patents around GPS points processing, marketplace optimization products, and using dat...

Dave Rhodes is the Chief Executive Officer of Sauce Labs, a leader in continuous testing and error reporting solutions that enable the development, delivery, and updating of high-quality code at speed. The Sauce Labs unified testing platform has conducted over four billion tests, making it the most comprehensive and trusted continuous testing solution in the world. It provides a 360-degree view of...

Jenny Fielding is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Everywhere Ventures (The Fund). She was the Managing Director at Techstars for 7.5 years where she led investments into companies that now have a market cap of over $10B, prior to co-founding the global venture capital firm, Everywhere Ventures. Across these entities, Jenny has been the first-money into 300+ tech-enabled companies including:...

Darian Shirazi is a General Partner at Gradient Ventures. Prior to Gradient, Darian founded Radius, a leading B2B Customer Data Platform, serving as the company’s CEO for 7+ years. He grew the company to over one hundred employees, raised more than $100MM in venture capital from top tier firms, and served dozens of Fortune 500 customers. He is an early investor in many companies including Lyft, Ud...

Qin En Looi is a Partner at Saison Capital. Saison Capital is an early stage fund with a focus on emerging markets. We back ambitious founders solving big problems, with deep fondness for web3, fintech and embedded finance - non-fintech companies expanding into fintech. Their team comes from an operating background, and we are unafraid to roll up our sleeves to support our founders. We are backed...

Ian Sigalow is the co-founder and managing partner of Greycroft, a multi-stage venture fund based in New York. Since co-founding the fund in 2006, Ian has helped grow AUM to more than $3B, having invested in companies like Venmo, Bumble, Shipt, and Scopely. Before founding Greycroft, Ian spent three years at a venture fund in Boston, before starting his own company called StrongData, which develop...

Inspired by Knight Rider and Star Trek, Shahin grew up with a passion to endow superpowers to humanity through feats of engineering. He learned BASIC on an IBM PC XT clone he built at his aunt’s computer store and used to dial into Bulletin Board Systems when he was in the 4th grade. He learned about engines by taking apart an Alfa Romeo at his Uncle’s repair shop a few years later. He aspired to...

Brian Zhan is an investor at CRV, where he focuses on investing in early-stage infrastructure software companies. Prior to that, he worked on product development at Facebook and Starburst. Brian joined the original Presto creators (who co-founded Starburst to offer fully managed Presto) to build Starburst's batch analytics product from scratch. He interviewed users to build the business propos...

Gabby Slome is the Co-founder and CEO of Cooper, a parenting mecca offering parents (and parents to be) with the tools and resources to build their parenting muscle and become the parents they want to be. Cooper offers on demand access to leading experts in child development and likeminded parents, 24/7. Group sessions, live events/workshops and “always on” one-on-one support are spearheaded by to...

Chris is a partner at Wing, where he works with founders building data infrastructure and AI-first infrastructure. His passion is improving the odds for founders at the earliest stages, particularly in finding product-market fit through introductions to potential customers and strategic partners. He strives to support founders in de-risking the beginning stages of building an enduring company. Bef...

Galia Beer-Gabel is a Partner at Team8 where she helps to build innovative fintech startups. Galia works closely with founders and supports them with the ideation, building, and scaling of their businesses. Prior to joining and building Team8’s fintech foundry, Galia spent 6 years at PayPal where she held multiple business development and sales leadership roles across sub-Saharan Africa, Israel, a...

Kendrick Nguyen is the Co-founder and CEO of Republic. Republic empowers everyone to invest in the future they believe in by providing access to startups, real estate, crypto, video game financing and more. Focused on creating a diverse, sustainable, connected world, Republic has facilitated over $700 million in investments from over one million global community members, with $1B+ in managed asset...

Rishi Taparia is the Co-Founder and General Partner at Garuda Ventures. He is a seasoned tech executive and investor with over 15 years of experience in strategy, operations and finance. He was most recently the SVP of Strategy and Operations at Legion, an AI/ML powered HR tech company, where he helped launch a new product line, and raise $80M in capital across multiple rounds of funding. Prior to...

Brent Murri is a Partner at M13 where he leads early-stage investments in software and marketplaces. Brent joined M13 from Battery Ventures where he focused on growth-stage enterprise software investments. Prior to Battery, he worked in strategy & business development for Samsung NEXT, where he developed and executed strategies around Samsung’s mobile software and services initiatives. Topics:...

Fares Ksebati is Co-Founder and CEO of MySwimPro. MySwimPro helps people improve their performance and health through swimming. The company has over one million community members and works with some of the biggest brands in the world. MySwimPro was named by Apple as the Best App of the Year and has been featured in Sports Illustrated and numerous other global publications. He is the author of two...

Ed Suh is the Founder and Managing Partner of Alpine Ventures, a San Francisco based technology venture capital firm. Ed previously led seed, early stage, and growth stage investments in Silicon Valley for nearly a decade across two prominent multi-stage venture firms: Goodwater Capital, a spin-out of Kleiner Perkins and Maverick Capital with over $3B of AUM, and Redpoint Ventures, a leading Silic...

Bryan leads Craft's New York office and is a partner on the investment team. Prior to joining Craft, Bryan built Reddit's New York office and revenue team, growing revenue over 10x to $100m+ in annualized revenue while managing sales, customer success, and creative strategy for the East Coast. During his time at Reddit, Bryan built partnerships with brands including Google, Microsoft, Targ...

Ashmeet is the Chief Engineer of Engineering Capital (www.engineeringcapital.com). His experience includes managing venture capital funds, serving on multiple Boards of Directors, and helping build the industry leading products VMware ESX Server and Silicon Graphics WebFORCE. Before this last decade as a venture capitalist Ashmeet was an operating executive with hands-on operating experience as a...

Sophia Amoruso is the founder and managing partner of Trust Fund, an early-stage venture fund focused exclusively (yet broadly) on investing in tech-enabled products that help people start and build businesses. Trust fund’s investors include Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, David Sacks, Jason Calacanis, Ev Williams, Naomi Gleit, Andrew Chen, Jeff Jordan, Jesse Draper, Rob Hayes, and Phil Hellmuth. So...

Youngrok Kim is the Partner and Head of Investment at GREE LP Fund. Investing in 60+ venture capital funds from Japan, they invest in select venture capital funds ranging from micro VC to established funds worldwide to accelerate innovation on a global scale. Topics: - Global Innovation Through Fund-of-Funds Investment - The Role of Micro VC in the Investment Landscape - The Future of Venture Capi...

🎙️ Tomorrow on Venture with Grace (LIVE), join me for an inspiring conversation with Fiona Co Chan, the visionary founder of Youthforia, a brand that's revolutionizing the beauty industry with its skin-friendly makeup. Since securing a $400,000 investment from Mark Cuban on Shark Tank, Fiona's journey has been a testament to innovation and sustainability. In this episode, we'll discuss...

Christopher Gallant is the CEO of Chamberlain Coffee, a popular brand founded by renowned YouTube influencer Emma Chamberlain. With over 15 years of experience in launching, growing, and leading premium food, beverage, and consumer brands, Chris is an accomplished General Manager and strategist. As a passionate and dynamic leader, he is known for his focus on taking action. He has a proven track r...

Michael Daugherty is the CTO and co-founder of Quill, a cutting-edge desktop client that leverages local AI to enhance productivity post-meeting, currently in private beta. Before Quill, Michael honed his skills in computer science at MIT and played a pivotal role as an early team member and Chief Strategy Officer at AngelList. There, he was instrumental in developing AngelList Syndicates and stee...

Arjun Sethi is a co-founder and partner at Tribe Capital, a venture capital firm specializing in using data science to invest in and support disruptive technology companies. Before Tribe Capital, he was a partner at Social Capital, where he focused on technology investments. Arjun is also known for his entrepreneurial endeavors, including co-founding MessageMe, a messaging app that was acquired by...

John Lin is an investor at F-Prime Capital, where he leads the west coast’s technology practice. Previously, he was a Principal at Trinity Ventures where he invested in companies like Squire, Baton, Side, Gatsby, Grow, Synapse, Branch and Harmonize. He was also an angel investor in Seated, Deepen, Relationship Hero, Apostrophe, Mureni, and Motion AI. Prior to joining Trinity Ventures, he founded T...