Leadership Team

Meet the partners behind our 347 investments, 12 thesis pivots, and revolutionary 47-minute due diligence process.

Marcus Chen

Managing Partner

"Due diligence is just fear of success"

Can't remember what any portfolio company does. Ends emails with 'Sent from my Peloton.'

47-minute investment decisions
Stanford GSB '08
Former McKinsey (3 months)

Sarah Mitchell

Partner, Spray Operations

"Why invest in one when you can invest in all?"

347 investments, 73 still responding to emails. If you're not failing 99.6% of the time, you're not trying.

Pattern recognition expert
Harvard MBA '10
Allergic to unit economics

Rajesh Patel

Partner, Thesis Evolution

"Our thesis changes faster than our portfolio pivots"

Pioneered the '12 theses in 12 months' strategy. Currently bullish on whatever a16z tweeted yesterday.

12 investment theses since Monday
MIT '09
Thought leader on LinkedIn

Jennifer Wu

Partner, LP Relations

"0.4x is just 0.6x away from breaking even"

Transforms portfolio losses into compelling narrative arcs. Inventor of the 'J-curve that never curves back.'

Creative LP reporting
Wharton '11
Excel modeling wizard

Our Associates

We have 7 associates. They're all named Tyler or Madison. They all went to Stanford. They all worked at Goldman for exactly 2 years. We literally cannot tell them apart.

Their main job is forwarding TechCrunch articles with the subject line "Thoughts?"

Want to Join Our Team?

We're always looking for exceptional talent. By exceptional, we mean you went to Stanford and can make investment decisions in under 47 minutes.

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