Team of Investors, Founders & Executives

In addition to our fund partners, we have an active network of fractional executives and founders who help our portfolio teams deepen their knowledge and understanding of everything from engineering to GTM strategies.

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Dream team

Shuo and Sandy have collectively experienced all stages of a startup, from founding to IPO.

Shuo Chen

Shuo Chen is an experienced investment partner at IOVC, where she uses her extensive knowledge of the technology industry paired with her background in investment banking to identify and invest in promising startups. Shuo is currently faculty at UC Berkeley, where she teaches an entrepreneurship course at the UC Berkeley College of Engineering.
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Sandy Diao

Sandy Diao is a growth executive who has built and scaled teams at at companies like Pinterest, Meta (Facebook / Instagram), Descript, and Indiegogo, where she was always the first hire on her team and built and scaled growth models. Sandy advises a variety of companies, with expertise in emerging technologies and spanning SaaS, marketplace, consumer, and ads-backed businesses.

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Fractional executives help our founders

Our founders get access to the superpowers of those who have been there and done it. Our council of engineering, data, and go-to-market leaders share their hard-won knowledge and guidance directly with our founders.

Ben Smith
Google Advisor & Early Engineer

Superpowers: Engineering infrastructure, Developer products, Hiring & building teams

Colby Raden
Sr. Director of Growth at Meta

Specialities: Marketing, Sales & success, Finance, Recruiting

Darrell Etherington
Former Managing Dir. at TechCrunch

Superpowers: PR marketing, Product & design, Brand & product Positioning

David Jen
Managing Director, X Moonshot Factory

Superpowers: Strategic Finance, Fundraising, Corporate development, Technology diligence

Dermot Mee
COO at Singularity

Superpowers: Technology & engineering, Strategic investor matching, International expansion

Eric Tan
CIO & Chief Security Officer at Flock Safety

Superpowers: Enterprise software, Security infrastructure, Scaling post-PMF

Gina Loften
Former CTO at Microsoft US

Superpowers: Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Products

Jason Conyard
Former CIO at VMWare

Superpowers: Technology & engineering, HR and culture

Joel Meek
Former VP Finance at Reddit

Superpowers: Sales & Success, Finance, Customer Support, User Support, Trust & Safety

Keith Enright
CPO at Google

Superpowers: Legal & compliance, Brand positioning, Hiring & building teams

Mitesh Dhruv
Stanford GSB, Former CFO at RingCentral

Superpowers: Cloud software, Building teams, IPOs

Founders to help other founders fractionally

We're partnering with founders who know how to coach and execute to help our teams get past pitfalls fast.

Kundan Kumar
Head of AI Research at Descript; Co-founder at Lyrebird AI (Acquired)
Laks Srini
Co-founder & CTO at ZeroDown; Former Co-founder & CTO at Zenefits
Mayank Mehta
Group VP at Gartner; Co-Founder at Pulse (Acquired)
Ryan Chan
Founder & CEO at UpKeep