Portfolio
I joined True Ventures in 2008 as a venture partner. In 2014, I left Gigaom and journalism and joined True as a partner. I don’t retain any editorial links with Gigaom, where I am on the board of directors. As True partner, I currently am:
- On the board of directors of Narrative, a Sweden-based wearable cameras company.
- On the board of directors of a Bay Area (California) based wireless technology company that is still in stealth mode.
- On the board of directors of Veniam, an Internet of moving things platform company.
- On the board of directors of Storehouse, a San Francisco-based visual story telling platform.
- On the board of Academia.edu, an academic and research community focused company based in San Francisco.
- Oversees True’s investment in Metamarkets, a San Francisco-based data analytics company focused on programmatic advertising.
- Oversees True’s investment in OpenDoor, a real estate company that was co-founded by Keith Rabois and Eric Wu.
Angel Investments:
- Slack, a corporate messaging co-founded by Flickr co-founder, Stewart Butterfield.
- Sightglass, a San Francisco-based iconic artisanal coffee establishment.
Previously:
- Was on the board of Socialcast, a San Francisco-based social collaboration software company was acquired by VMWare on May 31, 2011.
- Was a board observer for Sponge, an enterprise knowledge management company. Sponge was acquired by Kurtosys in August 2011.
- Was a board observer for Lexity. Acquired by Yahoo in August 2013.
- Oversaw True’s investment in Glider, a productivity web service. Acquired by FPX in April 2014
- Was a board observer for Little Inc., a mobile app company, behind MessageMe app. Acquired by Yahoo in October 2014.