# Anna Pinol

> Anna Piñol Mediano is a Partner at NFX, a $450M seed-stage venture capital firm, where she leads investments in AI, marketplaces, fintech, and consumer companies across the U.S., Europe, and Latin America. A founder-turned-investor, she co-founded Jupiter (YC S19) after her Stanford MBA and was recruited to NFX - the very firm that had backed her startup. Promoted to Partner in May 2024, she is widely recognized as one of Silicon Valley's leading voices on AI agents and the emerging AI workforce, having authored influential essays and spoken at Stanford's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series.

- **Role:** Partner at NFX
- **Organizations:** NFX, Jupiter (YC S19), Amazon, Akamon Entertainment, MylaBox, Orange DAO, General Assembly
- **From:** Barcelona, Spain
- **Nationality:** Spanish
- **Education:** MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business, J.D. in Law + M.S. in Business Administration, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, S19 Batch, Y Combinator
- **Known for:** Promoted to Partner at NFX in May 2024, one of the youngest partners at the $450M seed fund, Co-founded Jupiter (YC S19), backed by NFX and Khosla Ventures with a $2.8M seed round, Led Amazon Spain's Prime Day and Black Friday operations as one of EMEA's youngest managers

## Career timeline

- **2010-2011** — Transfer Pricing and Legal Internship at PwC España
- **2011-2013** — Chief of Staff at Akamon Entertainment, Barcelona
- **2013** — Co-founded MylaBox
- **2013-2017** — Amazon Spain - helped launch the marketplace; became one of EMEA's youngest managers; led Prime Day and Black Friday Spain operations
- **2017** — Began MBA at Stanford GSB
- **2019** — Co-founded Jupiter (YC S19) as CMO; NFX and Khosla Ventures led $2.8M seed round
- **2021** — Departed Jupiter as CMO after building out growth operations
- **2022-01** — Joined NFX as Principal
- **2024-05** — Promoted to Partner at NFX
- **2025-05** — Invited as speaker to Stanford's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series on AI agents

## Achievements

- Promoted to Partner at NFX in May 2024, one of the youngest partners at the $450M seed fund
- Co-founded Jupiter (YC S19), backed by NFX and Khosla Ventures with a $2.8M seed round
- Led Amazon Spain's Prime Day and Black Friday operations as one of EMEA's youngest managers
- Authored widely cited essay 'What It Really Takes To Make AI Agents Work' (February 2025)
- Speaker at Stanford's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL) speaker series on AI agents (May 2025)
- Led NFX's investment in Maisa AI, which raised a $25M Series A from Creandum and Forgepoint
- Built and runs the NFX Fellows program connecting global founders to Silicon Valley
- Fluent in 4 languages (Spanish, English, Portuguese, Catalan); lived on 3 continents

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Scheduled to speak at Stanford's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL) series at the NVIDIA Auditorium on AI agents and entrepreneurship
- **2025-02** — Published 'What It Really Takes To Make AI Agents Work' at NFX - a widely shared essay on the four missing layers (Accountability, Context, Coordination, Tools/B2A) needed for AI agent adoption
- **2024-05** — Promoted from Principal to Partner at NFX
- **2024-04** — Published 'The AI Workforce is Here: The Rise of a New Labor Market' at NFX
- **2024-03** — Led NFX's investment in Maisa AI (AI workforce platform), which later raised a $25M Series A from Creandum and Forgepoint

## Links

- Website: https://www.nfx.com/team/anna-pinol
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annapinolmediano/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/AnnaPinol_

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Last updated: 2026-05-01