# Jessica Verrilli

> Jessica Verrilli is co-founder and managing director of Adverb Ventures, a San Francisco-based early-stage VC firm she launched in 2023 with April Underwood. A former VP of Corporate Development & Strategy at Twitter (employee #34), she led roughly 30 acquisitions including Vine and Periscope before becoming a General Partner at GV (Google Ventures). She also co-founded #ANGELS, a women-led angel investing collective that placed women on over 100 startup cap tables and produced landmark research quantifying Silicon Valley's gender equity gap. She holds the coveted @jess handle on X with 318,000 followers.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & Managing Director at Adverb Ventures
- **Organizations:** Adverb Ventures, #ANGELS, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (board)
- **From:** Seattle, Washington, USA
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** High School Diploma, Seattle Preparatory School, B.A. in Human Biology; Mayfield Fellow (2007), Stanford University
- **Known for:** Led approximately 30 acquisitions at Twitter, including Vine (2012) and Periscope (~$100M, 2015), Twitter employee #34 - one of the platform's most important early executives, Co-founded #ANGELS, placing women on 100+ startup cap tables including Coinbase, Gusto, Stripe, Airtable

## Career timeline

- **2003** — Graduated Seattle Prep as lacrosse All-American and Washington State Champion; enrolled at Stanford
- **2007** — Stanford Mayfield Fellow - selective entrepreneurship program at Stanford Technology Ventures Program
- **2008** — Joined Venrock as Investment Associate - her first VC role, focused on consumer technology
- **2009** — Cold-emailed Evan Williams and Biz Stone; joined Twitter as employee #34
- **2011** — Launched Twitter's London office
- **2012** — Led acquisition of Vine, the short-form video app
- **2015-01** — Led acquisition of Periscope, the live-streaming app
- **2015-03** — Co-founded #ANGELS angel investing collective with five other Twitter executives
- **2015-05** — Left Twitter for GV (Google Ventures) as Partner
- **2015-10** — Returned to Twitter after just 5 months; brought back by Jack Dorsey
- **2017-12** — Left Twitter for the final time as VP of Corporate Development & Strategy
- **2018-03** — Completed 50-mile ultramarathon in Pacific Northwest before joining GV
- **2018-05** — Rejoined GV (Google Ventures) as General Partner
- **2018** — Led $22M Series B for Digits; joined its board
- **2018** — #ANGELS / Carta Gap Table research published - landmark gender equity data
- **2019** — Fireside chat at Startup Grind Global Conference with Erin Griffith
- **2020** — Panelist at TechCrunch Disrupt 2020
- **2023** — Co-founded Adverb Ventures with April Underwood; closed Fund I at $75M
- **2025** — Adverb Ventures raising Fund II at $125M target

## Achievements

- Led approximately 30 acquisitions at Twitter, including Vine (2012) and Periscope (~$100M, 2015)
- Twitter employee #34 - one of the platform's most important early executives
- Co-founded #ANGELS, placing women on 100+ startup cap tables including Coinbase, Gusto, Stripe, Airtable
- Co-founded Adverb Ventures, closing Fund I at $75M in 2023
- General Partner at GV (Google Ventures), 2018-2023
- Stanford Mayfield Fellow (2007) - elite entrepreneurship program
- High school lacrosse All-American and Washington State Champion (2003)
- Stanford varsity lacrosse player
- #ANGELS Gap Table research (with Carta) quantifying Silicon Valley's gender equity gap - cited widely in WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg
- Holds the coveted @jess handle on X/Twitter with 318,000+ followers
- Launched Twitter's London office (2011)
- Completed 50-mile ultramarathon in Pacific Northwest with 12,000 feet of elevation gain
- Board member, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Adverb Ventures seeking $125M for Fund II per SEC filing
- **2024-11** — Adverb Ventures celebrated 2-year anniversary with site relaunch
- **2024-05** — Speaking at Expert360 Expert Series
- **2023-07** — Adverb Ventures Fund I closed at $75M
- **2023-01** — Co-founded Adverb Ventures with April Underwood at San Francisco's Presidio

## Links

- Website: https://www.jessverr.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicaverrilli
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jess
- GitHub: https://github.com/jessverr
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessverr/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessica.verrilli/

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Last updated: 2026-04-29