David Jaxon writes the Creator Economy Report, a newsletter covering the business of creators and the media industry built around them. Beyond the newsletter and its stated focus on the creator economy and media, no further details about Jaxon could be independently verified through public sources.
Katherine Francis is an Analyst at Right Side Capital Management, a quantitative, data-driven pre-VC-stage investment firm in San Francisco that has backed over 1,900 tech startups since 2012. She brings nine years of specialized experience in venture fund accounting and administration, including a prior role as fund manager for a $2 billion fund administrator — expertise that keeps the operational gears turning at one of the most prolific early-stage VC firms in the US.
Leslie Riley is an Analyst at Right Side Capital Management (RSCM), a quantitative pre-VC investment firm in San Francisco that has made 2,000+ early-stage bets since 2012. She brings a rare combination: West Point grad, seven-year Army Aviation officer who flew CH-47D Chinooks over Kosovo and South Korea, then reinvented herself as a facilitator, keynote speaker, and leadership coach for Fortune 500s and federal agencies before landing in venture. She's also a published author, founder of The Penny Project (which has raised $4,800+ for charity), an ultra-marathoner, and creator of the Lead Like a Girl community for women in leadership.
Lilly Iskold is an Analyst at 2048 Ventures, a New York and Boston-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on Vertical AI, Deep Tech, Healthcare, and Biotech. With a B.A. in Biology (minor in Chemistry) from Brandeis University, she brings a rare bench-to-boardroom perspective shaped by hands-on research at the New York Genome Center and Humane Genomics, where she studied RNA's role in cancer development and CAR-T cell therapies. Raised in Livingston, NJ, Lilly fuses scientific rigor with entrepreneurial instinct - she co-founded Crafty Hour, a handmade jewelry business that donated proceeds to the NAACP.
Max Blacker is an Investment Analyst at LDV Capital, a venture firm focused on visual technology and computer vision. A former professional soccer player who played for Crewe United FC in Belfast's Northern Irish 4th Division, he turned a leave of absence from Brandeis University into a founding moment - launching SETGK, a goalkeeper glove company that became one of the fastest-growing brands in the space. He holds a BA in Business from Brandeis and an MS in Finance from Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business, where he also kicked field goals for the football team and was a Global Finalist in the 2024 Venture Capital Investment Competition. At LDV Capital, he focuses on the intersection of visual technology with sports, health, and nutrition.
Mary Meeker is a venture capitalist and the founder of BOND Capital, where she manages over $5.75 billion across three funds with a portfolio spanning 176 investments and 51 unicorns. Known as the 'Queen of the Internet' since Barron's coined the title in 1998, she spent 19 years at Morgan Stanley advising on landmark IPOs including Netscape and Google, then a decade at Kleiner Perkins backing Airbnb, Slack, and Spotify. Her annual Internet Trends reports, published from 1995 to 2019 and revived with a 340-slide AI Trends report in May 2025, became required reading across Silicon Valley. A data-driven pattern-finder from small-town Portland, Indiana, Meeker has spent three decades spotting the shape of tomorrow before most people recognize today.
Troy Kanji is an analyst at Boost VC, a pre-seed venture capital firm in San Mateo focused on deep tech investments. With a background in molecular biology from Brown University—where he researched ALS using Drosophila genetics—he bridges the worlds of science and finance. Before Boost VC, he cut his teeth at Trinity Life Sciences, F-Prime Capital (genomics), and Castle Island Ventures (crypto), building a unique cross-disciplinary lens. He's also co-founder and board member of Revalia Bio, a Yale spinout revolutionizing drug development with human data trials using donated organs.
Alberto Romero is a Spanish AI analyst, writer, and newsletter author behind The Algorithmic Bridge, a Substack publication with 40,000+ subscribers. A former machine learning engineer turned independent journalist, he brings an unusual fusion of aerospace engineering, cognitive neuroscience, and ML expertise to bear on the most pressing questions in AI - with a commitment to honesty, no ads, and no sponsors. He is also an analyst at CambrianAI Research, focusing on large language models and AI hardware/software.
Max Willens is a Principal Analyst at EMARKETER covering social media and the creator economy, with a career spanning journalism, research, and media strategy. A CUNY journalism graduate and Punch Sulzberger Scholar, he spent six years at Digiday rising from platforms reporter to Senior Editor of Research and Features before crossing into industry analysis. His work sits at the intersection of media business, social platforms, advertising, and the evolving creator economy, and he co-hosts EMARKETER's 'Behind the Numbers' podcast. He also publishes 'The Idea,' a newsletter focused on the newsletter and publishing industry.
Simon Carless is a British-born gaming industry veteran who spent 16 years shaping trade media and the Game Developers Conference at UBM/Informa before going independent in 2020 to found GameDiscoverCo - a newsletter, data platform, and consultancy focused on how players find, buy, and enjoy video games. With 43,000+ subscribers on Substack and enterprise SaaS clients including 90+ publishers and studios, he's become the de facto Bloomberg Terminal of game discovery data for the global indie games ecosystem.