Max Heald is an investor at Boldstart Ventures, the enterprise-first seed firm behind Snyk, BigID, and Tessl. Based in Miami and steeped in the early-stage game since his days at Union Square Ventures, Heald zeroes in on developer-first infrastructure, AI-native tooling, and the emerging protocols he describes as 'toll roads for the internet.' He came up through Phillips Exeter and Northwestern, cut his teeth analyzing board decks at USV, and has since backed and advised founders building the unglamorous but essential plumbing of the modern internet.
Natalie Ledbetter is a 3x startup People Ops executive, TEDx speaker, and former Operating Partner & Head of People at Boldstart Ventures who scaled Stash from 27 to 350 employees in 2.5 years. A self-described 'third culture kid' who grew up attending school in Jakarta, Indonesia alongside students from 90 countries, she now runs Ledbetter Global Advisory, offering embedded fractional people operations leadership to Series A-B companies. She has partnered with 100+ founders across the startup ecosystem, blending strategic executive thinking with hands-on execution to build high-performance, psychologically safe teams.