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Alex Nichols
Alex Nichols is a General Partner at CapitalG, Alphabet's independent growth fund. He invests in companies reinventing large markets through novel economic or distribution models, then compounding through scale - a thesis carved out across deals like Stripe, Duolingo, Whatnot, Rippling, UiPath, Waymo, Odoo and Zach Dell's Base Power. Promoted to GP in January 2026 alongside Jill Chase, the first time CapitalG named two GPs at once since the firm's 2013 founding.
Arsham Memarzadeh
Arsham Memarzadeh is a General Partner at Meritech Capital in Palo Alto, where he leads enterprise software and infrastructure growth investments. He arrived in early 2025 after six years at Lightspeed Venture Partners, where he helped lead the growth practice and backed Wiz, Chainguard, Verkada, ClickUp, Axonius, Personio, Enable, Payhawk, and Spiff.
Ashley Caldwell
Ashley Caldwell is Partner and General Counsel at Sapphire Ventures, the Menlo Park venture capital firm with more than $11B in AUM across its Ventures, Partners, and Sport platforms. She runs legal across all three strategies — deal execution, governance, regulatory, exits — for a firm that backs growth-stage technology companies globally. A former Kirkland & Ellis private equity associate and Bluevine in-house counsel, she joined Sapphire in 2019, was elevated to General Counsel in 2021, and now wears the Partner title too.
Brian Yee
Brian Yee is a General Partner at Saints Capital, a San Francisco firm that has spent 25+ years building one of the oldest direct and GP-led venture secondary platforms in the market. He invests across SMB software, e-commerce, marketplaces, and digital health, with a working range of $100K to $5M and a sweet spot near $1.5M. His background runs through Goldman Sachs (TMT investment banking), General Atlantic, and ACME Capital before settling into the secondaries seat at Saints.
Carle Stenmark
Carle Stenmark is a General Partner at VMG Partners in San Francisco, where he leads the firm's technology investing practice (VMG Tech). After spending his first years at VMG investing in branded consumer products, he convinced the firm's LPs to launch a dedicated tech strategy backing the software, marketplaces, and AI-native businesses that power the consumer ecosystem. He has partnered with founders at Afresh, Boulevard, FERMAT, Claim, Nowsta, and Daily Harvest.
Chelsea Stoner
Chelsea Stoner is a General Partner at Battery Ventures who hunts down vertically focused software companies and healthcare-IT operators across North America. She joined Battery in 2006 and has helped scale Avalara, Glassdoor, Guidewire, Marketo, RealPage and WebPT, among others. Recognized on Forbes Midas Hot Prospects and GrowthCap's Top 25 Healthcare Investors.
Daisy Cai
Daisy Cai is a General Partner at B Capital, the multi-stage venture firm co-founded by Eduardo Saverin. With nearly two decades of investment experience spanning Silicon Valley, Hong Kong, and global markets, she heads B Capital's China expansion and leads investments in deep tech, AI, robotics, autonomous systems, clean energy, and space technology. Before B Capital, she was a Partner at SoftBank Vision Fund and Managing Partner of Baidu Capital and Baidu Ventures. She holds a B.S. from Tsinghua University, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from USC, and an MBA from Columbia Business School - and has six U.S. patents in semiconductor chip design.
Dave Zilberman
Dave Zilberman is a General Partner at Norwest Venture Partners, where he focuses on early-to-late-stage investments in enterprise software, SaaS, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, data, and media. With over 20 years building companies as operator, advisor, and investor, he spent 15 years at Comcast Ventures before joining Norwest in 2020. His portfolio includes landmark wins like Slack (acquired by Salesforce) and DocuSign (Nasdaq: DOCU), and his current bets span AI infrastructure plays like LlamaIndex and security companies like Orion Security.
Dharmesh Thakker
Dharmesh Thakker is a General Partner at Battery Ventures, one of the world's longest-running technology venture capital firms, where he leads investments in infrastructure software, AI-powered applications, cloud/DevOps, data, security, and open source. An immigrant from India turned engineer turned VC, he joined Battery in 2015 after leading Intel Capital's global cloud and big-data practice. He holds a BS in electrical engineering from UT Austin and an MBA from Wharton. His portfolio spans category-defining companies including Databricks, Postman, Gong, ClickHouse, and Weaviate, with notable exits including Confluent (IPO), JFrog (IPO), and Sumo Logic (IPO). He hosts the 'Billion-Dollar B2B' podcast, writes for TechCrunch and Forbes, and was named to the Forbes Midas Brink list in 2016.
Dror Nahumi
Dror Nahumi is a General Partner at Norwest Venture Partners, a multi-stage global VC firm managing $15.5 billion in assets. Based in Menlo Park, California, he leads Norwest's Israeli investment portfolio - a practice he helped build since the firm established its Israel presence in 2009. A former Bell Labs research engineer who developed the RCELP speech coder (now the CDMA standard for North American cellular), Nahumi transitioned from deep tech to entrepreneurship before landing in venture capital in 2010. He has backed companies that have been acquired by Microsoft, Google, EMC, and Symantec, and has seeded unicorns including Gong.io, VAST Data, and Weka.
Fred Wang
Fred Wang is a General Partner at Adams Street Partners, where he leads growth equity investments in infrastructure software — with a sharp focus on cybersecurity, data/AI infrastructure, and enterprise security. With over 30 years in technology and venture capital, he joined Adams Street in 2017 after 18 years as a General Partner at Trinity Ventures. Earlier in his career, he was one of the first engineers and first product manager at Intuit. He holds degrees from Stanford (BS Electrical Engineering, MS Industrial Engineering) and an MBA from Harvard Business School. His active portfolio includes Arctic Wolf Networks, Cyberhaven, Arize AI, and Axonius.
Gene Frantz
Gene Frantz is a General Partner at CapitalG, Alphabet's independent growth equity fund, where he has been a founding partner since 2013. A specialist in cybersecurity and enterprise technology, he backed CrowdStrike, Zscaler, and Freshworks before their IPOs - investments that collectively reached more than $125 billion in value. Before CapitalG, he spent 13 years at TPG Capital leading technology and telecom investments, and previously worked at Oracle's venture capital group and Morgan Stanley.
Indranil Guha
Indranil 'Indy' Guha is a General Partner at VMG Partners in San Francisco, where he co-leads the VMG Technology fund focused on commerce infrastructure. A veteran investor with over 15 years of experience in enterprise AI and e-commerce enablement, he previously was a Partner at Bain Capital Ventures and Chief Business Officer at Signifyd. His portfolio includes companies like Attentive, Boulevard, Weee!, and historic wins like Wrike (acquired by Citrix for $2.25B) and Moveworks (acquired by ServiceNow for $2.85B). Born in England, raised in Kolkata, India and across four countries, he is known for his deep intellectual curiosity, hands-on founder support, and sharp perspective on AI-driven hyper-personalization in retail.
Jesse Wedler
Jesse Wedler is a General Partner at CapitalG, Alphabet's independent growth equity fund, where he has worked since its founding in 2013 - starting as an MBA intern and rising to lead investments in companies like Airbnb, Duolingo, Gusto, UiPath, and ID.me. Raised in Petaluma, California and educated at UC Berkeley and Stanford GSB, Wedler brings a deeply hands-on, thesis-driven approach to backing transformative B2B fintech, enterprise software, and identity companies at the growth stage. Known for rolling up his sleeves alongside founders and co-founding a chemistry camp for visually impaired youth with his brother, he blends long-term conviction with genuine operational partnership.
Jill Chase
Jill Chase is a General Partner at CapitalG, Alphabet's independent growth-stage venture capital fund, where she leads investments in AI/ML, data infrastructure, and enterprise technology. A former startup founder (Y Combinator S17) and private-equity-backed CEO turned investor, she joined CapitalG in 2020 with a deliberate AI-first thesis - years before the sector exploded - and has since backed category-defining companies including Rippling, Physical Intelligence, LangChain, Baseten, and Canva. In January 2026, CapitalG promoted her to General Partner, the first such promotion in the firm's history.
John Delfino
John Delfino is Partner and General Counsel at TCV (Technology Crossover Ventures), the Menlo Park-based growth equity firm behind transformative investments in Netflix, Spotify, Airbnb, Facebook, and over 350 technology companies. Joining TCV in 2014 after nearly a decade at elite law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Delfino sits at the intersection of law and venture capital - structuring deals, executing investments and exits, and managing the full legal and operational footprint of one of tech's most storied growth investors. With a J.D./M.B.A. from Santa Clara University and undergraduate roots at the College of the Holy Cross (including a year abroad at Oxford), he brings a rare dual lens of legal rigor and business strategy to a firm that has backed category-defining companies since 1995.
Mary Jane Elmore
Mary Jane (MJ) Elmore is a pioneering venture capitalist who joined IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) in 1982 and became one of the first female General Partners in American venture capital history. Over a four-decade career spanning eight IVP funds, she backed transformative technology companies in software, communications, and computer-aided engineering. Now a Limited Partner and active angel investor through Broadway Angels and Sand Hill Angels, she has reinvented herself as an oil painter - applying the same mathematical precision that made her a formidable investor to abstract landscapes and architecture.
Max Motschwiller
Max Motschwiller is a General Partner at Meritech Capital, a Palo Alto-based growth investment firm behind more than $150 billion in IPOs. He leads investments in enterprise software and fintech at Series B, with a focus on companies scaling toward market leadership. Before Meritech, he backed Uber, Duolingo, Dropcam, and MyFitnessPal at Kleiner Perkins, and spent three years at Summit Partners executing growth equity deals. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2015, Motschwiller brings an edge forged at Harvard lacrosse, two VC institutions, and a sharp eye for companies that define their categories.
Michael Mauze
Michael Mauze is the Co-Founder and General Partner of VMG Partners, a San Francisco-based consumer-focused growth equity firm he co-founded in 2005. With a career spanning investment banking at PaineWebber and Lehman Brothers to private equity at TSG Consumer Partners, Mauze has spent decades backing consumer brands before 'consumer' became the hottest word in venture capital. VMG has backed over 60 brands including Spindrift, Drunk Elephant, KIND Snacks, and Daily Harvest, and closed its sixth fund at $1 billion in 2025. Beyond the portfolio, Mauze is known for his jazz philanthropy, a five-year cross-country bicycle odyssey, and a $3 million gift to his alma mater Davidson College.
Neil Tolaney
Neil Tolaney is a General Partner and Co-Head of Consumer + SME at TCV (Technology Crossover Ventures), one of the world's leading growth equity firms. Based in San Francisco, he leads a team of roughly 20 B2C-focused investors backing category-defining companies in consumer internet, digital media, subscription services, and small business software. His path from investment banking to venture associate to e-commerce operator - running PersonalizationMall.com as Managing Director - to buyout dealmaker at Francisco Partners and back to TCV gives him a rare dual lens: he has sat on both sides of the cap table. He holds board seats at LegalZoom and Strava, and has backed companies including GoodRx, ByteDance, Mercury, Hotmart, and Grow Therapy.
Noah Knauf
Noah Knauf is a General Partner and co-founder at BOND Capital, the San Francisco-based growth-stage venture firm he helped launch in 2019 alongside Mary Meeker, Mood Rowghani, and Juliet de Baubigny after spinning out of Kleiner Perkins. With more than two decades in finance and private equity, he brings a rare combination of Bain consulting rigor, nine years deploying $1.8 billion at Warburg Pincus, and front-row experience at one of Silicon Valley's most storied VC firms. At BOND, he leads investments in high-growth technology companies with a particular focus on healthcare, fintech, gaming, and frontier technology, serving on the boards of AKASA, Saildrone, Sidecar Health, and Sunday.
Ran Ding
Ran Ding is a General Partner and Co-Head of the Growth Equity team at Norwest Venture Partners, one of the most active multi-stage venture and growth equity firms in the world. The son of Chinese immigrants who came to America when he was three years old, Ran joined Norwest in 2011 as the third member of its growth equity team and was elevated to General Partner in February 2024. He focuses on B2B software and tech-enabled services companies across AI, data, SaaS, fintech, and marketplaces, partnering with founder-led businesses scaling from double-digit to triple-digit revenues. A two-time GrowthCap Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investor honoree, he has overseen 10+ successful exits and holds board seats at 8+ portfolio companies. Beyond finance, he spent his twenties producing music that accumulated roughly two million YouTube views and once hit a game-winning shot at Madison Square Garden.
Ric Fenton
Ric Fenton is a General Partner at TCV (Technology Crossover Ventures), one of the world's leading growth-stage technology investors with over $21 billion in committed capital. Joining TCV in 2008, he oversees the firm's Legal, Capital Markets, Portfolio Talent, and Data Intelligence functions, guiding the full investment lifecycle from deal sourcing and transaction execution to portfolio value creation and exit. A Michigan Ross finance graduate and Duke Law attorney by training, Fenton spent eight years at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advising top-tier private equity firms on M&A, leveraged buyouts, and securities transactions before crossing over to the investor side. He sits on the Board of Directors of the National Venture Capital Association and the Board of Visitors of Duke University School of Law.
Rick Kimball
Rick Kimball is a Founding General Partner at TCV (Technology Crossover Ventures), the growth-equity firm he co-founded with Jay Hoag in 1995. Over four decades as a technology investor, he backed category-defining companies including Netflix, GoDaddy, Spotify, and eHarmony. Before TCV, he spent more than a decade at Montgomery Securities as a Managing Director covering telecommunications and data communications. He has appeared multiple times on the Forbes Midas List as one of the top technology investors in the world, and currently serves on the UC San Francisco Board of Trustees and the Ohana Foundation board.
Rob Ward
Rob Ward is the co-founder and General Partner of Meritech Capital Partners, one of the first venture funds built exclusively around growth-stage technology investing. Since co-founding the firm in 1999, he has led investments in some of the most defining enterprise and consumer technology companies of the past 25 years, including Snowflake, Salesforce, Tableau, Fortinet, and Roblox. A repeat Forbes Midas List honoree, Ward focuses on analytics, data services, infrastructure, and enterprise applications, typically investing $5M-$25M at Series B with a sweet spot around $12M. Beyond capital, he tutors algebra at Eastside College Preparatory School in East Palo Alto and was added to the Buffalo Bills ownership group in December 2024.
Shravan Narayen
Shravan Narayen is a General Partner at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), one of Silicon Valley's most storied late-stage venture capital firms. Promoted to General Partner in May 2026, he focuses on enterprise infrastructure and AI applications, backing technically sophisticated founders building products that make hard things simple. A former product manager at Snowflake, Confluent, and C3.AI, he brings rare operator depth to IVP's growth-stage portfolio. He holds degrees from Stanford University and Harvard Business School, runs a Substack newsletter on venture and product, and describes himself as a 'hyper-caffeinated new dad' fueled by homemade chai.
Sonya Brown
Sonya Brown is a General Partner and Co-Head of Growth Equity at Norwest Venture Partners, a leading venture and growth equity firm managing over $12.5 billion in capital. With more than 20 years of investment experience spanning Bear Stearns, iXL Ventures, and Summit Partners, she joined Norwest in 2011 and has built a reputation as one of the most influential investors in consumer products, e-commerce, retail, and business services. Her portfolio includes Babylist, Madison Reed, Kendra Scott, and PCA Skin. A perennial honoree on M&A's Most Influential Women list, she is equally recognized for her work advancing diversity and inclusion in private equity.
Tim McAdam
Tim McAdam is a General Partner at TCV (Technology Crossover Ventures), one of the world's leading growth equity firms, where he has focused on enterprise software, security, and tech-enabled services since joining in 2010. With a career in venture and growth investing that stretches back to the early 1990s at TA Associates, GTCR, and Trinity Ventures, McAdam has backed category-defining companies including GitLab, Splunk, Avalara, Rapid7, Alarm.com, OneTrust, and Vectra. An unlikely archaeology major from Dartmouth turned perennial enterprise investor, he combines a Stanford MBA pedigree with a nose for operational software that sticks.
Tom Davis
Tom Davis is a General Partner at Canapi Ventures, a fintech-focused venture capital firm with over $1.29B in total funding. Based in San Francisco, he leads the firm's West Coast operations and sits on its investment committee, focusing on early- to growth-stage investments in financial technology and B2B software. With nearly two decades spanning Morgan Stanley investment banking, General Atlantic, and Centana Growth Partners, Davis brings rare fluency across the capital stack - from traditional banking relationships to cutting-edge fintech infrastructure. He joined Canapi in November 2023 to open their first San Francisco office, signaling the firm's push deeper into Silicon Valley's fintech ecosystem.
Woody Marshall
Woody Marshall is a General Partner at TCV (Technology Crossover Ventures), one of the world's leading growth equity firms. With nearly three decades in venture capital, he has backed some of the defining technology companies of the internet era - including Netflix, Spotify, Airbnb, Nubank, and Peloton. He joined TCV in 2008 after 12 years at Trident Capital and today sits on the boards of Spotify, Payoneer, GoFundMe, Nerdy, Newsela, and onX. A multiple Forbes Midas List honoree, Marshall focuses on fintech, mobile, and digital media investments with a philosophy rooted in backing exceptional entrepreneurs and patient, long-term capital deployment.