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.
Douglas Leone is an Italian-born American billionaire venture capitalist and former Global Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital, one of the most storied VC firms in Silicon Valley history. He joined Sequoia in 1988 after stints at Sun Microsystems, HP, and Prime Computer, rose to Managing Partner in 1996, and led the firm's global expansion into China and India. With investments spanning ServiceNow, RingCentral, Nubank, Medallia, and Wiz, Leone helped shape the modern cloud and enterprise software landscape. He stepped back from the senior operational role in 2022 but remains a general partner. As of late 2025, his net worth is estimated at $10.8 billion.
Adeyemi 'Ade' Ajao is a Nigerian-Spanish serial entrepreneur turned venture capitalist who co-founded Base10 Partners, the first Black-led VC firm to surpass $1 billion in AUM. Before building Base10, he sold Tuenti (Spain's dominant social network) to Telefónica for ~$100M and co-founded Identified, acquired by Workday. In 2023, he became the first Black investor ever named to the Forbes Midas List, and his fund's portfolio includes Nubank, Figma, Instacart, and Rappi. His contrarian bet on automating the 'Real Economy' — logistics, food, healthcare, retail — has generated over $3 billion in portfolio returns.