Why do I coach?

Startup fundraising is an unfair process; investors see thousands of fundraises while founders may only see a few. I want to share the secrets of the best investors to help you navigate the process.

Work Experience

Venture Partner

Breakwater Ventures

2023 - Present

I’m a Venture Partner at Breakwater Ventures, focused on investing in and incubating ideas in AI & fintech. I'm particularly excited about agentic commerce, payments, fintech, and AI in underserved industries.

Special Projects

PayPal

2023 - Present

I lead special projects at PayPal Crypto, where I helped launch PYUSD ($1B+ market cap payment stablecoin) and worked on passing the GENUIS Act.

Co-founder & CEO

Coast Labs

2022 - 2023

My co-founder and I launched Jinjur (a social investment platform, developed at d.school and Startup Garage at Stanford Business School) in 2022. We focused on closing the investing confidence gap for millennial women through social collaboration. The product enabled women to form investment clubs with friends and invest together in different asset classes. We purpose-built content and community to increase investing confidence. We bootstrapped the company to 30 customers, and we built an active community of over 1,000 members engaging on investment ideas. Much of it worked. 30 customers. A roughly 30% increase in investing confidence, and a 75 NPS. Using early AI tools to streamline content creation and product iteration. A lot didn't. Growth marketing was expensive and unit economics weren’t viable. We made the tough decision to shut down Jinjur in 2023. Needless to say, I leaned a lot. Building community, user research, designing beautiful products, and growth marketing. I learned how to lead and manage. And I learned (some of) the hard thing about hard things.

Director of Strategy

Sila

2020 - 2021

I led strategy at Sila Money, where I learned partnerships and product from some of the best people in fintech. I sourced, developed, and managed business critical product relationships with Evolve Bank, Stripe, Plaid, Visa, Alloy, and others. I developed our Fintech Partner Marketplace and Startup Package, which doubled the company pipeline and saw a 50% close rate on inbound referrals. I helped build the finnovation (now TWIF) community of nearly 10,000 folks in fintech. I managed our $15M Series A fundraise and Board of Directors meetings and metrics (including implementing OKRs). I learned how to spot market opportunities. I learned the “”ABC’s” of selling. Mainly, I learned how to keep up at a fast-growing startup.

General Partner

OVF

2015 - 2020

I led a seed-stage VC fund with $100M in AUM, three funds in top decile performance, and one IPO. We developed a unique model of entrepreneurs investing in entrepreneurs. Our individual LPs were former founders, and we leveraged their expertise for the benefit of our founders. For five years, I was involved in all aspects of investing and fund management, including due diligence, board management, financial modeling, and fund operations. I also built our community, including organizing The Funded (90 NPS from founders and 110% retention rate) and our Annual Compensation Survey (over 3,000 downloads). I learned what can help make founders and startups successful. I learned board management, negotiation, and fundraising. I learned how to curate an ecosystem. And, I learned how much I love building enduring businesses.

Associate

Pacific Crest Securities

2014 - 2015

Education

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Master of Science, Sloan Fellow 2022

2021 - 2022

Activities and societies: Sloan Fellow, Class President, LOWkeynote 2022 Speaker, Stanford Blockchain Club, VC Club, Fintech Club, Women in Management, GSB Pride

Santa Clara University

Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Economics, Political Science

2008 - 2012