Our Nominators Network

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FOUNDERS NOMINATED BY...

Aamir Virani

Felicis Ventures

Aaref Hilaly

Sequoia Capital

Aaron Jacobson

NEA

Abe Yokell

Congruent Ventures

Adam Gartenberg

640 Oxford

Adam Hardej

Sandhill markets

Aden Van Noppen

(m)otherboard

Aditi Maliwal

Upfront Ventures

Aditya Naganath

Kleiner Perkins

Aike Ho

ACME Capital

Aileen Lee

Cowboy Ventures

Alan Jagolinzer

Cambridge faculty

Albert Wenger

Union Square ventures

Alex Laskey

Rewiring America

Alex Tonelli

Endurance Companies

Alexander Taussig

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Alexia Tsotsis

Dream Machine

Alison Rosenthal

Leadout Capital

Allie Mullen

Wireframe Ventures

Allison Thoreson Bhusri

Lemonade Capital

Amelia Lin

VC Backed Moms

Amy Banse

Comcast Ventures

Anand Iyer

Anarghya Vardhana

Maveron LLC

Andrew Beebe

Obvious Ventures

Andrew Blum

Trium

Andrew Lee

Esper Inc.

Andrew Schoen

NEA

Andy Chen

Coatue Management

Andy Lam

The Space Between

Angela Strange

Andreessen Horowitz

Anita Hossain

First Round Capital

Ann Miura-Ko

Floodgate

Anne Dwane

Village Global

Annie Kadavy

Redpoint Ventures

Anthony Lee

Altos Ventures

Anwar Barrow

Prudential Management Firm

April Underwood

Obvious Ventures

Aria Finger

Reid Hoffman

Arian Ghashghai

Earthling VC

Ariel Poler

Reveri

Arjun Arora

Arjun Sethi

Tribe Capital

Ashley Bittner

Owl Ventures, LP

Ashley Cravens

Uncork Capital

Ashley Mayer

Social Capital

Barry Eggers

Lightspeed Ventures

Ben Casnocha

Village Global

Ben Mckean

Hungryroot

Ben Rattray

Change.org

Bijan Sabet

Spark Capital

Bill Perkins

Skylar Capital Management LP

Bo Shao

Brad Feld

Foundry Group

Brad Horowitz

Wisdom Ventures

Bradley Horowitz

Wisdom Ventures

Brandon Avrutin

LCap

Brett Berson

First Round

Brett Brohl

Bread and Butter Ventures

Brian Armstrong

Coinbase

Brian O'Malley

ForeRunner Ventures

Brian Singerman

Founders Fund

Bridgit Lombard

Carol Wong

re.creation

Caroline Talley

Resolute Ventures

Carrie Williams

McKesson Ventures

Catha Groot

Radicle Impact Partners

Catherine Norman

Shasta Ventures

Chamath Palihapitiya

Social Capital

Chanchal Garg

Executive Coach

Charles Hudson

Precursor VC

Chian Gong

Reach Capital

Chris Marks

Blue Note Ventures

Christiaan Vorkink

True Ventures

Christian Vorkink

True Ventures

Christine Mathews

OneDigital

Clay Robbins

Connie Chan

A16Z

Courtney Broadus

Broadway Angels

Craig Sherman

Meritech Capital

Cynthia Hess

Fenwick

Cynthia Ringo

DBL Investors

Dan Putt

reboot

Dan Scholnick

Trinity Ventures

Dane Holewinski

Dani Metz Shuval

Initialized Capital

Daniel Dippold

EWOR

Daniel Gulati

Comcast Ventures

Daniel Yates

DANDELION ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL (NRDC), SPICE HOUSE, LLC, VARIOUS STARTUPS

Dasha Maggio

Felicis Ventures

Dave Kashen

Fearless Ventures

David Belden

a16z

David Cohen

Techstars

David Greenbaum

David Hornik

August Capital

David King

Curious Endeavors

David Mount

G2VP

David Rusenko

Leap Forward Ventures

David Stewart

LiveOak Venture Partners

Dawn Dobras

Capital F

Deirdre Clute

Rightfoot

Dustin Dolginow

43

Edward Fenster

Elana Berkowitz

Springbank Collective

Elisa Schreiber

Greylock

Elizabeth Bailey

Foreground.vc

Ellen Levy

Emery Rosansky

First Round Capital

Emily Du

SINAI Technologies

Emily Kirsch

Powerhouse Ventures

Emmett Shear

YC, formerly Twitch

Eric Antonow

Metabolic Inc.

Eric Thurber

Three Bridge Wealth Advisors

Eric Wu

Opendoor

Erik Torenberg

Village Global

Erin Daruszka

OneDigital

Erin Gleason

Founders Fund

Ernestine Fu

Brave Capital

Esteban Sosnik

Reach Capital

Ethan Kurzweil

Bessemer Ventures

Evan Tana

Script Capital

Evelyn Rusli

YUMI

Fern Mandelbaum

Vista Venture Partners

Fouad ElNaggar

Sapho

Gabe Kleinman

Obvious Ventures

Garry Tan

Initialized Capital

Geoff Ralston

Y Combinator

George Bishof

Meritech Capital

Gina Jorasch

Gus Tai

Trinity Ventures

Hannah Calhoon

Purpose Built

Harj Taggar

Y Combinator

Helen Zelman

Lemnos Labs

Hilary Cohen

hilarycohen.com

Hillá Watkins

Congruent Ventures

Holly May

Hunter Walk

Homebrew

Ian Tien

Mattermost, Inc

Ilan Gur

Cyclotron Road

Isabelle Hau

Omidyar

Jaime Chiang

Jake Saper

Emergence Capital

James Currier

NFX

James Joaquin

Obvious Ventures

Janou Gordon

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Jared Fliesler

Square

Jared Kopf

Ramble

Jason Green

Emergence Capital

Jason Heltzer

Origin Ventures

Jen Yip

Founders You Should Know

Jennifer Aaker

Stanford GSB

Jennifer Campbell

Union Square ventures

Jennifer Carolan

Reach Capital

Jenny Belotserkovsky

JCF Accelerator

Jenny Lefcourt

Freestyle

Jenny Stefanotti

Denizen

Jeremy Liew

Lightspeed Ventures

Jess Lee

Sequoia Capital

Jessica Mah

Indinero

Jessica Peltz Zatulove

Hannah Grey

Jessica Rolph

Lovevery Inc

Jimena Galfaso

Executive Coach

Joanna Drake

Magnify VC

Joanna Riley

Censia

Joe DiPasquale

StartOut

John China

SVB

John Collison

John Danner

Dunce Capital

John Lilly

Greylock

John Yurcisin

Change.org

Jon Callahan

True Ventures

Josh Buckley

Buckley Ventures

Josh Elman

Greylock

Josh Felser

Freestyle

Josh Hannah

Independent Investor

Josh Kopelman

First Round Capital

Josh Machiz

Redpoint Ventures

Judith Bartels

Smartly Inc

Julia Hartz

Eventbrite

Julia Popowitz

ARF Investments

Julie Weber

The Helm

Julius Mokrauer

Justin Shaffer

Jyri Engestrom

Yes VC

Kanjun Qiu

Generally Intelligent

Kara Nortman

Upfront

Kat Mañalac

Y Combinator

Kate Beardsley

Hannah Grey

Kate Doerksen

Luna

Katherine Fetscher

Emerson Collective

Kathleen Estreich

Pear VC

Katie Jacobs Stanton

Moxxie Ventures

Keely Anson

Collaborative Fund

Keith Peiris

Magical Tome

Kentaro Kawamori

Kesha Cash

Impact America

Kevin Carter

SV Angel

Kevin Chou

Bright Saver

Kevin Hartz

Eventbrite

Kevin Patrick Mahaffey

SNR

Kieran Snyder

Textio

Kim Malone Scott

Komal Sethi

Kristen Berman

Irrational Labs

Kristen Hamilton

Enjoy the Work

Kwiri Yang

Second Time Founders

Lainy Painter Singh

Craft Ventures

Lan Xuezhao

Basis Set Ventures

Lara Druyan

Silicon Valley Data Capital

Larry Yu

Accel

Laura Chau

Canaan

Laura Hattendorf

Lauren Kolodny

Acrew Capital

Laurent Valosek

Peak Leadership Institute

Laurie Yoler

Playground Global

Leah Busque

Fuel Capital

Leah Pearlman

Dharma Comics

Lee Linden

Quiet Capital

Lindsay Lee

Authentic Ventures

Lindsay Verstegen

Shoprunner

Ling Thio

Executive Coach

Linnea Roberts

Lisa Stefanac

Leaders in Tech

Lisa Wu

Northwest Venture Partners

Luke Beseda

Lightspeed

Luke Pappas

NEA

Lynn Taliento

McKinsey & Company

Madison Morales

General Catalyst

Maha Ibrahim

Canaan Partners

Maisy Samuelson

Pinterest

Manan Mehta

Unshackled Ventures

Mar Hershenson

Pear VC

Mark Sugarcane

MHS Capital

Mary Wheeler

BioRock Ventures

Maryanna Saenko

Future Ventures

Matthew Levy

A16Z

Meaghan Rose

Rocksbox

Melissa Taunton

Meredith Kendall

Lightspeed Ventures

Mia Lewin

TheFounderVC

Michael Birch

Michael McCullough

BrainMind

Michelle Gale

Wisdom 2.0

Michelle Gonzalez

Influencer Series

Michelle McHargue

Cowboy Ventures

Mike Gamson

LinkedIn

Mike Hirshland

Resolute Ventures

Mike McCormick

GreatPoint Ventures

Misha David Chellam

Molly Graham

Angel Investor

Molly Matthieson

WME

Morgan Beller

Facebook

Nait Jones

Red Horse Advisors

Naomi Ionita

Menlo Ventures

Natalie Foster

Economic Security Project

Nichol Bradford

Transformative Tech Lab

Nicole Quinn

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Nikhil Basu Trivedi

Shasta Ventures

Nisha Dua

Oleg Gorelik

Evolve ventures and foundation

Olof Mathé

Mixmax

Otis Chandler

Goodreads

Patrick McKenna

HighRidge Ventures

Paul Buchheit

YC

Paul Freedman

Entangled Ventures

Pete Flint

NFX

Pete Johnson

Peter Pham

Science

Peter Segall

Insight Venture Partners

Phineas Barnes

First Round

Phäedra Randolph

Spero

Priscilla Tyler

True Venture Management

Purpose Built

Slow Ventures

Raanan Bar-Cohen

Resolute Ventures

Rachel Abood

Red Sea Ventures

Rachel Lockett

Lockett Coaching

Rachel Sheinbein

Makeda Capital

Rahim Fazal

SV Academy

Raj Kapoor

Climactic

Rajil Kapoor

Climactic

Randy Ching

UP2398

Ravi Belani

Alchemist Accelerator

Rebecca Kaden

Union Square Ventrues

Rick Thompson

Signia Ventures

Rick Yang

NEA

Ritu Narayan

Zum

Rob Chess

Nektar

Rob Go

Next View

Rob Hayes

First Round

Rob Hutter

Learn Capital

Rob Ward

Meritech Capital

Roberta Riga

R RIGA CONSULTING

Rodolfo Gonzalez

Ron Beller

Branch Hill

Rosalind Chu

Healthy Ventures

Ross Fubini

Village Global

Roy Bahat

Bloomberg Beta

Ruchi Sangvi

South Park Commons

Ruchika Siri

Acrobator

Ryan McIntyre

Foundry Group

Saar Gur

Charles River Ventures

Samara Hernandez

Chingona Ventures

Sami Inkinen

Virta Health

Sarah Guo

Conviction Capital

Sarah Kunst

Cleo Capital

Sarah Pinto

Emerson Collective

Sarah Sclarsic

Satya Patel

Homebrew

Scott Kriens

1440

Semira Rahemtulla

InnerSpace

Sergio Paluch

Beta Boom

Seth Miller

Fearless Ventures

Shaherose Charania

First Funders

Shahin Farshchi Ph. D.

Shamin Walsh

BAM Ventures

Shannon Nangle

circe

Shannon Schiltz

A16Z

Shannon Stubo

LinkedIn

Shauntel Poulson

Reach Capital

Shayna Harris

Supply Change Capital

Sheel Mohnot

Better Tomorrow Ventures

Shripriya Mahesh

Spero Ventures

Shruti Gandhi

Array VC Enterprise Investments and Focus

Sierra Peterson

Voyager

Sonali De Rycker

Accel

Sonja Perkins

Perkins Fund

Sophie Purdom

Climate Tech VC

Soren Gordhamer

Wisdom2.0

Stacey Bishop

Scale Venture Partners

Stan Chudnovski

NFX; Oogalabs

Stefan Kalb

Massive Tech Ventures

Stephanie Palmeri

Uncorked

Stephanie Rich

Bread and Butter Ventures

Stephanie Zhan

Sequoia Capital

Steve Krausz

USVP

Steve Loughlin

Accel

Steve Vassallo

Foundation Capital

Sundeep Ahuja

Climate Capital

Suneel Gupta

author, RISE

Susan Wu

Tabreez Verjee

Uprising

Talia Goldberg

Bessemer Venture PARTNERS

Talia Goldbert

Bessemer Venture Partners

Tara Perillo

Initialized Capital

Taryn Pei

Quiet Capital

Taylor Bernal

Constanoa Ventures

Taylor Jacobson

Focusmate

Ted Wang

Cowboy Ventures

Terra Winston

interractconsuting.com

Tess Hatch

Bessemer Venture Partners

Thomas Knowles

Gratitude Railroad

Tim Chang

Mayfield

Titiaan Palazzi

Myst AI

Tommy Leep

Jetstream

Tony Levitan

InWhack

Trae Vassallo

Defy VC

Tyler Willis

Tradecraft Capital

Violet Abtahi

Platonic

Virginia Klausmeier

Sylvatex Inc

Vishal Vasishth

Obvious Ventures

Wayee Chu

Reach Capital

Whitnie Narcisse

First Round

Will Kohler

Lightspeed Ventures

Will Quist

Slow Ventures

Xuezhao Lan

Basis Set Ventures

Yanda Erlich

Outlier Ventures

Zac Zeitlin

New Ground Ventures

Zachery Coelius

Zoe Weinberg

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