Our Nominators Network

Explore the Nominators who help bring extraordinary leaders into the program. Our participants are nominated by those who know what it takes to build and lead at the highest level. To become a part of our nominating community, please reach out to us.

FOUNDERS NOMINATED BY...

Aamir Virani

Felicis Ventures

Aaron Jacobson

NEA

Abe Yokell

Congruent Ventures

Aditi Maliwal

Upfront Ventures

Aditya Naganath

Kleiner Perkins

Aike Ho

ACME Capital

Aileen Lee

Cowboy Ventures

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

Anarghya Vardhana

Maveron LLC

Andrew Beebe

Obvious Ventures

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

Aria Finger

Reid Hoffman

Arian Ghashghai

Earthling VC

Ariel Poler

Reveri

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

Bijan Sabet

Spark Capital

Bill Perkins

Skylar Capital Management LP

Brad Feld

Foundry Group

Brad Horowitz

Wisdom Ventures

Brandon Avrutin

LCap

Brett Berson

First Round

Brett Brohl

Bread and Butter Ventures

Carol Wong

re.creation

Caroline Talley

Resolute Ventures

Catha Groot

Radicle Impact Partners

Catherine Norman

Shasta Ventures

Chamath Palihapitiya

Social Capital

Charles Hudson

Precursor VC

Chian Gong

Reach Capital

Christiaan Vorkink

True Ventures

Christine Mathews

OneDigital

Craig Sherman

Meritech Capital

Cynthia Hess

Fenwick

Cynthia Ringo

DBL Investors

Dani Metz Shuval

Initialized Capital

Daniel Dippold

EWOR

Daniel Gulati

Comcast Ventures

Dasha Maggio

Felicis Ventures

Dave Kashen

Fearless Ventures

David Belden

a16z

David Cohen

Techstars

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

Elana Berkowitz

Springbank Collective

Elisa Schreiber

Greylock

Elizabeth Bailey

Foreground.vc

Emery Rosansky

First Round Capital

Emily Du

SINAI Technologies

Emmett Shear

YC, formerly Twitch

Eric Antonow

Metabolic Inc.

Eric Wu

Opendoor

Erik Torenberg

Village Global

Erin Daruszka

OneDigital

Ethan Kurzweil

Bessemer Ventures

Evan Tana

Script Capital

Fern Mandelbaum

Vista Venture Partners

Fouad ElNaggar

Sapho

Gabe Kleinman

Obvious Ventures

Garry Tan

Initialized Capital

Geoff Ralston

Y Combinator

George Bishof

Meritech Capital

Gus Tai

Trinity Ventures

Harj Taggar

Y Combinator

Helen Zelman

Lemnos Labs

Hillá Watkins

Congruent Ventures

Hunter Walk

Homebrew

Ilan Gur

Cyclotron Road

Isabelle Hau

Omidyar

Jake Saper

Emergence Capital

James Currier

NFX

James Joaquin

Obvious Ventures

Janou Gordon

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Jared Fliesler

Square

Jason Green

Emergence Capital

Jason Heltzer

Origin Ventures

Jen Yip

Founders You Should Know

Jennifer Aaker

Stanford GSB

Jennifer Carolan

Reach Capital

Jenny Belotserkovsky

JCF Accelerator

Jenny Lefcourt

Freestyle

Jeremy Liew

Lightspeed Ventures

Jess Lee

Sequoia Capital

Jessica Mah

Indinero

Jessica Peltz Zatulove

Hannah Grey

Joanna Drake

Magnify VC

Joanna Riley

Censia

John China

SVB

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

Julia Popowitz

ARF Investments

Julie Weber

The Helm

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

Kesha Cash

Impact America

Kevin Carter

SV Angel

Kevin Hartz

Eventbrite

Kevin Patrick Mahaffey

SNR

Kieran Snyder

Textio

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

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

Lisa Wu

Northwest Venture Partners

Luke Beseda

Lightspeed

Luke Pappas

NEA

Lynn Taliento

McKinsey & Company

Maha Ibrahim

Canaan Partners

Maisy Samuelson

Pinterest

Manan Mehta

Unshackled Ventures

Mar Hershenson

Pear VC

Mark Sugarcane

MHS Capital

Mary Wheeler

BioRock Ventures

Meaghan Rose

Rocksbox

Meredith Kendall

Lightspeed Ventures

Mia Lewin

TheFounderVC

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

Molly Graham

Angel Investor

Morgan Beller

Facebook

Naomi Ionita

Menlo Ventures

Natalie Foster

Economic Security Project

Nichol Bradford

Transformative Tech Lab

Nicole Quinn

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Nikhil Basu Trivedi

Shasta Ventures

Otis Chandler

Goodreads

Paul Freedman

Entangled Ventures

Pete Flint

NFX

Peter Pham

Science

Peter Segall

Insight Venture Partners

Phineas Barnes

First Round

Priscilla Tyler

True Venture Management

Rachel Abood

Red Sea Ventures

Rachel Sheinbein

Makeda Capital

Raj Kapoor

Climactic

Randy Ching

UP2398

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

Ron Beller

Branch Hill

Rosalind Chu

Healthy Ventures

Ross Fubini

Village Global

Roy Bahat

Bloomberg Beta

Ruchi Sangvi

South Park Commons

Ruchika Siri

Acrobator

Saar Gur

Charles River Ventures

Samara Hernandez

Chingona Ventures

Sarah Guo

Conviction Capital

Sarah Kunst

Cleo Capital

Sarah Pinto

Emerson Collective

Satya Patel

Homebrew

Sergio Paluch

Beta Boom

Seth Miller

Fearless Ventures

Shaherose Charania

First Funders

Shamin Walsh

BAM Ventures

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

Stephanie Palmeri

Uncorked

Stephanie Rich

Bread and Butter Ventures

Stephanie Zhan

Sequoia Capital

Steve Krausz

USVP

Steve Loughlin

Accel

Sundeep Ahuja

Climate Capital

Suneel Gupta

author, RISE

Tabreez Verjee

Uprising

Talia Goldberg

Bessemer Venture PARTNERS

Tara Perillo

Initialized Capital

Taryn Pei

Quiet Capital

Taylor Bernal

Constanoa Ventures

Ted Wang

Cowboy Ventures

Tess Hatch

Bessemer Venture Partners

Thomas Knowles

Gratitude Railroad

Tim Chang

Mayfield

Tommy Leep

Jetstream

Trae Vassallo

Defy VC

Tyler Willis

Tradecraft Capital

Wayee Chu

Reach Capital

Whitnie Narcisse

First Round

Will Kohler

Lightspeed Ventures

Xuezhao Lan

Basis Set Ventures

Yanda Erlich

Outlier Ventures

Zac Zeitlin

New Ground Ventures

Zoe Weinberg

ex/ante

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