ABOUT #ANGELS
We back exceptional founders building the future. Each of us makes our own investments decisions and invests from our own sources of capital. A handful of companies are backed by all six of us, while the majority are backed by only a few of us - but we work as a team to support all of the founders in our portfolio.
We believe the journey in Silicon Valley is better shared together. For many years, we’ve been bringing operators, founders, and investors together for real-talk lessons of building start-ups, diversifying networks and shining a light on the parts of our industry which have been historically held close to the (Patagonia) vest by those in power. For an example of that work, learn more about The Gap Table here.
#ANGELS
April Underwood
April Underwood is the founder and CEO of Nearby, a co-founder of #ANGELS and a member of the board of directors for Zillow Group. Until 2019, April was the Chief Product Officer at Slack Technologies, Inc. Prior to joining Slack, April was director of product at Twitter from 2010 to 2015. Previously, April has held product, partnerships, and engineering roles at Google, Travelocity, and Intel.
April holds a B.B.A. in Management Information Systems and Business Honors from The University of Texas at Austin (2001), and an M.B.A. from The University of California at Berkeley (2007). She is @aunder on Twitter.
Jessica Verrilli
Jessica Verrilli is a co-founder of #ANGELS and has built her career in Silicon Valley, as a venture capitalist, angel investor, and startup operator. She is currently a General Partner at GV (formerly Google Ventures). Previously, Jessica spent nearly a decade at Twitter helping scale the company from 34 employees to several thousand as the VP of Corporate Development and Strategy overseeing dozens of acquisitions.
Jessica is a Stanford University graduate, where she was a Mayfield Fellow and varsity lacrosse player. She is @jess on Twitter.
Chloe Sladden
Chloe Sladden is the co-founder of Honeycomb, a start-up that enables families to share the logistics of parenting through trusted, tightly-knit communities. She is also a co-founder at #ANGELS. Prior to Honeycomb, Chloe advised start-ups and was a board member at Gannett (NYSE: GCI, publisher of USA Today) (2014-2019). Previously, Chloe was among the first 40 employees at Twitter where she built media partnerships and strategy from the ground up as VP, Media (2009-2014). She was responsible for the quality of Twitter’s content and for ensuring Twitter was indelibly woven into mass media.
Chloe holds multiple degrees from Stanford University but finds her M.A. in Anthropology most useful. She is @chloes on Twitter.
Jana Messerschmidt
Jana Messerschmidt is a co-founder of #ANGELS and sits at the intersection of business + technology, having held a variety of roles across engineering, business development, sales and marketing throughout her career. In 2018, she joined Lightspeed Venture Partners and focuses on early stage investing across a variety of industries. Jana also served as Vice President of Global Business Development and Platform at Twitter. She’s an investor in Bird, Cameo, Carta, Clubhouse, Forward, mmhmm, Pacaso, Persona and Vanta among others. Prior to Twitter, Jana was Director of Business Development at Netflix.
Jana has a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is @janamal on Twitter.
Katie Jacobs Stanton
Katie Jacobs Stanton is the Founder and General Partner of Moxxie Ventures and a co-founder of #ANGELS. Prior to Moxxie, Katie served in numerous executive operating roles at Twitter, Google, Yahoo, and Color. She has led teams in marketing, comms, recruiting, product and international market development. In addition to working in Silicon Valley, Katie served in the (Obama) White House and State Department and began her career as a banker at JP Morgan Chase. Katie sits on the Board of Vivendi, a French multinational media company headquartered in Paris, and previously served on the Board of Time Inc.
Katie earned degrees from Columbia University and Rhodes College. She is @katies on Twitter.
Vijaya Gadde
Vijaya Gadde leads Twitter’s legal, public policy, and trust and safety teams and is a co-founder of #ANGELS. Prior to joining Twitter in 2011, Vijaya was senior director, legal at Juniper Networks; previously, for nearly a decade, she worked at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Vijaya serves on the board of trustees of NYU Law School and the board of directors of Mercy Corps, a global non-governmental, humanitarian aid and development organization.
Vijaya earned a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.S. with honors in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University. She is @vijaya on Twitter.