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Francisca Gilmore-Yulee
Francisca Gilmore-Yulee is the Vice President of Investment and Platform at f7 Ventures. Francisca is a problem-solving operator to her core. Prior to f7, she worked as a Product Manager at Whatsapp, building consumer control features for 2 billion plus daily active users. Previously, she worked in business development at a Gates-funded mosquito non-profit in Vietnam, and managing the Growth team at Google Ventures-backed Premise. She graduated with a BA and MBA from Stanford, and enjoys cold swims in the San Francisco Bay.
Rangoli Bhattacharjee
Extensive business operations experience across startups in consulting. Consulting at Accenture and Deloitte, then led Atrium (series B) in Business Operations and subsequently led Business and Strategy at Vouch Insurance (series C). After Vouch, joined f7 Ventures as an Operator in Residence, providing investment management and business operations support while attending The Wharton School full-time.
Kelly Graziadei
20 years of experience in high growth tech companies ranging from 3 employees to 200,000. Built and led go-to-market teams at AltaVista, Overture, Yahoo & Facebook. Joined Facebook in 2010 and built and scaled the Mid-Market Channel in North America to over $1B in revenue. Led Product Marketing for Ads/Commerce globally driving $15B in revenue and launching 20+ products around the world. EIR at Foundation Capital, Angel Investor & f7 Founding Partner.
Joanna Lee Shevelenko
Joined Facebook in 2006 as one of the first 100 employees. Built multiple teams 0-1 including content moderation, site integrity and user insights. Started the Facebook India office, worked on Facebook’s first ecommerce effort, growth strategies, stealth mobile projects and top partnerships. After Facebook, became the COO at Premise Data (series C) and COO of Atrium (series B). EIR at Social Capital, Board Director at mPharma & f7 Founding Partner.
Mana Aynechi
Mana, a former Product Lead at Instagram and Facebook, brings extensive experience in launching and scaling products across major tech platforms. Her strategic leadership in product development, coupled with strategic roles across Visa, Square, and others, demonstrates her ability to drive innovation and growth in both startups and large organizations, consistently delivering value in fast-paced, cross-functional environments.
Yvette Lui
Yvette is a veteran of Google and Facebook, with 20 years experience scaling global sales, client services, and partnerships, driving billions in revenue and building high-performing teams across multiple continents. Her expertise spans product, engineering, sales, marketing, partnerships, HR, and operations, positioning her as a versatile leader who excels in driving data-driven business results and spearheading growth initiatives in the tech industry.
Kirthiga Reddy
Kirthiga brings over 20 years experience building and scaling businesses from Silicon Graphics to Facebook, where she served as Managing Director for India and South Asia (Facebook India employee #1). Her career spans engineering, product leadership, and executive roles, including Investment Partner at SoftBank Vision Fund and now Co-Founder and CEO of Virtualness, highlighting her focus to drive innovation and growth across emerging technologies and markets while championing diversity in leadership.
Robyn Reiss
Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith is the founder and managing partner of the Sarah Smith Fund. Her versatile leadership spans roles as an early stage investor at Bain Capital Ventures and over 10 years experience scaling global teams at Facebook and Quora, holding VP and Director across sales, operations, HR, and recruiting functions.