Adrianna Samaniego

Partner

2024 - Current

Excited to be on the founding team of a new venture firm. Reach out if you'd like to learn more.

Kauffman Fellows (Class 28)

2023

Fellowship Alumnus

2019

Partner

2020 - 2024

Female Founders Fund is an early-stage fund investing in female-founded technology companies. We invest in women building category-defining businesses across B2B, Consumer, Healthcare, and Fintech. Female Founders Fund has invested in some of the fastest-growing female-led start-ups nationwide including Zola, Billie, Co–Star, Eloquii, Maven Clinic, Rent the Runway, Peanut, Tala, WinkyLux, and more.

Investor

2019 - 2019

JTV incubates, invests in and partners with early-stage startups at the intersection of Travel & Technology. Investment areas include Industrial IoT, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Blockchain, hospitality, next-generation air travel, aviation SaaS applications, consumer applications and more.

Investor

2019 - 2019

At New Media Ventures, we invest in early-stage for-profit and non-profit startups that are wrestling with the biggest challenges facing our democracy. We are the first seed fund and national network of angel investors supporting media and tech startups that disrupt politics and catalyze progressive change.

Fellow

2018 - 2019

Harlem Capital Partners ("HCP") is an early-stage investment firm on a mission to change the face of entrepreneurship by investing in 1,000 diverse founders over the next 20 years. While we invest in founders from all backgrounds, we are committed to reserving capital for investments in minority and women founders in the United States.

Co-Founder & Co-Ceo - Area 120 @ Google

2017 - 2018

Founded and lead a startup Emporium (B2B marketplace) within Area 120, Google's Startup Incubator.

Global Supplier Diversity Manager & Co-Creator

2014 - 2017

Successfully led the launch of Google’s first ever Supplier Diversity program with the sponsorship of the Chief Finance Officer. Designed program infrastructure, offerings, and overall strategy to diversify Google’s supply chain.

Business Inclusion Program Manager

2014 - 2015

Empowering Google to ensure a level playing field of growth and economic development for diverse business owners across the country. Advocating, uniting, and connecting diverse communities to technology. Also integrating inclusion through our technology. Partnering with the Engineering teams and product owners to integrate Inclusion in their product strategy (catching biases etc.).

Account Manager

2012 - 2014

As a Google Account Manager on the Business Industrial Markets vertical, worked with marketers and business leaders to develop and execute digital media strategies across online search, display, video, mobile, and other digital platforms. Managed portfolio of Fortune 500 customers in the B2B industry. I managed a multimillion-dollar book of business, devise comprehensive digital marketing strategies and solutions to help customers grow their businesses.

Account Strategist

2010 - 2011

Program Manger and Co-Creator - Digital Excellence for Minority Entrepreneurs

2015 - 2017

Pioneered and conducted Dartmouth Tuck Executive Education’s Digital Excellence program graduating 360 Diverse Entrepreneurs. The emergence of digital technologies has created unprecedented access to data and consumer information while offering new growth opportunities for businesses of all sizes. To help entrepreneurs and business owners better understand and execute on the full potential of these technologies, Tuck partnered with Google to provide entrepreneurs from minority and underrepresented communities with the skills and knowledge they need to leverage digital technologies to expand their business.

Analyst

2009 - 2009