Elena Donio

Limited Partner at Operator Collective

Bellevue, Washington

Overview

Elena Donio is a highly accomplished professional currently serving as a Board Member at Databricks and Benchling, with a notable career trajectory that includes executive roles at Twilio, Concur, and Axiom. She has made significant contributions in the tech industry, particularly in the areas of enterprise applications, SaaS, and AI, and has also invested in promising startups like ShelfLife and Common Room at their seed stages. Elena Donio's career highlights include her leadership roles at Twilio, Concur, and Axiom, as well as her current positions as a Board Member at Databricks and Benchling, showcasing her expertise in driving growth and innovation in the tech sector. Her investments in early-stage companies in various sectors, such as medical devices, analytics, and enterprise applications, demonstrate her commitment to supporting emerging technologies and startups.

Work Experience

Databricks

Board Member
2021 - Current

Databricks is an AI cloud data platform that interacts with corporate information stored in the public cloud.

Raised $3,997,000,000.00 from Firestreak Ventures and Bossa Invest.

databricks.com

Benchling

Board Member
2021

Benchling is an IT company that provides a cloud-based software platform for biology researchers and research and development organizations.

Raised $411,900,000.00 from Lone Pine Capital, Franklin Templeton and Altimeter Capital.

benchling.com

Operator Collective

Limited Partner
2019
Operator Collective brings together as limited partners 100+ ultra-talented operators, investors, and founders from diverse backgrounds to invest in and accelerate the next generation of b2b tech.

Operator Collective is a venture fund and dream team community of Operator LPs.

operatorcollective.com

Twilio

Advisor
2023 - 2024
Today's leading companies trust Twilio's Customer Engagement Platform (CEP) to build direct, personalized relationships with their customers everywhere in the world. Twilio enables companies to use communications and data to add intelligence to every step of the customer journey, from sales to marketing to growth, customer service and many more engagement use cases in a flexible, programmatic way. Across 180 countries, millions of developers and hundreds of thousands of businesses use Twilio to create magical experiences for their customers.
President, Twilio Data & Applications
2023 - 2023
President, Revenue
2022 - 2023
Board Member
2016 - 2022

Twilio is a cloud communication company that enables users to use standard web languages to build voice, VoIP, and SMS apps via a web API.

Raised $614,415,525.00 from TCV.

twilio.com