James Slavet
Founder of THE SOLID FOUNDATION
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Founder
2022 - Current
The Solid Foundation makes grants to tech nonprofits, and invests in social impact startups and VC funds that help compound human potential. We back entrepreneurs who foster kids' well-being or unlock economic mobility for people facing barriers to employment. Since our founding in 2022, Solid has made over 50 grants and investments. Reaching potential starts with a solid foundation:)
Venture Partner
2020
On the Board of Directors for Greylock-backed companies, including GoFundMe, Lyra Health, Redfin and Solv.
General Partner
2006 - 2020
Invest in and help to build mission-driven tech companies.
Greylock Partners invests in entrepreneurs that focus on consumer and enterprise software companies.
Vice President/General Manager in the Search & Marketplace business unit
2004 - 2006
Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services.
Raised $6,800,000.00 from Visa, SoftBank Capital, Sequoia Capital and Reuters Venture Capital.
Founder/COO
1999 - 2003
Founded startup company, funded by Greylock and August Capital. Company focused on 1) online contractor marketplace and 2) software to help companies screen & assess job applicants. Guru merged with Unicru, a recruiting software company based in Portland, in December 2002. Unicru was acquired by Kronos, a public software company based in Boston area, in August 2006.
Launch Team Member
1998 - 1998
First employee during business school (summer MBA) of startup seed financed out of Kleiner Perkins offices in Silicon Valley. Drugstore.com went public and was then acquired by Walgreens.
Drugstore.com is an online provider of health, beauty, vision, and pharmacy products.
Raised $63,000,000.00 from Hearst Ventures, Maveron and Integral Capital Partners.
Manager of Product Development & Business Development
1995 - 1997
Company included Wired magazine (acquired by Conde Nast) and Wired Digital (acquired by Lycos).