•
Everybody has two bad weeks a year
Talks about Management, Leadership and Engineering
JG
Jean-denis Greze
Investor at ASDF Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Jean-Denis Greze is a seasoned professional with a background in venture capital and software development, having held leadership roles at notable companies like Plaid and Dropbox. Currently, he serves as an investor at NewCo, where he focuses on funding and advising early-stage startups, with successful investments in companies like NexHealth and Descript.
Notable highlights of Jean-Denis Greze's career include serving as CTO and Head of Engineering at Plaid, as well as Director of Engineering at Dropbox, showcasing his expertise in leading technical teams and driving innovation in the software industry.
Work Experience
Advisor
2019 - Current
Applied Academics expertise in developing intellectual property in finance by incorporating academia.
Investor
2008
Investor in Springboard, Gem, Pilot, Fintual, Hightouch, Atlan, Mos, Okay, Merge, NexHealth, Check, Kigo, Freckle, among others.
CTO
2021 - 2024
Head of Engineering
2017 - 2021
Plaid provides companies with the tools and access needed for the development of a digitally-enabled financial system.
Raised $734,300,000.00 from Bedrock, American Express Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Silver Lake, Kleiner Perkins, Thrive Capital, Raed Malek, Index Ventures and Spark Capital.
Director of Engineering
2013 - 2017
• Managed engineering teams across Free Team Growth, Identity & Contacts, Notifications, Mailbox, and Paper (among others) • Built out and led the Growth team (2014) • Tech Lead for Billing, Payments, and Monetization (2013-2014)
Dropbox is a smart workspace company that provides secure file sharing, collaboration, and storage solutions.
Raised $1,709,215,000.00 from JP Morgan Chase, RBC Capital, Deutsche Bank, Macquarie Group, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and JPMorgan Partners.
Board Director
2009 - 2014
Angel investor, advisor, and board member through acquisition by RealPage.
Kigo provides a free booking system, channel manager and websites for vacation rental managers.
Raised $1,800,000.00 from Creathor Ventures.
Engineering
2010 - 2013
Applied Academics expertise in developing intellectual property in finance by incorporating academia.
Associate
2007 - 2008