Julie Hanna
Venture Partner at Obvious Ventures
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Senior Advisor
2018 - Current
Formerly Google X, home of Alphabet’s moonshots
X, the moonshot factory invents and launches breakthrough technologies and radical solutions.
Venture Partner
2018
Obvious Ventures invests in #WorldPositive businesses that are re-imagining: - the world's energy, mobility and resources to replace scarce, contaminated and expensive with abundant, clean and accessible. - education, employment and finance to provide fair, transparent solutions which empower individuals and change the way we learn, work and live. - healthcare and wellness systems to shift from treatment to prevention, combining food as medicine with innovative healthcare systems.
Investing in entrepreneurs who are reimagining trillion-dollar industries across planetary, human, and economic health.
Executive Chair of the Board
2009
Mission is financial inclusion for all. Kiva is the Inventor of crowdlending model and world's largest marketplace for backing small business and micro-entrepreneurs. http://www.kiva.org/about/stats
Kiva is an international non-profit organization that enables families to make small loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries.
Raised $11,800,000.00 from Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative and The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation.
Board Member
2016 - 2020
Mozilla's Mission is to ensure a safe, free and accessible internet for all. Maker of the Firefox browser.
“You Should Probably” is a Firefox extension that will remind you to do something useful with your life whenever you visit your favorite
Board Member
2017 - 2018
Esalen Institute is a holistic, educational retreat center offering physical and cosmic space for contemplation and creation.
Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship
2015 - 2017
Appointed by President Obama as Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship to help develop the next generation of entrepreneurs in the U.S. and abroad.
Advisor
2009 - 2016
Startup studio and creator of over 125 companies with 40 IPO’s and acquisitions
Idealab is a technology incubator that provides resources to allow start-ups to rapidly introduce innovative products and services.
Advisor to the CEO
2011 - 2014
Brand consultancy firm that advises CEO's and executives on corporate vision and strategy, culture building and customer experiences. Acquired by Hakuhodo, the world's 7th largest and Japan's 2nd ad holding company.
SYPartners provides training and support for corporate leaders to maximize work efficiency and leadership.
Board Member
2008 - 2012
Pioneer of Enterprise 2.0 social software for small and medium businesses. Acquired by PeopleFluent.
Socialtext is a company that produces enterprise social software via its integrated suite of web-based social apps.
Raised $47,620,000.00 from Bedford Funding Capital.
Founding Advisor
2006 - 2009
Developer of the world's first private consumer social network and web clipper bookmarklet. Strategic advisor and executive support on product, launch, go-to-market, financing and M&A transaction by Nokia in 2009.
Education
BS
1982 - 1986