Katia Ameri
Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Los Angeles, California
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2021 - Current
Andreessen Horowitz is a stage-agnostic venture capital firm with assets under management across multiple funds.
Angel Investor: Various
2020
Angel investor in Clash App, FYPM.VIP, Together.Casa, Maza, and [Stealth Metaverse].
Co-Founder
2020 - 2021
Startup Studio. Incubator. Hacker House. Content House. Or are we?
Founder
2018 - 2021
By marrying content, community and commerce, Mirra empowers millennial women with the tools they need to navigate the unregulated, $14 billion skincare industry. After releasing a weekly skincare newsletter that grew to 200,000+ subscribers without ad spend, we used that momentum to launch Mirra Labs in stealth: a beauty/wellness incubator where we created and tested a number of projects with our community: science-backed topical skincare products, indigestible supplements combining eastern and western science, beauty creator platform, and an allergy telehealth co. Mirra has raised $2.2MM from institutional investors including Pear VC, Sweet Capital and Global Founders Capital.
Mirra is a skincare brand creating products and experiences to get the skin you want.
Entrepreneur In Residence
2017 - 2018
Sweet Capital is a consumer-focused investment fund, created and funded by the founders of King Digital Entertainment.
Investor
2013 - 2017
• Converted from first intern to first full-time hire on investment team post graduation at a $50M fund Investment • Led due diligence on investments resulting in $11.5M of funding across 12 companies • Sourced 100+ prospective investments and established a pipeline at Stanford University • Evaluated ~10 pitch meetings a week for prospective investments • Established a data driven approach for evaluating software as a service (SaaS) investments Scaling Operations • Laid the groundwork for firm’s operational infrastructure: CRM, due diligence process, website, etc. • Directed University programs for Berkeley and Stanford, from application selection to implementation • Managed two interns to scale university relations and due diligence process • Completed projects for 5 portfolio companies, including market research, organic growth strategy, etc. Business Development • Facilitated key limited partner introductions for Fund II • Created 10 strategic relationships with VC firms to help 9 portfolio companies with fundraising • Conceptualized and built an internal resources website for portfolio companies • Negotiated resources for portfolio companies from 15 businesses, including Amazon and Google
PearX is a bootcamp for pre-seed founders
Interim CEO
2016 - 2016
PRODUCT • Led product for Pear Portfolio company, Script Inc. • Organized and facilitated sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, release planning, and other Scrum-related meetings • Launched 2 photo/video editing iOS apps (Flipjam and PicCandy) reaching 150k users in 4 months organically • 3X retention for PicCandy, 2X for Flipjam in 4 months • Conceptualized, prototyped and soft-launched iMessage-only emoji app in 6 weeks OPERATIONS • Managed investor relations & cap table restructuring • Restructured Engineering Team, Hired Full-Time CTO • Presented Script at Pear Demo Day to 100+ investors
Business Development Fellow
2013 - 2014
• Organized events for portfolio founders • Ran discussion sessions for speakers • Negotiated tools for the accelerator as well as for the portfolio companies
AWS Healthcare is a global healthcare accelerator.
Financial Analyst Intern
2013 - 2013
• Analyzed the financial performance of the Santa Barbra Bank and Trust acquisition • Assisted in “top of the house” financial forecasting and budgeting for all lines of business • Developed the rate, volume, and mix model for the assets and liabilities of the bank to reduce error by $100k
Union Bank specializes in savings accounts, credit card solutions, mortgage products, and wealth management services.