Laela Sturdy
Managing Partner at CapitalG
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2013 - Current
Alphabet's independent growth fund. We invest in companies that have established product market fit and are ready to scale. To date, we have over $3 billion under management supporting market leaders across industries. I serve as a Board Director or Observer for most of my investments. I love this job!
CapitalG is the growth capital fund financed by Alphabet that invests for profit in growth stage technology companies.
Board Member
2022
Chief is a private membership network focused on connecting and supporting women executive leaders.
Raised $140,000,000.00 from BoxGroup, General Catalyst, Notable Capital, Primary Venture Partners, Inspired Capital Partners, Flybridge and CapitalG.
Board Observer
2021
Whatnot is a live stream platform and marketplace that enables collectors and enthusiasts to connect, buy, and sell verified products.
Raised $484,700,000.00 from DST Global, Y Combinator Continuity Fund, Bond, CapitalG and Andreessen Horowitz.
Board Member
2021
Curated humanizes online shopping by connecting customers with passionate experts.
Raised $141,500,000.00 from CapitalG, Greylock and Forerunner.
Board Member
2020
Webflow is a visual web design platform, CMS, and hosting provider for building production websites and prototypes.
Raised $334,900,000.00 from CapitalG, Draper Associates, Accel, Y Combinator Continuity Fund and Silversmith Capital Partners.
Board Member
2019
Unqork is a no-code enterprise application platform that helps companies build, deploy, and manage complex applications.
Raised $365,169,951.00 from Vine Ventures, CapitalG, Poalim Equity, G Squared, Sunley House Capital Management, FinTLV Ventures, Aquiline Technology Growth, Broadridge, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors and WiL (World Innovation Lab).
Board Member
2018
UiPath is a software company that designs and develops robotic process automation and artificial intelligence applications.
Raised $1,993,025,000.00 from Turkgen Ventures.
Investor
2016
Stripe is an API technology company that provides online payment processing and commerce solutions for Internet businesses.
Raised $9,440,247,725.00 from E1 Ventures.
Board Member
2015
Duolingo is a language-learning education platform that offers 98 total courses across nearly 40 distinct languages.
Raised $183,300,000.00 from General Atlantic, Durable Capital Partners and Arctic Ventures.