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Leyla Seka

Founder of Black Venture Institute

Berkeley, California

Overview 

Leyla Seka is a seasoned executive with a strong background in product tech, currently serving as the GM and COO at Operator Collective, where she also holds the position of Chair on the Board of Advisors. She has a notable career history, including key roles at Salesforce as EVP of Mobile and AppExchange, as well as various board memberships at organizations such as Girls Who Code and the Oakland Museum of California.

Work Experience 

  • Chair: Board of Advisors

    2021 - Current

  • Partner

    2019 - 2021

    https://www.operatorcollective.com/

Operator Collective is a venture fund and dream team community of Operator LPs.

  • Co-Founder

    2020

    https://www.blckvc.org/black-venture-institute

  • Member Board of Trustees

    2022

    https://museumca.org/

  • Board of Directors

    2019

    https://girlswhocode.com/

  • Board Member

    2019

    https://funginstitute.berkeley.edu/

  • Board of Directors

    2019 - 2024

SetSail is an ai-powered platform.

Raised $37,000,000.00 from Insight Partners, Neythri Futures Fund, Team8 Capital, Operator Collective and Wing Venture Capital.

  • COO

    2021 - 2023

Ironclad is a contract lifecycle management platform used by companies to handle every type of contract workflow.

Raised $334,000,000.00 from Franklin Templeton, Bond, Accel, Y Combinator Continuity Fund, Sequoia Capital, Haystack, Lux Capital, Arrive and Emergence.

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2021

    https://www.proofpoint.com/us

Proofpoint provides cloud-based email security, e-discovery, and compliance solutions for companies to protect sensitive business data.

Raised $885,500,000.00 from KG Investments, Bridgescale Partners, Lighthouse Capital Partners, Benchmark, Meritech Capital Partners, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Inventures Group, RRE Ventures, Icon Ventures and DAG Ventures.

  • Advisory Board Member

    2015 - 2019

  • EVP, Mobile

    2018 - 2019

  • EVP, AppExchange

    2016 - 2018

  • SVP & GM Desk.com

    2014 - 2016

  • Vice President, AppExchange & Partner Operations

    2011 - 2014

  • Senior Director The AppExchange, Marketing & Alliances Operations

    2009 - 2011

    I am currently responsible for all partner operations for the Force.com platform as well as all Product Management functions around partner products and the AppExchange.

  • Director of Product Marketing, AppExchange

    2008 - 2009

Salesforce is a cloud-based software company that provides customer relationship management software and applications.

Raised $65,375,124.00 from Starboard Value.

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