Maddie Hall
Founder of Living Carbon
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder & CEO
2019 - Current
Living Carbon is a public benefit company on a mission to fight climate change by genetically enhancing CO2 capture and storage in trees.
Raised $36,000,000.00 from Lowercarbon Capital, Toyota Ventures, Temasek Holdings, Felicis, Scott Belsky, Susan Danziger, Floodgate, Kimbal Musk, Homebrew and Goat Capital.
Scout
2019 - 2023
Angel Investing through the Sequoia Scout program. Investments include TrueNorth, Remora, Ovid Research, SINAI, Zenith. Focus on climate change, biotech, AI and new tech in old / antiquated industries.
Sequoia Capital is a VC firm that invests in startups in the energy, financial, enterprise, healthcare, internet, and mobile industries.
Special Projects
2018 - 2019
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT.
Raised $21,900,120,000.00 from Citi, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, HSBC and Santander.
Special Projects (YC 120)
2018 - 2019
Product
2016 - 2018
First Round Angel Track is a community of operators and founders looking to develop their skills and identities as early-stage investors.
Product Manager
2015 - 2016
Senior Product Ops. Analyst
2015 - 2015
Product Ops. Analyst
2014 - 2015
Zenefits delivers a complete, all-mobile HR experience for small and medium businesses.
Raised $584,100,000.00 from TriplePoint Ventures and Unanimous Capital.
Product Management and Marketing Intern
2012 - 2013
Zillow is an online real estate marketplace for finding and sharing information about homes, real estate, and mortgages.
Raised $96,627,980.00 from TCV and TCV.