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Magdalena Yesil

Founder of Broadway Angels

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Magdalena Yesil is a seasoned entrepreneur and board member with a strong track record of success. She has founded companies like MarketPay and Broadway Angels, served on the boards of SoFi and Smartsheet, and made strategic investments in companies such as Carbon Health and Salesforce. Yesil's career highlights include being the founding board member of Salesforce and founding Broadway Angels, a prominent female investor network.

Work Experience 

  • Executive Chair

    2017 - Current

Informed is a developer of a consumer auto financing platform designed to collect and analyze loan documents.

Raised $20,000,000.00 from The FIS FinTech Accelerator in Partnership with The Venture Center, Nyca Partners, Manuel Bronstein, U.S. Venture Partners, Dan Romero, Aspect Ventures and The Perkins Fund.

  • Board Member

    2018

SoFi is a finance company that offers a range of lending and wealth management services.

Raised $4,845,067,367.00 from Coatue, Baron Capital, Chamath Palihapitiya, T. Rowe Price, BlackRock, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), Altimeter Capital, Hedosophia and Durable Capital Partners.

  • Board Member

    2017

Smartsheet is a cloud-based work management platform that empowers collaboration, drives better decision-making, and accelerates innovation.

Raised $3,352,212,627.00 from Benefit Street Partners, Teachers’ Venture Growth, Elliott Investment Management, Brinley Partners, Hercules Capital, Farallon Capital Management, GoldenTree Asset Management, Monroe Capital and Canyon Partners.

  • Board Member

    2017

Zuora provides cloud-based software on a subscription basis that helps companies launch, manage, and transform into a subscription business.

Raised $647,500,000.00 from GIC.

  • Founder

    2010

Broadway Angels is an angel investment group made up of investors and business executives who all happen to be women.

  • Founding Board Member

    1999 - 2005

    First investor and founding board member. Head of Compensation Committee.

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

Raised $65,375,124.00 from Starboard Value.

  • General Partner

    1998 - 2005

  • Founder and CEO

    1997 - 1997

  • Founder, VP of Technology & Marketing

    1994 - 1996

  • Strategy and M&A

    1992 - 1994

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