Mary Gao
Partner at General Catalyst
Mary Gao
Partner at General Catalyst
United States
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2020 - Current
We invest across all stages from preseed rounds to billion-dollar companies across the world. Some of our portfolio companies include Airbnb, Stripe, Oscar Health, Livongo, Snapchat, ClassPass, Canva, Datto, Hubspot, Deliveroo, Samsara, Lemonade, Instacart, and many more.
Co-Founder
2020 - 2020
- Spun out of Upsolve - Launched free DACA, green card, citizenship visa service to 2000+ users - Managed engineering manager/ 1 engineering intern/ 2 marketing interns
Software Engineer
2019 - 2020
-Sequoia backed, managed MongoDB databases -Converted website from WordPress to React, Node.js, Express, and Gatsby
Business Development
2017 - 2018
-TIME's 2020 best inventions, Fast Compant 2019 World Changing Ideas, NYT 2018 Good Tech Aware -Upsolve has helped low-income Americans discharge $300 million+ debt making it the most active legal aid clinic in the US -Ownership over CRM pipeline and customer service automation; user testing for product development
Marketing Specialist
2016 - 2016
-Market research and usability testing for emerging potential markets [Google Analytics] -Creating marketing content [Adobe Creative Suite] -Web development [Unbounce]