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Open Invitation to the Costanoa Access Fellowship 2020
Talks about Venture Capital, Startup and Hiring
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Michelle Mchargue
Partner at Costanoa Ventures
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2018 - Current
In my role, I’m focused on providing people and talent strategy for finding, hiring, and retaining the best talent for our companies. We back tenacious and thoughtful founders who change how business gets done. The firm's investments include companies such as Alation, Demandbase, Quizlet, Lively, Highnote, and AppOmni. For more information, visit http://www.costanoavc.com.
Costanoa Ventures leads Formation, Seed, and Series A stage investments in companies that change the way the world does business
Advisor
2018 - 2024
ModelExpand is an Inclusive Workplace Strategy firm helping companies secure top talent from diverse backgrounds.
ModelExpand helps companies connect with and retain talent from diverse backgrounds.
Talent Partner
2015 - 2018
I head up Talent at Cowboy Ventures. I work closely with our portfolio companies on their recruiting, team building, coaching, executive leadership, retention, onboarding and talent development efforts to help them achieve outstanding outcomes. Cowboy Ventures is a seed-stage focused fund. We seek to back exceptional founders who are building products that “re-imagine” work and personal life in large and growing markets. Current portfolio includes : Brandless , Vic.Ai, Area1 Security,August,Dollar Shave Club,Philz Coffee,StyleSeat,Product Hunt,Spruce,DocSend, Brit+Co,Mightbell, Brickwork, Lightstep, Massdrop,MEMEBOX,LendingHome,HeartWork,Accompany ,nuOrder,The League http://cowboy.vc/
Cowboy Ventures is a generalist seed-stage fund focused fund investing in technology startups.
Talent Acquisition
2014 - 2014
Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronic devices.
Sr. Talent Acquisition Manager
2013 - 2014
- Homepage and Verticals
Talent Acquisition
2009 - 2014
Senior Recruiter supporting Yahoo's Front End Engineering teams.
Talent- Product Marketing & Product Management
2009 - 2011
Source and recruit for Product Management, Product Marketing and UED talent for all Yahoo Business Units.
Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services.
Raised $6,800,000.00 from Visa, SoftBank Capital, Sequoia Capital and Reuters Venture Capital.
Sr. Corporate Recruiter-Connected Life
2007 - 2008
Source and Recruit talent for Yahoo's mobile division.
Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services.
Raised $6,800,000.00 from Visa, SoftBank Capital, Sequoia Capital and Reuters Venture Capital.
Sr.Corporate Marketing Recruiter
2004 - 2007
Adobe Fund for Design,a $10m fund that supports emerging companies to build products and services
Advertising/ Sales Recruiter
2002 - 2004
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Technical Recruiter
2000 - 2002
Synopsys is a software company providing electronic design automation (EDA), semiconductor IP, software quality, and security solutions.