Priti Youssef Choksi
Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2018 - Current
Lead investments in the consumer sector, across various stages from seed to late stage financing. Select investments/board involvement include: - Birdies (Series A) - Upside Foods, fka Memphis Meats (Series B) - Citcon (Series C)
Norwest Venture Partners is a venture capital and growth equity investment firm that specializes in venture and growth equity companies.
Director, Corporate Development
2014 - 2018
- Strategic advisor to product leadership across the company. - Focus areas include: AI, AR, VR, Communications (Messenger, Workplace), Entities, Youth/Teens, AdTech, etc. - Announced transactions include: Ozlo (AI assistant), TBH (teen polling app), InfiniLED (micro led tech), TheFind (personalized shopping search engine) + others that were not announced.
Director, Business Development
2009 - 2014
- Negotiated strategic partnerships: Microsoft, Amazon, Google, etc. - Helped launch new monetization products such as Audience Network and FBX. - Led data partnerships strategy and roadmap. - Partnership lead for creation of Facebook Home, mobile phone. Worked with legal team to create IP rules of engagement for hardware partners. - Supported other business and product lines via partnerships: Growth, Platform, Video, etc.
Stay N' Alive Productions, LLC is a social media marketing firm that provides clients with measurable profits.
Board Member
2011 - 2017
Board member for modern dance company. Spearheaded Fall fundraiser for 4 years.
ODC/Dance is a groundbreaking contemporary arts institution .
Director, Distribution Partnerships
2008 - 2009
- Responsible for non-standard revenue share partnerships. - Led all distribution deals for Google applications (Toolbar, Chrome, Desktop Search, etc.) via partnerships with PC OEMs such as Dell and HP as well as software partners such as Adobe and Sun Microsystems. - Negotiated partnerships with Apple and Mozilla for default search placement. - Grew top line revenue from zero to $4B. - Managed a team of business development and partner management professionals.
Head of Distribution Partnerships
2006 - 2008
Manager, Strategic Partnerships
2003 - 2006
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.
Senior Director, Corporate Development
2000 - 2002
First business hire for streaming media start-up. Responsible for business development corporate development activities, including business plan creation, sales, and fund raising. Acquired by Inktomi in 2001 after we grew the company to 39 people. https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/43569/inktomi_acquires_escene_networks/
Manager, Strategy Consulting
1997 - 2000
Started strategy consulting practice to complement tech and design advisory services. Acting head of eCommerce for Dicks Sporting Goods. Several clients in eCommerce, Media, and Software verticals.
USWeb is an internet marketing agency, offers web development, search marketing, social media services, and CRM and ERP services.
Senior Analyst/Analyst
1995 - 1997
Completed several domestic and cross-border acquisitions for this tech M&A boutique that was later acquired by Jefferies. Built Internet services practice along with a Managing Director.