Rishi Garg

Partner / Venture Partner

2016 - Current

Led consumer, marketplaces, and commerce practice at the Mayfield Fund. My mission is to back entrepreneurs who are dedicated to building products and companies that can improve millions of lives.

Board

2016 - 2018

VP Corporate Development and Strategy

2014 - 2015

Led global M&A strategy and deal execution, as well as Twitter's first corporate strategy team and first acquisition integration team. We brought over a dozen amazing companies with talented entrepreneurs into the #flock including TellApart, Periscope, Zipdial, Niche, TapCommerce, and many more.

Head of Corporate Development and Head of Strategic Partnerships

2012 - 2014

Started and built corp dev team, and first head of strategic partnerships, during Square's hyper-growth phase from $1Bn - $30Bn+ in GPV. Inventor on one patent. Loved every minute.

Co-founder and Head of Business

2007 - 2011

FanSnap was the Internet's leading Ticket Search Engine, acquired by Nextag, Inc. in December 2011 and later acquired by Seatgeek, Inc. Founded company while an Entrepreneur-In-Residence at General Catalyst Partners. Hired a highly experienced management team, raised $15.7M in capital, and hired world-class product, engineering and business teams comprising 30 employees. Built most extensive ticket provider network in the industry of secondary and primary ticketing partners from across the broker, aggregator, and advertiser landscape, including StubHub, TicketsNow, Razorgator, and many others. Struck dozens of distribution partnerships including landmark deals with LiveNation and Bing/Microsoft. Built ground-up advertiser network with NFL, NBA, and NHL teams. Issued 2 U.S. patents for inventions of novel search applications.

Entrepreneur In Residence

2007 - 2007

Developed several projects and evaluated a variety of potential investments. Built initial business plan and launched FanSnap while a full-time HBS student.

Strategic Planning and Business Development

2006 - 2006

In a pre-MBA summer project, I was hired to build the first operating plan and business model for Google PrintAds, and helped develop group strategy and initiate business development efforts with the newspaper industry. I was offered a full-time position to continue to lead these elements of the business.

Director, Strategy, Business Development and Corporate Development

2004 - 2006

Drove strategic acquisitions, strategy, partnerships, and new business development in the social media, online music, and online video spaces. Helped execute several M&A transactions and defined and drove a new social media product strategy.

Venture Capital Associate, Software and Digital Media

2002 - 2004

Software and digital media investor for early stage venture firm with over $3Bn under management.

Investment Banking Analyst, Technology Group

2000 - 2002

Executed M&A and corporate financings in the semiconductor, enterprise software, diversified tech industrials, and Internet categories.