Sheila Vashee
Chief Marketing Officer at Figma
Burlingame, California
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Marketing Officer
2023 - Current
Figma is a collaborative design tool that enables teams to create, prototype, and test digital products on one platform.
Raised $748,624,736.00 from Thrive Capital, XN, Andreessen Horowitz, Alkeon Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Coatue, Goanna Capital, Eddy Cue, Sequoia Capital and SurgoCap.
Venture Partner
2022
Advise the Basis Set portfolio on early and late stage business, growth, brand, content, events and overall marketing strategy. Serve on board of directors of various stealth companies.
Investing Partner
2020 - 2022
Investing Partner at early stage venture firm that invests in AI and the future of work.
Founding Board Member
2019
A group of founders and senior executive women in tech who want to empower the next generation of women leaders.
Chief Marketing Officer
2022 - 2023
CMO and GM of Consumer at Ethos, a company that is reshaping the life insurance industry. Leading marketing, brand, performance and growth across consumer and enterprise businesses and GM with P&L responsibility of consumer business.
Ethos Life is an insurance company that provides ethical life insurance.
Raised $413,960,000.00 from SoftBank Vision Fund, FootPrint Coalition, Roc Nation, Arrive, Google Ventures, Dreamers VC, GoldenArc Capital, General Catalyst, Vetamer and Glade Brook Capital Partners.
VP Growth and Marketing
2017 - 2020
Led marketing, agent, and growth teams through expansion to 20+ markets. Oversaw all key channels performance marketing, content, events, brand, product marketing, social, organic, website, etc for both sides of the marketplace.
Opendoor is a real estate technology company that simplifies the process of buying and selling homes.
Raised $1,887,930,000.00 from BlackRock and Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP).
Director of Marketing
2012 - 2017
Second marketing hire at Dropbox. Helped scale the team to 80+ people globally and $1 billion in revenue. Responsible for marketing efforts and new product launches, including the launch and growth of Dropbox Business and Dropbox Enterprise.
Dropbox is a smart workspace company that provides secure file sharing, collaboration, and storage solutions.
Raised $1,709,215,000.00 from JP Morgan Chase, RBC Capital, Deutsche Bank, Macquarie Group, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and JPMorgan Partners.
iPhone & iPad PM
2011 - 2011
Summer and part-time internship. Ran iPhone and iPad launches in Europe, Asia and the Middle East
Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
Raised $1,170,230,000.00 from KB Securities, Berkshire Hathaway and Microsoft.
Corporate Strategy
2006 - 2010
Worked directly with the executive team on company-wide initiatives: the $150M acquisition of Athleta, Gap Inc's China entry strategy, and annual strategic planning.
The Gap is an American worldwide clothing and accessories retailer.
Investment Banking
2005 - 2006
Technology investment banking division.
Morgan Stanley Venture Partners is a private equity firm that invests in high-growth companies in the technology and healthcare industries.