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Growth Pilots 2018 Year in Review and Looking Ahead
Talks about Startup, Digital Marketing and Leadership
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Soso Sazesh
Founder of 43
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Soso Sazesh
Founder of 43
San Francisco, California
Overview
Soso Sazesh is an early-stage investor based in San Francisco, California, with a background in SEM, PPC, product management, and entrepreneurship. Notable highlights include serving as the founder and CEO of Growth Pilots, a Wpromote company, and investing in companies like Lasso Labs and Obviously AI at seed and pre-seed stages.
With a Bachelor of Science from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, Soso has an extensive career as an angel investor and advisor, as well as experience as the Vice President of Growth & Innovation at Wpromote. He invests in various sectors such as MarketingTech, Real Estate/PropTech, and AI, with a focus on supporting diverse founders and investors.
Work Experience
Co-Founder
2021 - Current
We’re a group of pre-product investors that roll our sleeves up to help founders reach product/market fit.
43 is an earliest-stage fund that invests in pre-product startups and works closely with founders to reach product and market fit.
Angel Investor and Advisor
2015 - 2021
Vice President of Growth & Innovation
2019 - 2021
After Wpromote acquired Growth Pilots, I started and led the Growth & Innovation team. My team focused on helping high-potential, high-growth startups scale by leveraging the wide array of channels and resources that Wpromote has to offer.
Wpromote is an online marketing firm specializing in digital marketing and customer acquisition.
Founder and CEO
2014 - 2019
Growth Pilots (acquired by Wpromote) is a unique growth marketing agency focused on startups. We show clients unprecedented transparency and we have a relentless focus on maximizing results. We partner with a limited number of leading companies to ensure each client receives the highest level of service and attention. Some of the companies we have worked with include: Instacart Gusto Glassdoor Zapier Betterment Glowforge Kabbage Automattic (WordPress.com) Kabam Periscope Data Formlabs Mixbook HomeLight Keen.IO Expensify Light Teespring Mode Analytics Tubi Postmates Insureon Kinnek Spinn Navdy Nanit Klaviyo Soylent Burrow SeatGeek Homebase
Mentor
2016 - 2018
Helping companies with growth and marketing.
500 Global is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders building fast-growing technology companies.
Raised $2,271,999.00 from Abu Dhabi Financial Group.
Program Advisor
2015 - 2018
Heavybit helps startups turn products loved by developers into successful businesses. Our community is the only one of its kind to focus solely on taking developer products to market.
Heavybit is the leading investor in dev-first companies with an unrivaled track record helping technical founders achieve breakout success.
Co-Founder
2012 - 2014
Circl is an intelligent promotions platform that helps retail businesses manage, distribute, and track offline promotions across any digital channel. We were part of the AngelPad accelerator's fall 2012 class.
Senior SEM Manager
2010 - 2012
Five Mill is a paid search engine marketing agency with expertise across a wide range of industries.
Five Mill develops customized algorithms for search engine marketing.