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Farewell Defy, Hello Apple
Talks about Defy, Apple and venture capital
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Trae Vassallo
Technology & Strategy Leader at Apple
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Trae Vassallo is a Technology & Strategy Leader at Apple with a background as a Co-Founder, Investor, and Board Member in various startups and organizations. She has made significant investments in companies like Arevo and Verse.ai, showcasing her expertise in entrepreneurship and venture capital.
Work Experience
Technology & Strategy Leader
2021 - Current
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.
Co-Founder & Co-Host Equity Summit
2018 - 2021
Equity Summit is an invitation-only gathering that brings together thought-leading LPs and GPs for intimate, off-the-record conversations designed to drive industry change, resulting in more investments in women and under-represented GPs.
Co-Founder & Managing Director
2016 - 2021
Early stage venture capital
Defy is a seed-stage venture fund focused on emerging, high-potential opportunities.
Investor & Advisor
2014 - 2019
Fixing home wifi
Eero offers a Wi-Fi system for household use.
Raised $92,000,000.00 from TriplePoint Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures.
Member Board of Directors
2015 - 2018
Co Author
2015 - 2018
Www.elephantinthevalley.com @elephantinsv
Investor & Advisor
2015 - 2017
A better approach to clean air
Molekule provides FDA-cleared air purification devices to address the growing global air purification industry.
Raised $118,549,998.00 from Kevin Love.
General Partner
2002 - 2014
Work with the best entrepreneurs to build world changing companies.
Kauffman Fellow (Class 10)
2005 - 2007
2 Year Venture training program
Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm that specializes in investing in early-stage, incubation, and growth companies.
Investor
2013 - 2014
Drop in on what you love: stay connected and protect your family with Dropcam. Sold to Google for $555M.
Dropcam develops a Wi-Fi camera with easy setup and continuous cloud recording.
Raised $47,800,000.00 from Accel, Menlo Ventures, Kleiner Perkins and IVP.
Investor
2010 - 2014
Customer engagement platform for utilties. Went public in March 2014 for $1.1B.
Opower is a SaaS-based customer engagement and energy efficiency company providing the tools consumers need to make better energy decisions.
Raised $65,700,000.00 from Sozo Ventures.