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Xochilt Segundo

As the Office Coordinator for M13's New York office, Xochilt supports the M13 team, portfolio companies, and any guests both in the office and behind the scenes. Prior to joining M13, she spent several years in the coworking industry. She holds a BA in Communications from Saint Peter's University, with a minor in Social Justice. In her spare time, Xochilt enjoys attending concerts with friends, cooking new recipes, and making new furry friends while dog sitting.

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Ameya Shelby

Ameya supports M13’s venture-building efforts as a member of the Launchpad venture studio team. In her role, she identifies problems to solve and designs new business concepts to further validate. Ameya earned her BS in Business from NYU’s Stern School of Business.

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Anshu Aggarwal

Anshu has spent more than two decades leading engineering orgs as a CTO or VP of Engineering at companies including Shutterstock and Tumblr. He started his career as one of the founding engineers of Inktomi’s Traffic Server Web Cache team (now Apache Traffic Server), authoring its full HTTP processing engine. As M13’s Entrepreneur in Residence, he helps portfolio companies address technology and organizational challenges. He also supports the investing and Launchpad teams in evaluating companies' technologies. Anshu holds a PhD and MS in Computer Science from University of Colorado Boulder, as well as an MS in Electrical Engineering and a BA in Computer Engineering from Boston University.

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Cassie Cunningham

As a sales and go-to-market analyst, Cassie helps M13 portfolio companies optimize their sales process. She brings experience working with several VC-backed startups in Silicon Valley, as well as her time at Oracle and Team Huddle. Cassie holds a BS from California Polytechnic State University. She loves working with startups and supporting their growth during the early stages.

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Whitney Hazard

Whitney invests in ambitious founders and connects them with M13’s community and resources, with a focus on the Bay Area. Prior to M13, she worked in GTM roles at tech companies of all stages—including Google, GoCardless, and Relay.app—and in venture at January Ventures and Peterson Ventures. She holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BA in Public Policy from Duke University. When she’s not meeting new founders, Whitney enjoys hiking, hosting dinner parties, and triathlon training.

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Sebastian Ojeda

Sebastian helps M13 and its portfolio companies identify and recruit incredible talent. He has a background in program management in the higher education and non-profit sectors. Sebastian first came to M13 as a participant in Recruiter Academy. He holds an MS in Higher Education from Florida International University and a BA in Neuroscience from Pomona College.

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Peter Hazel

Peter sits on the Mission Control team to help streamline M13’s largest cross-functional projects. Prior to joining M13, he worked at Meta, where he helped improve advertising tools and infrastructure after graduating from USC with an MBA—a somewhat unlikely path for a double major in Philosophy and Film Production. In his spare time, he is a 3D printing enthusiast. 

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Andrew Schmitz

Andrew is VP of Finance at M13 and helps lead finance initiatives internally as well as with portfolio companies. His career has spanned roles across private equity, corporate finance, and M&A consulting and advisory. He holds an MBA from the University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business and a BA in Business Administration from the University of San Diego. Andrew lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three children.

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Sheryl Chen

Sheryl is an Investment Associate at M13. Prior to M13, she spent 2 years at Insight Partners, an NYC-based software growth equity fund. She also held stints in early stage investing at H/L Ventures and corporate strategy at Disney.

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Carter Reum

Carter co-founded M13 in 2016 with his brother Courtney. The duo co-founded and sold VEEV, the spirits brand, and co-authored the bestseller “Shortcut Your Startup.” A former Goldman Sachs investment banker, Carter is a LACMA board member.


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Courtney Reum

Courtney co-founded M13 in 2016 with his brother Carter. The duo also started and sold the spirits brand VeeV, and authored the bestselling book “Shortcut Your Startup.” A former Goldman Sachs investment banker, he serves on boards such as Lifeforce, Thrive Global as well as philanthropic endeavors like YPO, US Soccer Federation Foundation, the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office and LA Opera.


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Karl Alomar

Karl is the Managing Partner at M13. Karl was previously the COO of DigitalOcean, where he helped scale the business from first product over six years and prepared it for its eventual IPO (NYSE: DOCN). During his full 20 year operating career, Karl also co-founded and ultimately exited two other technology companies as CEO.


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Latif Peracha

Latif manages the overall investing strategy for the firm and has led numerous deals across money and health verticals with a large focus on web3. He was previously the managing director at Virgin Group where he led investing in the Americas including investments in Ring (acq. by AMZN), Slack (NYSE: WORK), Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE), and Virgin Orbit (NASDAQ: VORB).


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Anna Barber

A partner at M13, Anna was the managing director of Techstars LA and also a partner in The Fund LA. A certified executive coach, Anna has worked as a corporate lawyer, McKinsey consultant, product exec, and entrepreneur. She serves on the Advisory Board of PledgeLA and is a member of AllRaise.

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Win Chevapravatdumrong

A partner and head of legal, Win has served in senior leadership roles at numerous consumer technology companies, including as General Counsel of MasterClass and early-stage startup Vessel (acquired by Verizon), as well as senior legal and business affairs roles at Hulu. A former electrical engineer, he started his legal career as a corporate attorney at Latham & Watkins


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Christine Choi

A partner and head of brand/communications, Christine worked with Sir Richard Branson to launch Virgin Group’s North American portfolio and was the first head of communications for Virgin Galactic/Virgin Orbit/The Spaceship Company. She serves on the boards of KIPP NJ and Virgin Unite US.

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Lizzie Francis

As a partner and head of operations, Lizzie leads the Propulsion team that helps propel our founders’ businesses forward. She was previously the COO of sneaker marketplace GOAT Group, CMO of Gilt Groupe, and founding partner of Brilliant Ventures.


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Matt Hoffman

As a partner and head of talent, Matt coaches our founders on hiring the best talent and building healthy and high-performing cultures. He leads several of our future of work investments. Matt previously built and led the People functions at DigitalOcean and Return Path (#1 Best Place to Work in NYC and #2 in the US, respectively).

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Brent Murri

Brent Murri is a Partner at M13 where he leads early-stage investments in software and marketplaces. Brent joined M13 from Battery Ventures where he focused on growth-stage enterprise software investments. Prior to Battery, he worked in strategy & business development for Samsung NEXT, where he developed and executed strategies around Samsung’s mobile software and services initiatives.

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Rob Smith

Rob helps startups strategically build, deploy, fundraise, and go to market. Prior to M13, Rob has been a serial founder as the CEO of BlackSmith Studios and Pecabu, as well as acting in an interim-CMO/CPO capacity at a number of later-stage Bay Area VC-backed companies, including Cala Health, Apnicure, Neodyne & others. He is a recipient of UK Entrepreneur of the Year in 2012.


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John Tabis

John is Partner and Head of Launchpad, the M13 Venture Studio helping founders build companies that define the future of business. Prior to M13, John founded and scaled The Bouqs Company and worked in strategy for The Walt Disney Company and Bain & Co. John continues to serve Bouqs as Chairman of the Board and also teaches entrepreneurship at UCLA Anderson.


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Sarah Tomolonius

Sarah was previously the VP of marketing and investor relations at Arlon Group and has served in IR roles at StepStone Group and Citi Private Equity. She is a public company board member, co-founded the Sustainability Investment Leadership Council, and has served on numerous non-profit boards.


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Morgan Blumberg

Morgan spent five years in investment banking at Morgan Stanley. She worked on a presidential campaign, at Bloomberg Philanthropies and consulted for start-ups in the political media space.


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Loren Boyce

As VP of talent acquisition, Loren leads the team that helps our founders build their dream teams. She was previously the director of R&D talent acquisition at Toast (IPO’d 2021), head of talent acquisition at DigitalOcean (IPO’d 2021), head of talent at Yesware, and R&D recruiting lead at VMware.


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Hetal Brahmbhatt

M13's controller, Hetal was previously VP of finance at Bregal Investments. Prior to that, she was a FP&A analyst and fund accountant for BlueBay Asset Management.


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Julia Daniel

As Chief of Staff at M13, Julia oversees the annual planning process and quarterly tracking of OKRs. Her previous roles include Account Manager at Conde Nast and Executive Assistant at Compass.


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Jennifer Fetterman

As an Investor Relations Analyst, Jennifer provides support, insight and analysis to M13. Prior to M13, Jennifer spent four years in investor relations in real estate private equity, most recently at Waterloo Associates and prior to that at Thrive FP.


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Mark Grace

As an early member of M13, Mark spends his time investing in early stage consumer technology businesses. He focuses primarily on helping the firm develop its web3 thesis. Mark graduated from UCLA with a BA in Business Economics.


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Erik Grant

Erik is M13's accountant and has a vast background working in tech companies and the applications used in accordance with GAAP for reporting. Erik was previously an accountant at Glamsquad and Stella Connect, which was acquired by NYSE listed Medallia in 2020, which gave Erik the opportunity to oversee the finance integrations of the two companies.


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Andrew Grone

As the director of Launchpad, Andrew helps to lead the design & execution of our in-house venture studio. Prior to M13, Andrew was the business operations manager for Avantstay, a short-term rental and hospitality startup, and an equity research and investment banking analyst for Dougherty & Co.


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Samantha Hughes

As M13's community program coordinator, Samantha aligns with M13’s commitment to creating an inclusive community through authentic experience, dedication to innovation, and creativity. Samantha was previously the development associate for outreach and programming at Rockefeller University.


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Mariah Lang

Mariah brings deep expertise in executive search from True Search & Daversa Partners, where she’s helped build executive and founding teams for early-stage venture-backed companies. She's passionate about building diverse, high-impact teams for mission-driven companies changing our everyday lives.


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Mary Lara

As Director of Product, Mary brings her experience as a former co-founder to help portfolio companies strategically design, develop, and optimize the user journey. Mary takes pride in building meaningful relationships with founders and sharing her passion for product design, innovation, and creativity. She’s always excited to collaborate with startups and help them achieve their goals.


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Wesley Lau

Wesley is an Investment Analyst. Prior he spent 2 years in investment banking at Oppenheimer focused on technology.


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Sarah Levine

Sarah was an intern with M13 before graduating from Washington University and transitioning to a full-time position as our talent program coordinator.


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Emma Miller

Emma manages all things content, from thought leadership, to reporting, to social media. Prior to M13, she was the managing editor at business intelligence startup CB Insights. Other experience includes working at a fintech startup, the country’s third most-circulated newspaper, and a top 5 global insurance company.


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Zach Naglieri

Zach’s focus is on architecting systems and processes that augment the data backbone behind all of the firm’s operating systems. He held multiple roles at Quovo (acq’d by Plaid) and Plaid, including Technical Lead and Product Manager for Plaid’s Partnerships Team. Prior to joining M13, Zach founded a consultancy focused on data engineering and a SaaS platform for B2B Go-To-Market Teams.


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Arbo Shah

Arbo is a senior personal assistant and employee experience lead for M13 office headquarters. He also is the senior personal assistant to Carter and Courtney Reum. He previously worked for Tom Ford at Nordstrom Inc.


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Abigail Snodgrass

Abigail is the creative director at M13. Prior to M13, she was the founder and creative director of AW Design Studio, a boutique design firm that crafts human-centered brands for fast-growing start-ups and non-profits. She was also the founding art director at KIPP Foundation.


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Julie Terreson

A senior executive assistant and part of the Mission Control team, Julie was most recently chief of staff at Devacurl. Prior to that, she was an executive assistant at Troika Mission Group and executive assistant + communications/marketing manager at GLO Science.

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Talitha Wright

As a member of the investor relations team, Talitha has worked with the team to build the IR systems at M13 from the ground up. She was previously the quality control and administrative assistant for the accounting and assurance department of Lindsay & Brownell, LLP.


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Amelia Zack

As portfolio operations analyst, Amelia supports M13 portfolio companies in their growth and expansion. Prior to M13, Amelia was corporate partnerships and marketing manager at Stampede Ventures, where she built and led marketing launches for new companies developed from joint ventures. Amelia also worked for CAA, HBO, and NBCUniversal.

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Cassaday Zimmerman

Cassaday is the personal assistant to our two co-founders, Carter and Courtney Reum. In addition to this role, she is on the Mission Control team as well as the People team at M13. She previously worked as an assistant property manager and personal assistant.

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