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Amanda Rees

Founder

Founder at Bold

Culver City, California, United States

FoundedBold

About

Before starting Bold in 2019, Amanda Rees spent five years at The 11th Hour Project, where she moved from program coordinator to program manager for renewable energy and climate work. She was a Dalai Lama Fellow and a summer analyst at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, and is a member of Women Business Leaders of the US Health Care Industry Foundation and a scout at Moxxie Ventures.

Founder at Bold

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Bold's investors · 9

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checkse2vcsince 2026HDS CapitalNew York CityJIMCOSt. Helier · since 2026Khosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checksMakers FundSingapore · $500K – $40M checks · since 2026Primetime PartnersNew York · $250K – $1M checksRethink ImpactWashington · $2M – $10M checksSamsung NextSan Jose · $100K – $5M checks

Co-founders at Bold

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Hari ArulFounder

Experience

  1. BoldCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2019 — present
  2. Women Business Leaders of the US Health Care Industry Foundation (WBL)Membercurrent2021 — present
  3. Moxxie VenturesScoutcurrent2025 — present
  4. The 11th Hour ProjectProgram Manager, Renewable Energy & Climate2017 — 2018
  5. The 11th Hour ProjectProgram Associate, Renewable Energy & Climate2014 — 2017
  6. The 11th Hour ProjectProgram Coordinator, Climate Change and Renewable Energy2013 — 2014
  7. Dalai Lama FellowsFellow2011 — 2012Bagamoyo, Tanzania
  8. United Nations FAOSummer Analyst2011
  9. Stanford UniversityResearch Assistant at the Woods Institute2010
  10. Carnegie Institution for ScienceResearch Assistant2009

Education

  1. Princeton UniversityBSE, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Skills & more

Renewable Energy18Research23International Development8Climate Change18Policy Analysis3Public Policy8Sustainability10Economics1Public Speaking2Social Entrepreneurship1Energy Policy1Data Analysis6
+8 moreProposal WritingSustainable DevelopmentSocial MediaStataCommunity OutreachGrant WritingNonprofitsMicrosoft PowerPoint

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Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ LabsRyan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of AnthropicFei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at StanfordAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesChristal NgAssociate at Golden Gate Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Bold1

Hari ArulInvestor at Khosla Ventures

Also worked at Women Business Leaders of the US Health Care Industry Foundation (WBL)10

Petra MeyerInvestor at Golden SeedsLaura MezeyInvestor at DigitalDx VenturesTania GrantPartner at Claritas CapitalEmma CartmellFounding Partner at Cartmell VenturesConnie HeilPrincipal at Brighton Park CapitalMaria MollandAdvisor at Overwater Ventures Llc

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Pavlos PavlakisPrincipal at VentureFriendsJonathan KeelingPartner at HaatchMridul PareekInvestment Associate at European Circular Bioeconomy FundTeresita di MarcoPrincipal at The Yield Lab LatamKeiko IchikawaCommunications Manager at Woven CapitalIlka GomezPublic Funding Coach at SpinLab

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Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at AnthropicAndy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDashRyan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)

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