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Andrea Zurek

Investor

Founding Partner at XG Ventures

Menlo Park, California

Writes $25K – $200K checks · typically $50K

About

Active angel investor since 2006 and a recognized Silicon Valley tech angel. Spent over seven years at Google as one of its first ad sales executives, building and leading the West Coast sales region. Longtime member of Sand Hill Angels and serves on several advisory and nonprofit boards. Holds a BA and MBA from Santa Clara University.

Contact· published on Andrea's own website

Experience

  1. XG VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2008 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
  2. Santa Clara UniversityMember, Leavey School of Business Advisory Boardcurrent2010 — presentSanta Clara, California, United States
  3. Santa Clara UniversityMember, Board of Fellowscurrent2016 — presentSanta Clara, CA
  4. Santa Clara UniversityMember, Board of Regentscurrent2013 — presentSanta Clara, CA
  5. Juma VenturesBoard Member: Marketing Committee2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Sand Hill AngelsBoard Member2006 — 2010
  7. GoogleAgency Training Program Manager2004 — 2007Mountain View, California, United States
  8. GoogleRegional Sales Manager2000 — 2004
  9. Gumball 3000Rally Driver2007
  10. VoicePlanetBusiness Development Executive1998 — 2000San Jose, California, United States
  11. ComputerworldAccount Executive1994 — 1997Burlingame, California, United States
  12. International Data GroupAccount Executive1993 — 1997Burlingame, California, United States
  13. HitachiProject Manager1992 — 1993San Jose, California, United States

Skills & more

Negotiation6Hiring2Advertising3Angel Investing28Venture Capital20Start-ups78Strategic Partnerships23Entrepreneurship29Mergers2Business Strategy12New Business Development11Strategic Planning2
+12 moreProduct ManagementSales ManagementMarketing StrategyOnline MarketingProduct StrategyProduct MarketingProduct DevelopmentSocial MediaSaaSCorporate DevelopmentEntrepreneurStrategy Development

Languages English · Spanish

From Andrea's professional profile.

Colleagues at XG Ventures

Pietro Dova
Partner at XG Ventures

Network6

Aamer Abdullah
Principal at MI Ventures
Aaref Hilaly
Partner at Bain Capital Ventures
Ben Dahl
General Partner at Signal Peak Ventures
Morris Wheeler
Principal at Drummond Road Capital
Patrick Matthews
Founder and CEO at Active Capital
Sunil Dhaliwal
General Partner at Amplify Partners

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Andrea Zurek?
Active angel investor since 2006 and a recognized Silicon Valley tech angel. Spent over seven years at Google as one of its first ad sales executives, building and leading the West Coast sales region. Longtime member of Sand Hill Angels and serves on several advisory and nonprofit boards. Holds a BA and MBA from Santa Clara University.
Where does Andrea Zurek work?
Andrea Zurek is Founding Partner at XG Ventures.
What check size does Andrea Zurek write?
Andrea Zurek typically writes checks of $25K – $200K.
Where did Andrea Zurek go to school?
Andrea Zurek studied at Santa Clara University (MBA, Marketing); Santa Clara University (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Language and Literature/Letters).

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