Catherine Stewart
InvestorVenture Partner at Basis Set Ventures
San Francisco, California, United States
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About
Catherine Stewart is a board member and venture partner at Basis Set with prior experience at WordPress, Meta, and McKinsey. She has served as chief executive and operator for Series B-E technology companies that reached multi-billion dollar valuations, overseeing profit and loss responsibilities, team development across multiple regions, and global mergers and acquisitions including WooCommerce and Tumblr. Stewart currently advises founders and executives at early and growth-stage companies and holds board positions at startups acquired by X/Twitter, Netlify, and Sendoso, while also investing in artificial intelligence and machine learning ventures.
Experience
- Basis SetBoard & Venture Partnercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Upswing AdvisoryCEO & Board Advisorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Hologram Inc.Member Board of Directors2021 — 2024
- ShippoChief Operating Officer2020 — 2021San Francisco, California, United States
- AutomatticChief Business Officer2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- AutomatticChief Executive Officer2015 — 2016
- AutomatticVice President Corporate Business Development2014 — 2015
- MetaManager, Facebook Audience Network2013 — 2014Menlo Park
- MetaProgram Manager, Business Operations2011 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
- Penguin Random HouseSenior Manager, Strategic Projects Group2011
- Penguin Random HouseManager, Strategic Projects Group2009 — 2011
- McKinseyManagement Consultant2007 — 2009
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- Who is Catherine Stewart?
- Catherine Stewart is a board member and venture partner at Basis Set with prior experience at WordPress, Meta, and McKinsey. She has served as chief executive and operator for Series B-E technology companies that reached multi-billion dollar valuations, overseeing profit and loss responsibilities, team development across multiple regions, and global mergers and acquisitions including WooCommerce and Tumblr. Stewart currently advises founders and executives at early and growth-stage companies and holds board positions at startups acquired by X/Twitter, Netlify, and Sendoso, while also investing in artificial intelligence and machine learning ventures.
- Where does Catherine Stewart work?
- Catherine Stewart is Venture Partner at Basis Set Ventures.
- Where did Catherine Stewart go to school?
- Catherine Stewart studied at Yale University (BA, English); University of Cambridge (M. Phil, Social and Developmental Psychology).
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