Fundraising Fox

Deanna Dong

Investor

Partner at MKT1 Capital

San Francisco, California

Writes $100K – $300K checks · typically $200K

About

Deanna Dong is a marketing and growth advisor who has built and led marketing teams at various startups during periods of rapid expansion. Her experience includes roles as VP of Marketing at Wealthfront, where she established the product marketing function and scaled the team across multiple disciplines over 5.5 years, and as an early B2B marketing leader at Dropbox starting in 2012, where she contributed to growth during the company's expansion from 120 to approximately 1,500 employees. She advises and invests in early-stage startups across verticals including SaaS, fintech, healthcare, AI, and web3.

Experience

  1. Various StartupsMarketing & Growth Advisorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. MKT1Limited Partnercurrent2022 — present
  3. WriterHead of Customer Marketing2024 — 2025
  4. WriterHead of Product Marketing2023 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
  5. StripeHead of Product Marketing, Emerging Products2022San Francisco Bay Area
  6. WealthfrontVP of Marketing2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  7. WealthfrontSenior Director of Marketing2018 — 2019
  8. WealthfrontDirector of Product Marketing2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  9. WealthfrontSenior Product Manager of Growth2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  10. DropboxGlobal Marketing Lead - Demand Generation and Lifecycle Marketing2014 — 2015
  11. DropboxOnline Sales Lead2012 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  12. StarChefs.comEditorial Assistant2012
  13. Deutsche BankFixed Income Derivatives, Associate2008 — 2012New York City Metropolitan Area

Education

  1. Harvard UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Economics, Minor in Statistics2004 — 2008

Skills & more

HTML2Demand Generation3Email Marketing5Marketing Automation3Start-ups8Digital Marketing5SQL3B2B Marketing2Consumer Marketing2SaaS4Sales Operations1Social Media9
+5 moreFixed IncomeDirect SalesDerivativesFinancial ModelingSoftware as a Service (SaaS)

Languages Chinese

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Colleagues at MKT1 Capital

Jessica Shambora
Partner at MKT1 Capital
Kathleen Estreich
Partner at Pear VC
Kelly Chrisman Specht
Investor at MKT1 Capital
Kevin Buckby
Partner at MKT1 Capital
Riddhi Shah
Partner at MKT1 Capital

Frequently asked questions

Where does Deanna Dong work?
Deanna Dong is Partner at MKT1 Capital.
What check size does Deanna Dong write?
Deanna Dong typically writes checks of $100K – $300K.

Same school

Also attended Harvard University1,465

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Shared employers

Also worked at Writer19

Simeon SimeonovAdvisor at One Way VenturesChrisInvestor at Perceptive Ventures Management Company, LlcWhitney BouckBoard Partner & Go-to-Market Advisor at Uncork CapitalDaisy CaiGeneral Partner at B4 CapitalRyan ShannonPartner at Radical VenturesRob ToewsPartner at Radical Ventures

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Also worked at Stripe169

Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmLuciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalLaura BuhlerPartner, Head of Community at Felicis VenturesJanet WolpertInvestor at Index VenturesMark FiorentinoInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also worked at Wealthfront13

Mike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesAkshay NathanEngineering Manager at Asymmetric Capital PartnersTom SmithManaging Partner at Savano Capital PartnersJeff JordanGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzAli RosenthalManaging Partner at Leadout CapitalMike SchroepferFounder, Partner at Gigascale Capital

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Also worked at Dropbox121

Danny RimerPartner at Index VenturesQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesMark GoldbergInvestor at Index VenturesRachel HansenInvestor at Index VenturesHelen MinEarly-stage investor and marketing advisor to startups

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