About
Frédérique Dame is a general partner at GV focused on disruptive consumer technologies, and helped start and leads GV's Women's Health investing team. She previously led product and engineering at Uber during its rapid scaling and worked at Yahoo!, Photobucket, and SmugMug.
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- f•••@gv.comreveal100% confident
Invests in
ConsumerFemTechHealthtech
Beyond investing
- Education
- Studied at University College London (Master of Science, Spacecraft Technology and Satellite Communications) Studied at Télécom SudParis (Master of Science, Telecommunications Engineering)
- Communities
- Dame helped start GV's Women's Health team and leads the cross-functional team of investors and advisors making investments in that space.
- Awards
- Rock Health named Dame to their Top 50 in Digital Health.
- Family
- Dame is from Nice, France, and her parents were dentists who had hoped she would join the family trade.
- More
- Dame was laid off during the 2002 tech bust and, while undocumented, slept on a friend's couch in San Francisco before rebuilding her career.
From published sources — common ground for a warm intro.
Experience
- GVGeneral Partnercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Frede Technologies, Inc.Angel Investor. Board Member. Keynote Speaker.current2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Les MillsIndependent Board Member2017 — 2021San Francisco
- UbisoftIndependent Board Member2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Uber Technologies, Inc.Head of Product and Engineering2012 — 2016San Francisco, CA
- SmugMug, Inc.Head of Product Management2009 — 2011Mountain View, CA
- PhotobucketDirector, Product Management2009San Francisco, CA
- Yahoo!Sr. Product Manager, Yahoo! Profiles2007 — 2008Sunnyvale, CA
- Yahoo!Product Manager, Yahoo! Local & Maps2004 — 2007Sunnyvale, CA
- Harris Stratex NetworksProduct Portfolio Manager2002 — 2004San Jose, CA
- RHKTechnical Analyst2000 — 2002South San Francisco, CA
Skills & more
Leadership39Strategy99Entrepreneurship42Product Management99E-commerce99Product Development92Competitive Analysis65Start-ups83Product Marketing57Cross-functional Team Leadership49Social Media Marketing39User Experience45
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Strategic PartnershipsMobile ApplicationsBusiness StrategyMarket ResearchSocial MediaAnalyticsAgile MethodologiesMarketing StrategyOnline MarketingIntegrationFrenchScalingLanguages English · French
From Frédérique's professional profile.
Investments
Board seats
Ubisoft
Investor
Per curated public sources.
Colleagues at GV (Google Ventures)
Andrew Wheeler
General Partner at GV (Google Ventures)
Anika Gupta
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Anika Gupta Vatsa
Principal at GV (Google Ventures)
Anthony Philippakis
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Ben Robbins
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Braden Kowitz
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Bradley Horowitz
Investor at Wisdom Ventures
Brendan Bulik-Sullivan
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Network12
Erik NordlanderScout
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Graham SpencerScout
General Partner at GV (Google Ventures)
Lo ToneyScout
Founding Managing Partner at Plexo Capital
M.G. SieglerScout
General Partner at GV (Google Ventures)
Andrew Wheeler
General Partner at GV (Google Ventures)
Anika Gupta
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Anna Mason
Managing Partner at Ingeborg Investments
Anthony Philippakis
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Barbry McGann
Senior Vice President and Managing Director at Workday Ventures
Ben Robbins
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Ding Zhou
Head of Content Engineering at Snap, Inc. at SignalFire
Fern Mandelbaum
Managing Director, Venture Investments at Emerson Collective Investing
Investors connected to Frédérique in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Frédérique Dame?
- Frédérique Dame is a general partner at GV focused on disruptive consumer technologies, and helped start and leads GV's Women's Health investing team. She previously led product and engineering at Uber during its rapid scaling and worked at Yahoo!, Photobucket, and SmugMug.
- Where does Frédérique Dame work?
- Frédérique Dame is General Partner at GV (Google Ventures).
- What does Frédérique Dame invest in?
- Frédérique Dame invests in Consumer, FemTech, Healthtech.
- What boards does Frédérique Dame sit on?
- Frédérique Dame holds tracked board seats at Ubisoft.
- What companies has Frédérique Dame invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Allara, Found, Midi Health, Oula Health, TMRW.
- Where did Frédérique Dame go to school?
- Frédérique Dame studied at UCL (MS, Spacecraft Technology and Satellite Communications); Telecom INT (Institut National des Télécommunications) (MS, Telecom Engineering).
- What awards has Frédérique Dame received?
- Rock Health named Dame to their Top 50 in Digital Health.
Same school
Shared employers
Also worked at Ubisoft18
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Also worked at Uber Technologies, Inc.418
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in StartupsAndrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzGarrett CampCo-founder of Uber and StumbleUpon; founder of ExpaRaquel UrtasunFounder & CEO of WaabiNic LowdenInvestor at Moonfire Ventures
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Also worked at Photobucket3
Also worked at Yahoo!305
Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesBrian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal FoundationStewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrMax LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCAmjad MasadCo-founder & CEO of Replit
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