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Geoff Donaker

Investor

General Partner at Burst Capital

Palo Alto, California, United States

Writes $100K – $2M checks

About

Geoff Donaker, Yelp employee #10 and decade-long COO who scaled it to hundreds of millions and through IPO, turned his angel investing into an early-stage fund and is call-us-when-it's-hard partner

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Invests in

ConsumerFintechFuture of WorkMarketplacesSaaS

Experience

  1. Burst CapitalGeneral Partner & Foundercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. YelpCOO & Board Member2005 — 2019
  3. eBayInternational / Category Management / Biz Dev2001 — 2005
  4. Voter.comVP, Online Operations2000 — 2001
  5. Excite@HomeBusiness Development1998 — 2000
  6. Mercer Management ConsultingConsultant1995 — 1997

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityBS, Mechanical Engineering1991 — 1995

Skills & more

Marketing Strategy4Product Management3Lead Generation2Social Media Marketing1Project PlanningProduct DevelopmentDigital Marketing1Product MarketingOnline MarketingDigital MediaBusiness Strategy1Mergers
+12 moreWeb AnalyticsNew Business DevelopmentBusiness DevelopmentAnalyticsCross-functional Team LeadershipE-commerceCorporate DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipStrategic PlanningLeadershipManagementStrategy

From Geoff's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University1,726

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

+ 1,720 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Yelp41

Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTony WellsVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalVince SollittoVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalHarrison LieberfarbPartner at Canvas VenturesMike GhaffaryAdvisor at Canvas Ventures

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Also worked at eBay134

Josh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalHannah SealInvestor at Index VenturesMike FridgenVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupRajan MehraPartner at March Capital PartnersWilliam HsuCo-Founder & Partner at Mucker CapitalShakhina PulatovaInvestor at Storm Ventures

+ 128 more

Also worked at Excite@Home6

Manish GuptaInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Charles MoldowGeneral Partner at Foundation CapitalWilliam KlippgenPartner Emeritus at Cocoon CapitalStella KleimanFounder and Managing Partner at Floret VenturesEric del BalsoFounder and General Partner at Kohala VenturesTara GreenChief People Officer at Crusoe

Also worked at Mercer Management Consulting10

Rags GuptaOperating Partner at Hyperplane Venture CapitalAngela StrangeGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzEric EmmonsManaging Partner at MassMutual VenturesOleg NodelmanFounder and Portfolio Manager at EcoR1 CapitalDomenico CipollaPartner at Freigeist CapitalGreg NeichinManaging Director, Board Member at Ceniarth

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Colleagues at Burst Capital

Michael Stoppelman
Venture Advisor at Verissimo Ventures
Mike Ghaffary
Advisor at Canvas Ventures
Rachel Williams
Advisor at Burst Capital
Rob Krolik
General Partner and CFO at Burst Capital
Wendy Lim
General Partner at Burst Capital