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Janet Escobar

Investor

Venture Partner at LvlUp Ventures

Los Angeles, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Janet Escobar is co-founder of Rogue Assembly, a venture studio focused on scaling technologies addressing real-world challenges through collaboration between venture investors, policymakers, and researchers. Her background includes growth marketing roles at fintech startups, go-to-market consulting for Microsoft and Amazon, and venture scouting of over 100 pre-seed and seed-stage companies in AI, SaaS, and IoT at LvlUp Ventures. She holds Columbia's VC certification and has published work on women founders in technology.

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Experience

  1. Rogue AssemblyCo-Foundercurrent2025 — present
  2. Scale Ready StudioAccelerator & Operations Program Managercurrent2025 — present
  3. LvlUp VenturesVenture Scout2024 — 2026
  4. The Channel CompanyConsultant (Microsoft Defense and Intelligence & Amazon Web Services)2023 — 2025
  5. The Channel CompanyAssociate (Microsoft U.S. Marketing & Operations)2021 — 2023
  6. New Degree PressAuthor | The Latina Trailblazer2020 — 2022
  7. Snowball WealthGrowth Marketer2020 — 2021
  8. Chegg Inc.Business Analyst Intern2019
  9. BravenProduct Lead2019San Jose State University

Education

  1. San José State UniversityBachelor's degree, Business Analytics
  2. VC LabVenture Institute Fellow
  3. El Camino CollegeAssociate's degree, Business Administration and Management

Skills & more

Business Analysis
  • Foundations of Venture Capital — Columbia Business School

From Janet's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended San José State University102

Arturo LitvinHead of Global Portfolio Development at Intel CapitalTejAdvisor at Clear VenturesCarrie RuleVP Finance at Redpoint VenturesJamie WatsonGTM Coordinator at Scale Venture PartnersDeny KhoungPortfolio Support at 8VCKim TranFinance at Lux Capital

+ 96 more

Also attended VC Lab35

Seth HallenFounder and Managing Partner at Hallstone VenturesMatthew StaffordInvestor at STAFFORD VCJamey EdwardsHealth Transformer Coach at StartUp HealthBenjamin BoatengInvestor at ODBANassir CrissPrincipal at Sixty8 CapitalNobuhiro SekiCIO at Monozukuri Ventures

+ 29 more

Also attended El Camino College2

Grace ClendeninPlatform Associate at Berkeley Skydeck FundJason ApostolFounder at Brighterway

Shared employers

Also worked at LvlUp Ventures27

Anmol GoelVenture Partner at Arya Ventures Vc, LlcAbdul KhanChief of Staff at Primetime PartnersScott KellyMarketing Partner at 7BC Venture CapitalSakhile TembeContent Specialist at Founders Factory AfricaAJ SmithPartner at Outlander VCHenry UkohaScout at Expert DOJO

+ 21 more

Also worked at Chegg Inc.15

Sid KrommenhoekPartner at AlbumChris GirgentiVenture Advisor at Alpha PartnersAayush PhumbhraInvestor at Streamlined VenturesMatthew MurphyGeneral Partner at Electric Feel Ventures LlcGustav RydstedtAdvisor, Infrastructure Software at Verissimo VenturesChi-Hua ChienCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Goodwater Capital

+ 9 more

Colleagues at LvlUp Ventures

Adam Ned
Principal at LvlUp Ventures
Arvind Vivekanandan
Scout at LvlUp Ventures
Ben Kromnick
Partner at LvlUp Ventures
Brandon Maier
General Partner at LvlUp Ventures
Brendan Mora
Associate at LvlUp Ventures
Brian Bacon
Scout at LvlUp Ventures
Christian Levan
Scout at LvlUp Ventures
Daniel Rosengren
Scout at LvlUp Ventures