Where does Javier Soltero work?

Javier Soltero is Founder of Acompli and Senior Venture Partner at Felicis Ventures.

What check size does Javier Soltero write?

Javier Soltero typically writes checks of $500K – $15M.

What companies did Javier Soltero found?

Javier Soltero founded Acompli.

Where did Javier Soltero go to school?

Javier Soltero studied at Carnegie Mellon University (BS, Information Systems, w/ Focus on Computational Finance).

Javier Soltero

InvestorFounder

Senior Venture Partner at Felicis Ventures · Founder at Acompli

San Francisco, California

Writes $500K – $15M checks · typically $7.8M

FoundedAcompli

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About

Javier Soltero is a product executive with 25 years of experience at major technology companies and in founding startups. He served as VP and General Manager of Google Workspace, where he oversaw a 3,000-person organization that grew to 3 billion monthly active users and achieved 5x revenue growth, and previously co-founded Acompli, which Microsoft acquired to form the basis of Outlook Mobile, where he later served as Corporate Vice President leading Outlook, Office, and Cortana. He currently works as a strategic advisor and board member focused on AI-native enterprise platforms and product-led growth strategies.

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Founder at Acompli

Experience

Self-employedStrategic Advisor & Board Membercurrent2024 — present
Metaplane by DatadogBoard Member2023 — 2025
FelicisSenior Venture Partner2023 — 2025
CanvaStrategic Advisor2022 — 2024
GoogleVice President & GM, Google Workspace2019 — 2022
Grupo GuayacánBoard of Directors2016 — 2021
Carnegie Mellon UniversityPresident's Global Advisory Council2017 — 2019
MicrosoftCorporate Vice President - Cortana2018
MicrosoftCorporate Vice President - Office Product Group2016 — 2018
MicrosoftCorporate Vice President - Outlook2015 — 2016
MicrosoftGeneral Manager - Outlook Mobile2014 — 2015San Francisco, CA
Acompli (Acquired by Microsoft)CEO/Co-Founder2013 — 2014San Francisco, CA
Redpoint VenturesEntrepreneur In Residence2013Menlo Park, CA
VMwareChief Technology Officer - SaaS and Application Services2009 — 2012Palo Alto, CA
SpringSource (Acquired by VMware)CTO, Management Products2009San Francisco, CA
Hyperic (Acquired by SpringSource)CEO/Co-Founder2004 — 2009San Francisco, CA
Covalent Technologies, Inc.Chief Architect2001 — 2004San Francisco, California, United States
Backflip Inc.Senior Engineer2000 — 2001
Netscape CommunicationsSoftware Engineer1997 — 2000Mountain View, California, United States

Skills & more

Strategy38Product MarketingEarly-Stage StartupsProduct DesignVenture CapitalCorporate GovernanceFund of Funds (FOF)Non-profit ManagementExecutive AdvisoryGo-to-Market StrategyMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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Product StrategyP&L ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipCloud ComputingDistributed SystemsAgile MethodologiesProduct ManagementStart-upsSoftware DevelopmentSaaSEnterprise SoftwareOpen Source

Languages English · Spanish

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Colleagues at Felicis Ventures

Alex Stamos

Investor at Felicis Ventures

Alexis Abrams

Partner, General Counsel at Felicis Ventures

Angela Dunning

Finance Manager at Felicis Ventures

Angelina Shamilov

Partner Operations Manager at Felicis Ventures

Astasia Myers

General Partner at Felicis Ventures

Aydin Senkut

Founder & Managing Partner at Felicis

Beth Steinberg

Investor at Felicis Ventures

Cody Goodermote

Head of IT & Security at Felicis Ventures

Network6

Aydin SenkutScout

Founder & Managing Partner at Felicis

Alexis AbramsScout

Partner, General Counsel at Felicis Ventures

Astasia MyersScout

General Partner at Felicis Ventures

Chip HazardScout

General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners

Dan BartusScout

Partner, Head of Research at Felicis Ventures

Dasha MaggioScout

Partner at Felicis Ventures, writer on venture capital and founder psychology

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Javier Soltero?: Javier Soltero is a product executive with 25 years of experience at major technology companies and in founding startups. He served as VP and General Manager of Google Workspace, where he oversaw a 3,000-person organization that grew to 3 billion monthly active users and achieved 5x revenue growth, and previously co-founded Acompli, which Microsoft acquired to form the basis of Outlook Mobile, where he later served as Corporate Vice President leading Outlook, Office, and Cortana. He currently works as a strategic advisor and board member focused on AI-native enterprise platforms and product-led growth strategies.
Where does Javier Soltero work?: Javier Soltero is Founder of Acompli and Senior Venture Partner at Felicis Ventures.
What check size does Javier Soltero write?: Javier Soltero typically writes checks of $500K – $15M.
What companies did Javier Soltero found?: Javier Soltero founded Acompli.
Where did Javier Soltero go to school?: Javier Soltero studied at Carnegie Mellon University (BS, Information Systems, w/ Focus on Computational Finance).

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Also attended Carnegie Mellon University663

Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Lucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of Passes Guillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AI Joshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGen Avi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital Oren EtzioniVenture Partner at Madrona Venture Group

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Shared employers

Also worked at Felicis38

Aydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis Alexis AbramsPartner, General Counsel at Felicis Ventures Dan BartusPartner, Head of Research at Felicis Ventures Dasha MaggioPartner at Felicis Ventures, writer on venture capital and founder psychology David PhuController at Felicis Ventures Enrique Guzman-AlvarezSenior Accountant at Felicis Ventures

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Also worked at Canva40

Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture Partners Melanie PerkinsCo-founder & CEO of Canva Cliff ObrechtCo-founder & COO of Canva Cameron AdamsCo-founder & Chief Product Officer of Canva Wesley ChanInvestor at Felicis Ventures Jeff ChangInvestor at Vertex Venture Management Pte. Ltd.

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Also worked at Google2,000

Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Brian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders Fund Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew Aydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis Laela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG Arash FerdowsiCo-founder of Dropbox

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Also worked at Microsoft1,969

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Bill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates Foundation Mike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic

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