Joanna Drake
InvestorCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Magnify Ventures · General Partner at Core Ventures Group
Bay Area
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About
Joanna Drake is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who founded media technology companies including ReacTV, Moxi, and the cable network Current TV. Over the past decade she has worked in venture capital, serving as an operator angel investor with Broadway Angels, a General Partner at Core Ventures Group, a Co-Founder of RAISE Global, and a leader in the ALL Raise movement. She has sat on more than a dozen private startup boards as well as several nonprofit boards.
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Invests in
Media & Entertainment
Experience
- Magnify VenturesCo-Founder, Managing Partnercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco
- Core Ventures GroupGeneral Partnercurrent2014 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Broadway AngelsAngelcurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- RAISE GlobalCo-Founding Producercurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- C200Northwest Region Chaircurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- C200Member Board Of Directors2017 — 2019Chicago
- DSC LogisticsVice Chairman, Board of Advisors2011 — 2019Chicago
- DeNA WestChief Operating Officer2011 — 2012San Francisco
- Current TVChief Operating Officer & Chief Strategy Officer2008 — 2011San Francisco
- Current TVPresident, New Media2002 — 2008
- Moxi DigitalVice President, Media Strategy & Partnerships2001 — 2002Palo Alto
- ReacTVVice President, Business Development & Product Management1999 — 2000San Francisco
- Booz Allen & HamiltonSenior Associate1995 — 1999San Francisco
Skills & more
Mobile EntertainmentCable TelevisionSocial Marketing2Digital Distribution9Post-Merger IntegrationDigital Media36Monetization8Start-ups59New Media30Social Media25Product Management29Mobile Devices18
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Acquisition IntegrationMedia & EntertainmentBusiness DevelopmentDigital StrategyBusiness StrategyMarketing StrategyStrategic PartnershipsVideoLeadershipLaunching Successful Start-UpsMedia & Entertainment PartnershipsOptimizing US-Japan Business AlliancesLanguages Japanese
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Investments
Investor
AngelQKinside (Acquired by UrbanSitter in 2025)MiSaludOckamPrevotyTill Financial
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Colleagues at Magnify Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Joanna Drake?
- Joanna Drake is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who founded media technology companies including ReacTV, Moxi, and the cable network Current TV. Over the past decade she has worked in venture capital, serving as an operator angel investor with Broadway Angels, a General Partner at Core Ventures Group, a Co-Founder of RAISE Global, and a leader in the ALL Raise movement. She has sat on more than a dozen private startup boards as well as several nonprofit boards.
- Where does Joanna Drake work?
- Joanna Drake is Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Magnify Ventures.
- What does Joanna Drake invest in?
- Joanna Drake invests in Media & Entertainment.
- What companies has Joanna Drake invested in?
- Investments tracked here include AngelQ, Kinside (Acquired by UrbanSitter in 2025), MiSalud, Ockam, Prevoty, Till Financial.
- Where did Joanna Drake go to school?
- Joanna Drake studied at Stanford University (Masters, East Asian Studies); University of California, Berkeley (BA, Political Economy); Keio University.
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000
Steve WozniakCo-founder of AppleTony XuCo-founder & CEO of DoorDashAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIAli GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksAbraham BachrachCo-founder & CTO of SkydioTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General Catalyst
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Shared employers
Also worked at RAISE Global1
Also worked at C2001
Also worked at DSC Logistics1
Also worked at DeNA West15
Ray HatoyamaVenture Partner at Sozo VenturesEsteban SosnikCo-Founder & Partner at Reach CapitalJennifer MannionHead of Talent at Griffin Gaming PartnersRiz VirkVenture Partner at Griffin Gaming PartnersTomoya OgawaInvestor at ProgressionAlain BalthazartHead of Agro at Meusinvest (Noshaq)
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