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John Estalilla

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Managing Partner at Sfventures Group LLC · Learning and Development at Amazon Alexa Fund

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $10K – $10M checks · typically $1.5M

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About

John Estalilla serves as Executive Chair at Sfventures and previously held senior positions at Hearst, Amazon, and Federated Media focused on digital strategy and revenue development. As a founder, he built a consultancy specializing in brand strategy and early-stage investments, and as a private investor, he has backed ventures including Elemeno Health and CoverUs. His civic engagement includes appointments to Foster City's Citizens Sustainability Advisory Committee, the San Mateo County Arts Commission, and a sworn appointment with the U.S. Department of Commerce during the decennial Census.

Experience

  1. SfventuresExecutive Chaircurrent2025 — present
  2. SfventuresFounder2019 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
  3. County of San MateoCommissioner, District 2 - Arts Commissioncurrent2026 — present
  4. Stealth StartupCo-Founder, Board Membercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, CA, United States
  5. AmazonLearning and Developmentcurrent2019 — presentUnited States
  6. Angel InvestorPrivate Investor & Board Advisorcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco, California
  7. U.S. Department of CommerceSworn Staff Appointment2020
  8. GoPoint StudiosBusiness Consultant. Advisor2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Prodege, LLCHead of Sales, Senior Director of PR TV2017 — 2019San Francisco, California
  10. Federated Media - A Media General CompanyDirector of Sales and Development2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  11. Goodway GroupDirector of Sales2012 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  12. HearstDirector of Local Advertising2009 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
  13. SFGate, Hearst Corp.Online Sales Manager2009 — 2011San Francisco Bay Area
  14. SFGate, Hearst Corp.National Online Account Executive, Major Accounts2004 — 2009San Francisco Bay Area
  15. NexTag, Inc. (NexTag.com)Account Executive, Business Development Manager2003 — 2004San Mateo, CA
  16. Proexhibits.com (Tatro & Wheeler, Inc.)Account Executive2002 — 2003Sunnyvale, CA
  17. DevXRegional Sales Manager1999 — 2002San Francisco, CA

Skills & more

Salesforce.com1Google Adwords1Board Leadership1Directorship1Board level experienceExecutive TeamOnline Advertising99Digital Media99Advertising99Marketing Strategy31Social Media33Digital Marketing33
+12 moreDirect MarketingOnline MarketingSEMAdvertising SalesMobile AdvertisingMobile MarketingSalesEmail MarketingStart-upsBusiness DevelopmentStrategyLeadership
  • AWS Partner (APN) — Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Accredited Investor — North Capital
  • IAB DMSC — IAB
  • Google/Double Click DBM Certification — Google

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Frequently asked questions

Who is John Estalilla?
John Estalilla serves as Executive Chair at Sfventures and previously held senior positions at Hearst, Amazon, and Federated Media focused on digital strategy and revenue development. As a founder, he built a consultancy specializing in brand strategy and early-stage investments, and as a private investor, he has backed ventures including Elemeno Health and CoverUs. His civic engagement includes appointments to Foster City's Citizens Sustainability Advisory Committee, the San Mateo County Arts Commission, and a sworn appointment with the U.S. Department of Commerce during the decennial Census.
Where does John Estalilla work?
John Estalilla is Managing Partner at Sfventures Group LLC.
What check size does John Estalilla write?
John Estalilla typically writes checks of $10K – $10M.
Where did John Estalilla go to school?
John Estalilla studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MSx, Executive Education); San Francisco State University (BA, Liberal Studies); Junipero Serra High School, San Mateo, California (Diploma Graduate).

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