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John Estalilla

Investor

Managing Partner at Sfventures Group LLC

San Francisco Bay Area

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

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

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMSx, Executive Education2018 — 2019
  2. San Francisco State UniversityBA, Liberal Studies1994 — 1999
  3. Junipero Serra High School, San Mateo, CaliforniaDiploma Graduate1990 — 1994

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

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.

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