John Estalilla
InvestorManaging 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
- SfventuresExecutive Chaircurrent2025 — present
- SfventuresFounder2019 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- County of San MateoCommissioner, District 2 - Arts Commissioncurrent2026 — present
- Stealth StartupCo-Founder, Board Membercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, CA, United States
- AmazonLearning and Developmentcurrent2019 — presentUnited States
- Angel InvestorPrivate Investor & Board Advisorcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco, California
- U.S. Department of CommerceSworn Staff Appointment2020
- GoPoint StudiosBusiness Consultant. Advisor2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Prodege, LLCHead of Sales, Senior Director of PR TV2017 — 2019San Francisco, California
- Federated Media - A Media General CompanyDirector of Sales and Development2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Goodway GroupDirector of Sales2012 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- HearstDirector of Local Advertising2009 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
- SFGate, Hearst Corp.Online Sales Manager2009 — 2011San Francisco Bay Area
- SFGate, Hearst Corp.National Online Account Executive, Major Accounts2004 — 2009San Francisco Bay Area
- NexTag, Inc. (NexTag.com)Account Executive, Business Development Manager2003 — 2004San Mateo, CA
- Proexhibits.com (Tatro & Wheeler, Inc.)Account Executive2002 — 2003Sunnyvale, CA
- DevXRegional Sales Manager1999 — 2002San Francisco, CA
Skills & more
Salesforce.com1Google Adwords1Board Leadership1Directorship1Board level experienceExecutive TeamOnline Advertising99Digital Media99Advertising99Marketing Strategy31Social Media33Digital Marketing33
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Direct 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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Also attended San Francisco State University130
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Also attended Junipero Serra High School, San Mateo, California6
Shared employers
Also worked at County of San Mateo5
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Also worked at Stealth Startup423
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