Where does Julia Stiglitz work?

Julia Stiglitz is Chief Executive Officer of Uplimit and Board director at Fairygodboss.

What check size does Julia Stiglitz write?

Julia Stiglitz typically writes checks of $250K – $15M.

What companies did Julia Stiglitz found?

Julia Stiglitz founded Uplimit.

What boards does Julia Stiglitz sit on?

Julia Stiglitz holds tracked board seats at CLI Studios, Fairygodboss.

Where did Julia Stiglitz go to school?

Julia Stiglitz studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Pomona College (Bachelor's degree); Stanford University (Master's degree, Education).

Julia Stiglitz

InvestorFounder

Chief Executive Officer at Uplimit · Board director at Fairygodboss

San Francisco, California

Writes $250K – $15M checks · typically $8M

FoundedUplimit

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1,299 people in our graph share verified history with Julia — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Nina AchadjianunlockedJulia: together at Google (2012)

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×2Julia: together at Google

Julia: together at Handshake

About

Former Partner at GSV Ventures bringing extensive PreK-to-Gray education and workforce innovation insights. Previously VP at Coursera where she started and scaled the enterprise business, the company's fastest growing line. Former manager of Google Apps for Education and Teach for America Program Director.

Chief Executive Officer at Uplimit

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Uplimit's investors · 7

ConvictionSan Francisco · $1M – $25M checks Cowboy VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $3M checks · since 2022 Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks · since 2022 GSV VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2022 Salesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checks · since 2024 TransLink CapitalSilicon Valley · $1M – $5M checks Workday VenturesSan Francisco

Co-founders at Uplimit

Sourabh BajajCo-Founder & CTO

Jacob SamuelsonCo-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Board director at Fairygodboss

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Fairygodboss's investors · 3

GSV AccelerationChicago GSV VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2019 Signal Peak VenturesSalt Lake City · $250K – $5M checks

Co-founders at Fairygodboss

Romy NewmanExecutive Officer, Director

Georgene HuangExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

HandshakeChief Education and Workforce Officercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
UplimitCEO and Co-Foundercurrent2021 — present
Angel Investor and Startup Advisorcurrent2020 — present
Outlier.orgBoard Member2019 — 2023
Rocketship Public SchoolsNational Board Member2019 — 2022
GSV VenturesPartner2018 — 2021San Francisco
McKinsey & CompanyConsortium for Learning Innovation, Member2017 — 2021
CourseraVice President, Enterprise (executive team)2016 — 2018Mountain View
CourseraGlobal Director, Business Development, Strategy and International2012 — 2015Mountain View, CA
GoogleGoogle Apps for Education2010 — 2012
Teach for AmericaProgram Director2006 — 2008
Teach for America4th Grade Teacher, Alum Rock Unified School District, San Jose2004 — 2006

Skills & more

Educational Technology51Strategic Partnerships42Staff Development39Teaching29Educational Leadership25Public Speaking21Business Development21Entrepreneurship18Management17Google Apps10Nonprofits12Curriculum Development8

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Teacher TrainingInstructional TechnologyStrategyStart-upsBusiness StrategyLeadershipStrategic PlanningProgram Management

From Julia's professional profile.

Deals · 2

CLI StudiosBoard seat

via GSV Ventures · filed Aug 2021 · $800K raise

FairygodbossBoard seat

via GSV Ventures · filed Mar 2019 · $10M raise

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Network1

Claire Zau

Partner at GSV Ventures

Investors connected to Julia in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Julia Stiglitz?: Former Partner at GSV Ventures bringing extensive PreK-to-Gray education and workforce innovation insights. Previously VP at Coursera where she started and scaled the enterprise business, the company's fastest growing line. Former manager of Google Apps for Education and Teach for America Program Director.
Where does Julia Stiglitz work?: Julia Stiglitz is Chief Executive Officer of Uplimit and Board director at Fairygodboss.
What check size does Julia Stiglitz write?: Julia Stiglitz typically writes checks of $250K – $15M.
What companies did Julia Stiglitz found?: Julia Stiglitz founded Uplimit.
What boards does Julia Stiglitz sit on?: Julia Stiglitz holds tracked board seats at CLI Studios, Fairygodboss.
Where did Julia Stiglitz go to school?: Julia Stiglitz studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Pomona College (Bachelor's degree); Stanford University (Master's degree, Education).

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Stanford University mafia1,934

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McKinsey & Company mafia736

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Pomona College mafia39

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Adam ZbarBAFounded Hamsa +2 Jacob CohenBachelor of ArtsFounded Apprenta +1 Shadiah SigalaBAFounded HoneyBook +1 Marco LobbaBachelorsFounded CatenaBio +1 Dan DriscollB.A.Founded Boutiq +1 David Van WieMathematics | AstrophysicsFounded Sococo +1

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Coursera mafia34

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Andrew NgDirectorFounded Factored +2 Victor NogueraMachine LearningFounded Labsense +1 Raman VarmaMachine Learning EngineerFounded Kestrel +1 Curtis NorthcuttCoursera Research: Unsupervised learning for Education with Dr. Derek BruffFounded ChipBrain +1 Daphne KollerCo-Founder & PresidentFounded Insitro +1 Sourabh BajajStaff Software EngineerFounded Uplimit

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Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business2,000

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board member Peter FentonGeneral Partner at Benchmark Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future Ventures David SzeAdvisory Partner at Greylock Katherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

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Also attended Pomona College94

Lauren IllovskyTalent Partner at CapitalG Mark OdermanSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital Advisors Anna YuInvestor at Spectrum Equity Shahram Seyedin-NoorFounder + Managing Partner at Civilization Ventures Management, Llc Andrew SheppardManaging Director at TRANSCEND Fernando RiveraManaging Partner at BuenTrip Ventures

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Also attended Stanford University2,000

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders Fund Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock David SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto Czar Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla Ventures Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Handshake37

Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins Will ReedInvestor at Spark Capital Madeline MinshewInvestor at True Ventures Jeff RichardsInvestor at GGV Capital Grace IsfordPartner at Lux Capital Stephan GoupilleGeneral Partner at Data Tech

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Also worked at GSV Ventures12

Deborah QuazzoManaging Partner at GSV Ventures Adam FreedManaging Partner at GSV Ventures Michael CohnCo-Founder & Partner at GSV Ventures Luben PampoulovPartner at GSV Ventures Claire ZauPartner at GSV Ventures Elijah MayfieldEntrepreneur in Residence, Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science; previously CEO, LightSide Labs at GSV Ventures

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Also worked at McKinsey & Company2,000

Elad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil Capital Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at Floodgate Jeremy LiewPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners Mike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill Ventures Jeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture Partners Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ Labs

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Also worked at Coursera33

Pierre-Eric LeiboviciInvestor at Daphni Allison GreenChief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary at SuRo Capital Sourabh BajajEngineering Advisor at Modern Technical Carmen ChangPartner, Head of Asia at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Rob HutterFounder, Managing Partner at Learn Capital Andrew NgManaging General Partner at AI Fund

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