About
Julie Bevacqua is an entrepreneur, investor, and growth strategist with over 25 years of experience scaling businesses. She co-founded Function, a financial clarity platform for startups, and Uphealth, which applies AI to workplace mental health, and previously led global marketing and business development at Aptean, repositioned QuickMobile (later acquired by Cvent), and built Rise People, a Canadian HR, payroll, and benefits platform backed by Sun Life. She currently serves as Partner and Chief Platform Officer at Venture Forward Capital, working with portfolio companies on growth.
Experience
- Wist.healthCo-Foundercurrent2024 — present
- Venture Forward CapitalPartner & Chief Platform Officercurrent2024 — present
- ARCFractional Chief Growth Officercurrent2022 — present
- Aragon Launchpad AcademyAdvisor & Mentor2023 — 2024
- Rise PeopleCo-Founder, President & CRO2016 — 2022
- QuickMobile (now part of Cvent)CMO2015 — 2016
- YocaleCo-Founder & CMO2013 — 2015
- ApteanVP, Global Marketing2004 — 2013
- ApteanVP, Global Marketing (CDC Software)2008 — 2012
- ApteanDirector, Marketing (CDC Software)2007 — 2008
- ApteanDirector, Marketing (Pivotal CRM)2006 — 2007
- ApteanSenior Manager, Marketing Communications (Pivotal CRM)2004 — 2006
- Hale! MarketingSenior Marketing Manager2003 — 2004
- Colligo NetworksMarketing Manager2001 — 2002
- Vecima Networks Inc.Marketing Manager (Spectrum Signal Processing)1997 — 2000
Skills & more
SaaS62Enterprise Software79Salesforce.com6CRM99Brand Development69Marketing Strategy99Marketing Automation32Revenue Performance Management2Sales & Marketing Alignment12Social Media29Demand Generation46Public Relations8
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Product MarketingAdvertisingDigital MarketingLead GenerationMarketingMulti-channel MarketingProject PlanningProduct ManagementProgram ManagementRevenue AnalysisProduct LaunchStrategyFrom Julie's professional profile.
Colleagues at New Leaf Invest
Andrew Harrison
Advisory Board at New Leaf Invest
Andy Ballester
Tech Guru at New Leaf Invest
Carl Toriello
Advisory Board Director at New Leaf Invest
Cem Karsan
Advisory Board at New Leaf Invest
Dax Rodriguez
Advisory Board at New Leaf Invest
Dorien Nunez
Advisory Board at New Leaf Invest
Eric Rosen
Economic Advisor at New Leaf Invest
Josh Yelen
Partner at New Leaf Invest
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Julie Bevacqua?
- Julie Bevacqua is an entrepreneur, investor, and growth strategist with over 25 years of experience scaling businesses. She co-founded Function, a financial clarity platform for startups, and Uphealth, which applies AI to workplace mental health, and previously led global marketing and business development at Aptean, repositioned QuickMobile (later acquired by Cvent), and built Rise People, a Canadian HR, payroll, and benefits platform backed by Sun Life. She currently serves as Partner and Chief Platform Officer at Venture Forward Capital, working with portfolio companies on growth.
- Where does Julie Bevacqua work?
- Julie Bevacqua is Partner and Chief Platform Officer at New Leaf Invest.
- Where did Julie Bevacqua go to school?
- Julie Bevacqua studied at Simon Fraser University (Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Marketing & Human Resources, extended minor in Psychology).
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