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Julie Sandler

Investor

Managing Director at PSL and Co-Founding General Partner of PSL Ventures at Pioneer Square Labs

Seattle

About

Julie Sandler is a managing director at PSL and co-founding general partner of PSL Ventures, focusing on pre-seed and seed investments in Pacific Northwest technology companies. She was previously a partner at Madrona Venture Group and earlier managed digital marketing for Amazon's worldwide ebook business, with product management roles at Amazon Kindle, TeachStreet, and Accenture. She holds master's and bachelor's degrees in psychology from Stanford and an MBA from Harvard Business School, and lectures in entrepreneurship at the UW Foster School of Business.

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Invests in

FintechFuture of WorkLogistics & Supply Chain

Experience

  1. Pioneer Square LabsVenture Partnercurrent2025 — present
  2. Pioneer Square LabsCo-founder & General Partner, PSL Venturescurrent2018 — present
  3. Pioneer Square LabsManaging Director, PSLcurrent2017 — present
  4. Washington RoundtableChaircurrent2016 — present
  5. University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of BusinessAdjunct Faculty / Instructorcurrent2014 — presentSeattle, WA
  6. Presidential Leadership ScholarsPresidential Leadership Scholarcurrent2016 — present
  7. Washington State Opportunity ScholarshipBoard of Directorscurrent2016 — present
  8. Read AIInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  9. HouseWhisperBoard Directorcurrent2024 — present
  10. OutgoBoard of Directors, Board Observercurrent2021 — present
  11. ShipiumBoard of Directors2019 — 2024
  12. IntegrisBoard of Directors2016 — 2017
  13. MozBoard of Directors, Board Observer2014 — 2017
  14. Julep BeautyBoard of Directors, Board Observer2013 — 2017
  15. Madrona Venture GroupPartner2011 — 2017
  16. Seattle Repertory TheatreBoard of Trustees2011 — 2016
  17. Rover.comBoard of Directors, Board Observer2012 — 2015
  18. Northwest Entrepreneur Network (merged with WTIA)Board of Directors2011 — 2014
  19. AmazonSenior Product Manager (Kindle)2010 — 2011
  20. TeachStreetProduct Management and Business Development2009 — 2010

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMBA with Honors
  2. Stanford UniversityPhi Beta Kappa, Bachelor of Arts
  3. Stanford UniversityMaster of Arts, Psychology

Skills & more

Keynote SpeakingMotivational SpeakingProduct ManagementBusiness DevelopmentStart-upsVenture CapitalEntrepreneurshipGo-to-market StrategyStrategyExecutive ManagementManagementStrategic Partnerships
+12 moreMarket AnalysisBusiness StrategyCross-functional Team LeadershipStrategic ConsultingCompetitive AnalysisMobile ApplicationsLeadershipFundraisingMergers & AcquisitionsPrivate EquityProduct DevelopmentAnalytics

From Julie's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School1,818

Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins

+ 1,812 more

Also attended Stanford University1,726

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

+ 1,720 more

Shared employers

Also worked at University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business9

Minda BrusseFounding Partner at First Row PartnersYoko OkanoFounding Partner at First Row PartnersIzzy JohnsonSenior Fund Accountant at S2G InvestmentsJP NicolsCofounder & Managing Director at Alloy LabsJacob ColkerManaging Director at Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence Incubator (AI2)Julie SanderManaging Director at Pioneer Square Labs

+ 3 more

Also worked at Presidential Leadership Scholars8

Zach PosnerManaging Partner & Co-Founder at LegalTechIan EishenVenture Partner at Audere CapitalJohn ColemanCo-CEO and Board Member at Sovereigns Capital VentureNanxi LiuCo-Founder & CEO, Blaze at xfactor venturesRandy "Laz" GordonAdvisor at OUTPOST VENTURESJesse SullivanFounder and Partner at Alter Global

+ 2 more

Also worked at Washington State Opportunity Scholarship1

Julie SanderManaging Director at Pioneer Square Labs

Also worked at HouseWhisper2

Wil ChockleyPartner at 75 & SunnyJulie SanderManaging Director at Pioneer Square Labs

Investments

Led

IntegrisJulep

Investor

LifeAtOutgoRead.aiShipiumSofy.aiSuper.ai

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Colleagues at Pioneer Square Labs

Alex Ray
Principal at Pioneer Square Labs
Andrea Leach
Administration at Pioneer Square Labs
Ben Gilbert
Managing Director at Pioneer Square Labs
Ben Rush
Senior Associate at Pioneer Square Labs
Caitlin Sowers
Product Design at Pioneer Square Labs
Dani Johnson
Recruiting at Pioneer Square Labs
David Zager
Partner at Pioneer Square Labs
Eugene Liao
Controller at Pioneer Square Labs