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Karen T. Cone

Investor

Venture Partner at Sybilla Masters

Redmond, Washington, United States

About

Financial services and global corporate development leader who served as General Manager of Microsoft's Worldwide Financial Services Sector, CEO of research firm TowerGroup, and held senior roles at MasterCard, Gartner, and IBM, opening markets in Russia and China.

Experience

  1. AffableONE CorporationBoard Directorcurrent2023 — present
  2. Fyrii™Board Directorcurrent2021 — present
  3. Women in CloudBoard of Advisorscurrent2020 — present
  4. Sybilla Masters FundVenture Partner, Mastersfund™current2018 — present
  5. PagedipBoard Observer & Advisor2021 — 2025
  6. AlloyAdvisory Board Director2018 — 2020
  7. Microsoft CorporationGeneral Manager, Worldwide Financial Services2010 — 2017
  8. TowerGroupCEO & Board Director2004 — 2010
  9. MasterCardGlobal Practice Leader2003 — 2004
  10. GartnerSVP, General Manager & Gartner International Board Director1993 — 2003
  11. IBMGlobal Product, Sales and Business Management1974 — 1993

Skills & more

SaaS18Enterprise Software9Salesforce.com2Product Management47Strategy99IT Strategy17Financial Services45Business Strategy35Analytics12Mergers10Leadership55Market Research35
+12 moreManagementForecastingBusiness DevelopmentMergers & AcquisitionsAnalysisStrategic PartnershipsRisk ManagementManagement ConsultingExecutive ManagementBankingStrategic PlanningSales Operations

Languages English · Russian

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Colleagues at Sybilla Masters

Anne Kennedy
Managing Director at Sybilla Masters
Carlee Price
Advisor at Sybilla Masters
Gillian Muessig
Managing Director at Sybilla Masters
Janis Dubno
Advisor at Sybilla Masters
Lakshmi Reddy
Investor at Sybilla Masters
Maureen Gilbert
Principal Partner at Sybilla Masters
Petr Johanes, PhD
Advisor at Sybilla Masters
Richard Swart, PhD
Family Office Advisor & Impact Investor at Sybilla Masters

Frequently asked questions

Who is Karen T. Cone?
Financial services and global corporate development leader who served as General Manager of Microsoft's Worldwide Financial Services Sector, CEO of research firm TowerGroup, and held senior roles at MasterCard, Gartner, and IBM, opening markets in Russia and China.
Where does Karen T. Cone work?
Karen T. Cone is Venture Partner at Sybilla Masters.
Where did Karen T. Cone go to school?
Karen T. Cone studied at Franklin & Marshall College, USA (BA, Sino Soviet Studies); Saint Petersburg State University, Russia (United Nations Exchange Program); Yunnan Normal University, China (Honorary MBA Professorship).

Shared employers

Also worked at Women in Cloud1

Rajiv KapoorInvestor at Chai Ventures

Also worked at Sybilla Masters Fund6

Gillian MuessigManaging Director at Sybilla MastersWalter GreenbergVenture Partner at Sybilla MastersMaureen GilbertPrincipal Partner at Sybilla MastersRobert M. Franklin IIIAdvisor at Sybilla MastersYasemin OkurAdvisor at Sybilla MastersNate DoranInvestor at Swan Venture Fund

Also worked at Alloy12

Britt DannemanPrincipal at Alpha EdisonPerry BlacherPartner at Augmentum FintechTimothy YoungCo-Founder and General Partner at Eniac VenturesCharley MaManaging Partner at Pathlight VenturesKamran AnsariVenture Partner at Infinity VenturesJay LevyPartner at Zelkova Ventures

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Also worked at Microsoft Corporation1,188

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic

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