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Karyn Smith

Executive at Twilio

San Francisco, California, United States

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Executive at Twilio

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Twilio's investors · 23

500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2009Altimeter CapitalMenlo Park · $1M – $25M checks · since 2015Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checks · since 2021Draper AssociatesSan Mateo · $500K – $5M checksFounders Circle CapitalSan FranciscoFounders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checksIcon VenturesPalo Alto · $6M – $12M checksK2 GlobalSingaporeK9 VenturesPalo Alto · $250K – $750K checksKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checksLowercase CapitalJacksonNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2021Night CapitalCapitolaRedpoint VenturesWoodside · $100K – $10M checks · since 2015Salesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checksSV AngelSan FranciscoT. Rowe PriceBaltimore · since 2015TechstarsBoulder · $220K checksThreshold VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $20M checksUnion Square Ventures (USV)New York City · $1M – $8M checksUS Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $10M checksWinklevoss CapitalNew York · $100K – $5M checksWonder VenturesLos Angeles · $100K – $1.5M checks

Co-founders at Twilio

JLJeff Lawson
Jeff LawsonCo-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
EC
Evan CookeDirector
JWJohn Wolthuis
John Wolthuis

Experience

  1. AvalaraEVP, Chief Legal Officer2025 — 2026Washington, DC
  2. IcertisBoard Member, Compensation Committee Member2021 — 2024Seattle, Washington, United States
  3. SnykChief Legal Officer2022Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  4. Twilio Inc.General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary2014 — 2022San Francisco
  5. BSA | The Software AllianceBoard Member2019 — 2021Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  6. USTelecom | The Broadband AssociationBoard Member2019 — 2021Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  7. Peek KidsChief Operating Officer and General Counsel2013 — 2014San Francisco, CA
  8. Meltwater GroupGeneral Counsel2013San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Zynga Inc.Vice President and Deputy General Counsel2009 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
  10. Montgomery Pacific Law GroupFounder and Principal2006 — 2009San Francisco, CA
  11. Finaplex, Inc.Vice President and General Counsel2004 — 2007San Francisco, CA
  12. Cooley Godward LLPPartner1992 — 2002
  13. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & RosatiAssociate1991 — 1992Palo Alto, California

Skills & more

Corporate GovernanceMergersSecuritiesSecurities RegulationBoard GovernancePublic Company ComplianceVenture FinancingLicensingTeam LeadershipLeadership DevelopmentIPOSarbanes-Oxley
+12 moreRisk ManagementMergers & AcquisitionsVenture CapitalSEC filingsJoint VenturesIntellectual PropertyCorporate LawM&A experienceLitigationLegal AdvicePrivacy LawStrategy

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Karyn Smith?
Executive Officer at Twilio
Where does Karyn Smith work?
Karyn Smith is Executive at Twilio.
Where did Karyn Smith go to school?
Karyn Smith studied at Santa Clara University School of Law (JD, Law); University of Missouri-Columbia (B.J., Journalism); Piedmont High School.

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Also attended Santa Clara University School of Law44

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Also attended University of Missouri-Columbia151

Dea SurjadiSpecial Advisor at Golden Gate VenturesTed CarstensenPlatform Team Manager at HeavybitJacob DeHardtManager, Fund Accounting at Sapphire VenturesAnna OglodzinskaExecutive Assistant at Sapphire VenturesChris KraeuterHead of Communications at ParadigmJeff SturmanExecutive Venture Partner at Caduceus Capital Partners

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Also attended Piedmont High School4

Marie St. ClaireTalent Director at Mainsail PartnersKevin DavisInvestor at Santa Barbara Venture PartnersAlec OpdykeBusiness Development Manager at UC Berkeley SkydeckBrian S. AndersonExecutive Officer at Cachet Financial Solutions

Shared employers

Also worked at Snyk47

Tamar YehoshuaInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Ken FoxPartner at StripesBryan GertzogPartner at StripesMax ZangInvestor at AudaciousMatt CarbonaraInvestor at Mayfield FundEd SimFounder and General Partner at boldstart ventures

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Also worked at USTelecom | The Broadband Association1

Piers WellsFounder at Energy Foundry

Also worked at Meltwater Group26

Jorn LyseggenFounder of MEST and Founder & Executive Chairman of Meltwater at Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST)Greg CoussaStrategic Director at Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST)Chima OsukaEntrepreneur In Residence at Suncoast VenturesErik LangakerInvestor at Cambridge Innovation CapitalNathan PercyInvestor Relations Manager at Spring Angels CapitalSiobhán O'ReillyCatalyst Venture Partner at Earlybird DWES Management GmbH & Co. KG

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Also worked at Zynga Inc.116

Nabeel HyattInvestor helping founders and working on AI that enables human creativity and agencyMasoud AdinaHead of Compliance at GreycroftVlad LoktevInvestor at Index VenturesEmily MoskowitzEntrepreneur in Residence at Storm VenturesLinus LiangFounder and Managing Partner at Kyber Knight CapitalNiha GottiparthyInvestor at EMERGENT VENTURES

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