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Katie Passalacqua

Investor

Finance team at EMERGENT VENTURES

San Mateo, California, United States

About

Katie Passalacqua joined Emergent's Finance team in September 2025, after 20 years at InterWest Partners overseeing cash management and financial accounting for limited and general partnerships. She previously worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers leading financial statement audits for venture capital clients. She is a licensed CPA and holds a B.A. in Business Economics with an accounting emphasis from UC Santa Barbara.

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Experience

  1. Emergent VenturesHead of Financecurrent2025 — present
  2. Field MiddleBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentBelmont, California, United States
  3. InterWest PartnersControllercurrent2015 — present
  4. InterWest PartnersAssistant Controller2005 — 2015
  5. Pear VCInterim Controller2024 — 2026Menlo Park, California, United States
  6. Petrinovich Pugh and CompanySenior Associate2004 — 2005
  7. PricewaterhouseCoopersSenior Associate2001 — 2004

Education

  1. UC Santa Barbara
  2. Petaluma High School

Skills & more

PowerPoint1Microsoft Office1Venture Capital2Partnerships1US GAAP1Accounting1Financial Accounting2Financial Reporting2Investor Relations1Investor Reporting1Project Management2Mergers & Acquisitions1
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Same school

Also attended UC Santa Barbara170

Arturo LitvinHead of Global Portfolio Development at Intel CapitalKevin ThauInvestor at Spark CapitalErica DelamareInvestor at DaphniTiffany ChandraVice President, Head of Talent Network at Sapphire VenturesStephanie DuranInvestor at True VenturesLouis BernemanFounding Partner at Osage University Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at InterWest Partners9

Drew HarmanVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalAmanda MaestriHead of Investor Relations at Reach CapitalMichelle SnyderPartner, Venture at McKesson VenturesDoug Fisher, MDPartner at Revelation PartnersKeval DesaiFounder & Partner at SHAKTINina KjellsonInvestor at Canaan Partners

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Also worked at Pear VC48

Arpan ShahInvestor at Spark CapitalPriscilla RussoAssociate at Redpoint VenturesPatrickBiotech Investment Lead at Hummingbird VenturesAli KashaniVenture Partner at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcKristin BeachCFO at Theory VenturesAnand IyerInvestor and founder in San Francisco

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Also worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers906

David PhuController at Felicis VenturesTianen LiangTax Controller at Felicis VenturesJanet WolpertInvestor at Index VenturesAryo TehranianManaging Director at Mayfair Equity PartnersAne Tolnes HaugdalInvestor at InvestinorEgilInvestor at Investinor

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Managing Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES
Anshul Sadana
CEO, Nexthop AI at EMERGENT VENTURES
Anupam Rastogi
Managing Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES
Emrecan Dogan
VP of Tech & Platform, Glean at EMERGENT VENTURES
Indra Singhal
Operating Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES
Lukas Gentele
CEO, vCluster at EMERGENT VENTURES
Marc Manara
Head of Startups, OpenAI at EMERGENT VENTURES
Niha Gottiparthy
Investor at EMERGENT VENTURES