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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.
Experience
- Emergent VenturesHead of Financecurrent2025 — present
- Field MiddleBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentBelmont, California, United States
- InterWest PartnersControllercurrent2015 — present
- InterWest PartnersAssistant Controller2005 — 2015
- Pear VCInterim Controller2024 — 2026Menlo Park, California, United States
- Petrinovich Pugh and CompanySenior Associate2004 — 2005
- PricewaterhouseCoopersSenior Associate2001 — 2004
Skills & more
PowerPoint1Microsoft Office1Venture Capital2Partnerships1US GAAP1Accounting1Financial Accounting2Financial Reporting2Investor Relations1Investor Reporting1Project Management2Mergers & Acquisitions1
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Strategic PartnershipsFinancial AnalysisStart-upsFrom Katie's professional profile.
Colleagues at EMERGENT VENTURES
Ankur Jain
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
Lukas Gentele
CEO, vCluster at EMERGENT VENTURES
Marc Manara
Head of Startups, OpenAI at EMERGENT VENTURES
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Niha Gottiparthy
Investor at EMERGENT VENTURES
Pankaj Garg
Corporate Vice President, Microsoft at EMERGENT VENTURES
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Katie Passalacqua?
- 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.
- Where does Katie Passalacqua work?
- Katie Passalacqua is Finance team at EMERGENT VENTURES.
- Where did Katie Passalacqua go to school?
- Katie Passalacqua studied at UC Santa Barbara; Petaluma High School.
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