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Katie Sarro

Investor

Head of Global Marketing at Flourish Ventures

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Katie Sarro is Head of Global Marketing at Flourish Ventures, supporting investment teams across the U.S., Africa, India, Latin America, and Southeast Asia and advising the firm's fintech portfolio companies on branding, storytelling, media relations, and communications. She previously led marketing and research at Kauffman Fellows, served as Managing Director of MEST in Africa, and led marketing at the 88mph accelerator. She was also a Partner at Silicon Foundry, an advisory firm connecting large corporations and governments with early-stage companies.

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Invests in

Fintech

Experience

  1. Flourish VenturesHead of Global Marketingcurrent2024 — present
  2. Kauffman FellowsHead of Marketing and Research2024
  3. Kauffman FellowsSenior Director of Brand and Communications2023 — 2024
  4. Kauffman FellowsDirector of Content and Communications2021 — 2023
  5. Silicon FoundryPartner, Brand & Communications2018 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
  6. TechCrunchConsultant, Startup Battlefield2018 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
  7. MEST AfricaManaging Director2016 — 2018Sub-Saharan Africa
  8. MEST AfricaDirector of Business Development2014 — 2016Sub-Saharan Africa
  9. 88mph.acHead of Marketing, Brand, and Community2012 — 2014City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  10. FleishmanHillardSenior Brand Strategist2010 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
  11. MSLGROUPAccount Associate2009 — 2010San Francisco Bay Area

Education

  1. California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoBachelor of Science - BS, Journalism

Skills & more

Social Media62Press Releases26Advertising15Public Relations53Media Relations59Internal Communications11Content Strategy8Product Marketing2Event Planning4Digital Marketing9Marketing39Marketing Communications16
+12 moreBrand DevelopmentStrategic CommunicationsStart-upsBrand ManagementNew MediaEarly-stage StartupsVenture CapitalSocial EntrepreneurshipSub-Saharan AfricaStrategyPublic SpeakingManagement

From Katie's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo57

Brent FellowsVice President, Finance and Tax at Menlo VenturesMax DavisSenior Accountant at HeavybitElizabeth PattersonOperating Partner at Sapphire VenturesRyan AzusFormer Chief Revenue Officer at Zoom Video Communications at Scale Venture PartnersJules GsellInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)David GorceyVenture Partner at Rackhouse Venture Management Lp

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Shared employers

Also worked at Kauffman Fellows360

Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaTobi CokerDeal Partner at Felicis VenturesRoi Bar-KatManaging Director at Intel CapitalAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalNick WashburnSenior Managing Director, Intel Capital (North America)Vinnie LauriaFounding Partner at Golden Gate Ventures

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Also worked at Silicon Foundry7

Isabelle StyslingerSenior Associate, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionAnne GheriniChief Marketing Officer at Sierra VenturesScott StanfordCo-Founder and Partner at ACME CapitalMiguel ParedesAI Fund Fellow at AI FundLiz KeenVenture Partner at ACME CapitalLudovic UlrichPartner at FirsthandVC

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Also worked at MEST Africa3

El Hadji Sembene NdoyeDigital Booster at GreenTec Capital PartnersCandice HampsonNon-Executive Director at ResonanceAblorde AshigbiGeneral Partner at LongJump Ventures

Also worked at 88mph.ac1

Dan BowyerPartner at SuperSeed

Colleagues at Flourish Ventures

Ameya Upadhyay
General Partner at Flourish Ventures
Arjuna Costa
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Flourish Ventures
Audrey Marrache
Corporate Paralegal at Flourish Ventures
Charlee Brady
People Operations Manager at Flourish Ventures
Crystal Sun
Analyst at Flourish Ventures
Daniel Gorfine
Advisor at Flourish Ventures
Diana Narváez
Principal at Flourish Ventures
Efayomi Carr
Investment Partner at Flourish Ventures