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Lauren Ipsen

Investor

Talent Partner at Decibel Partners

Bay Area

About

Lauren Ipsen is the Talent Partner at Decibel, where she helps technical founders recruit early-stage product and engineering talent. She previously worked as an executive recruiter at Daversa Partners, serving high-growth startups including Airbnb, Canva, Discord, Snap, and Twitter, and most recently was a talent partner at General Catalyst focused on seed-stage companies. Her career began in broadcast journalism.

Experience

  1. Decibel PartnersTalent Partnercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. General CatalystTalent Partner2022 — 2024
  3. IRLHead of Talent2021 — 2022
  4. Daversa PartnersExecutive Recruiter2017 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area

Education

  1. California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoBachelor's degree, Broadcast Journalism
  2. Carondelet High School

Skills & more

PowerPoint10Microsoft Office13Microsoft Word10Microsoft Excel12Customer Service11Social Media16Social Networking7Event Planning8Research6Time Management8Marketing8Leadership17
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From Lauren's professional profile.

Colleagues at Decibel Partners

Alessio Fanelli
Partner at Decibel Partners
Amy Chang
Founder, Accompany at Decibel Partners
Andrew Peterson
Founder, Signal Sciences at Decibel Partners
Bhaskar Sunkara
Founder, AppDynamics at Decibel Partners
Dan Nguyen-Huu
Partner at Decibel Partners
Dug Song
Founder, Duo Security at Decibel Partners
Jess Leão
Partner at Decibel Partners
Jon Oberheide
Founder, Duo Security at Decibel Partners

Frequently asked questions

Where does Lauren Ipsen work?
Lauren Ipsen is Talent Partner at Decibel Partners.

Same school

Also attended California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo88

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Shared employers

Also worked at General Catalyst102

Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter Capital; architect of Invest America; BG2 co-hostHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Alexis AbramsPartner, General Counsel at Felicis VenturesAdam ValkinInvestment Team at General CatalystAlex TranInvestment Team at General Catalyst

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Also worked at Daversa Partners15

Charlotte HowardInvestor at Index VenturesKandace ElamVice President of GTM Talent at Menlo VenturesAndie ParedesTalent Network at Redpoint VenturesDiana ReyesInvestor at Khosla VenturesMichelle GarlandPartner & CEO at Soul Search at AlleyCorpLeah ScanlanPartner, Talent at Oak HC/FT

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