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Laurie Tennant

Investor

Principal at Menlo Ventures · Principal, People Advisory at Norwest Venture Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

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About

Laurie Tennant serves on Norwest's People Advisory team, supporting portfolio companies on people operations and culture.

Experience

  1. Menlo VenturesPrincipalcurrent2024 — present
  2. AxiomBoard Observercurrent2026 — present
  3. SunoLead Investorcurrent2025 — present
  4. Nectar SocialBoard Observercurrent2026 — present
  5. Qualified HealthInvestorcurrent2026 — present
  6. GraphiteInvestorcurrent2025 — present
  7. MedraInvestorcurrent2025 — present
  8. AltaBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
  9. DelphiInvestorcurrent2025 — present
  10. MontageCo-Founder2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  11. NFXVenture Fellow2020 — 2022Palo Alto, California, United States
  12. launch houseVenture Partner | Director of Programming2022New York, New York, United States
  13. Bain Capital VenturesInvestor2021San Francisco Bay Area
  14. White House Presidential Innovation FellowsWhite House Presidential Innovation Fellow - U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs (GS-15)2019 — 2020Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  15. MetaProduct Manager2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  16. MicrosoftProduct Manager2014 — 2018Redmond, WA
  17. Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard UniversityResearch Partner2011
  18. UCLA Neurobiology - Center for the Study of Parkinson's DiseaseResearch Assistant2010Los Angeles, California, United States

Skills & more

Research18Public Speaking24Leadership18Leadership Development6Event Planning11Statistics5Social Media Marketing5Community Outreach8PowerPoint6Spanish3Corporate Communications5Editing4
+12 moreMicrosoft WordData AnalysisEntrepreneurshipQualitative ResearchMicrosoft OfficeNonprofitsSocial MediaFacebookPhotoshopMicrosoft ExcelJavaTeaching

Languages Chinese · English · Italian · Spanish

  • Certified ScrumMaster — Scrum Alliance

From Laurie's professional profile.

Colleagues at Menlo Ventures

Amy Wu
General Partner at Menlo Ventures
Amy Wu Martin
Partner at Menlo Ventures
Andrew Hsu
Founder at Speak
Brent Fellows
Vice President, Finance and Tax at Menlo Ventures
Bryan Eglan
Director of Business Development at Menlo Ventures
C.C. Gong
Principal at Menlo Ventures
Carolan Shawn
General Partner at Menlo Ventures
Claire Palmer
Director of Investor Relations at Menlo Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Laurie Tennant?
Laurie Tennant serves on Norwest's People Advisory team, supporting portfolio companies on people operations and culture.
Where does Laurie Tennant work?
Laurie Tennant is Principal at Menlo Ventures.
Where did Laurie Tennant go to school?
Laurie Tennant studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)); Troy High School.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business2,000

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewScott SandellExecutive Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at NEA

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Also attended Harvard University2,000

Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG

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Also attended Troy High School6

Tanya JomaaAssociate at Redpoint VenturesStacey StreetAnalyst at Glencrest GroupAditya MahnaFounder at CostreamAyush MahnaCo-Founder at CostreamC.C. GongPrincipal at Menlo VenturesWilliam ChuehDirector, Co-Founder, and Chief Scientific Advisor at Mitra Chem

Also attended Oxford Academy3

Michelle ChoyIntern at University Growth FundArvind VivekanandanScout at LvlUp VenturesC.C. GongPrincipal at Menlo Ventures

Shared employers

Also worked at Axiom10

Marcie VuPartner at GreycroftNick FitzInvestor at Juniper Ventures Management, LlcIda GirmaPrincipal at B4 CapitalCalvin ChinManaging Partner at E14 FundHabib HaddadManaging Partner at The E14 FundC.C. GongPrincipal at Menlo Ventures

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Also worked at Qualified Health10

Akanksha MehtaInvestor at TRANSFORMATION CAPITALNick MarkInvestor at EPIC VENTURESSimon WuPartner at Cathay InnovationNirav ShahAdvisor at Informed Ventures Advisors, LlcC.C. GongPrincipal at Menlo VenturesJustin NordenFounder & CEO at Qualified Health

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Also worked at Bain Capital Ventures84

Mark FiorentinoInvestor at Index VenturesRyan HrabakInvestor at LightbankMatan RoetAssociate at Redpoint VenturesJason MorrisVice President, Investor Relations at Sapphire VenturesMatt HarrisInvestor at Bain Capital VenturesMerritt HummerInvestor at Bain Capital Ventures

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Also worked at White House Presidential Innovation Fellows7

Arunan SkandarajahExecutives in Residence at GENERAL INCEPTIONMichael A. BrownPartner at Shield CapitalDaniel AlvarezData Science Lead at UNICEF Innovation FundMarty RingleinChapter Director, New York at Startup HavenAndrew StroupAngel investorJason ShenFounder at Ridejoy

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