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Leila Madrone

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Executive Vice President, New Founder Pathways at Activate Fellowship · Founder/CEO at Sunfolding

Oakland, California, United States

FoundedActivate FellowshipSunfolding · YC

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About

Leila Madrone is Executive Vice President at Activate. She has over a decade of leadership experience as an executive and entrepreneur working on hardware development in the energy sector, and holds a background in computer science and engineering from MIT with a focus on robotics.

Executive Vice President, New Founder Pathways at Activate Fellowship

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In turn, Leila can intro founders to Activate Fellowship's investors below.

Activate Fellowship's investors · 3

Autodesk FoundationSan FranciscoEcho River CapitalMarin County · $10K – $250K checksGrantham FoundationBoston

Founder/CEO at SunfoldingYC S17

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Leila went through Y Combinator (Summer 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Leila can intro founders to Sunfolding's investors below.

Sunfolding's investors · 4

HCVCParis · $100K – $1M checksKleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2019OtherSan Francisco · since 2022Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2017

Experience

  1. ActivateExecutive Vice Presidentcurrent2025 — presentBerkeley, California, United States
  2. ActivateExecutive in Residence2024 — 2025Berkeley, California, United States
  3. SunfoldingFounder and CTO2017 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  4. SunfoldingFounder and CEO2012 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  5. OtherlabSolar Innovation Lead2011 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
  6. GreenVoltsSenior Product Engineer2008 — 2011
  7. NASA Ames Research CenterLead Engineer, Intelligent Robotics Group2006 — 2008
  8. BiotroveLead Engineer2001 — 2005

Skills & more

PolymersObjectives and Key Results (OKRs)Grant WritingBusiness StrategyEarly-Stage StartupsStart-up VenturesProduct ManagementStartupsBoard of DirectorsEntrepreneurshipFundraisingTeam Leadership
+12 moreRoboticsElectronicsElectrical EngineeringEmbedded SystemsSensorsEngineeringFirmwareSimulationsInstrumentationManufacturingSolar EnergyMatlab

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Who is Leila Madrone?
Leila Madrone is Executive Vice President at Activate. She has over a decade of leadership experience as an executive and entrepreneur working on hardware development in the energy sector, and holds a background in computer science and engineering from MIT with a focus on robotics.
Where does Leila Madrone work?
Leila Madrone is Executive Vice President, New Founder Pathways of Activate Fellowship and Founder/CEO at Sunfolding.
What companies did Leila Madrone found?
Leila Madrone founded Activate Fellowship, Sunfolding.
Where did Leila Madrone go to school?
Leila Madrone studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S. and M.Eng, Electrical Engineering).

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