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Nate Mitchell

Investor

Managing Director at Teachers' Venture Growth

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

About

Nate Mitchell is Chief Product Officer at Sesame, where he leads product development for a conversational AI and eyewear platform. He previously co-founded Oculus and held a role at Mountaintop.

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Experience

  1. SesameChief Product Officercurrent2025 — present
  2. Mountaintop StudiosCEO & Co-founder2020 — 2025
  3. FacebookHead of Product for VR2018 — 2019Menlo Park, CA
  4. OculusCo-founder, Head of Rift2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  5. OculusCo-founder, VP Product2012 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  6. GaikaiSenior Product Developer2012Aliso Viejo, CA
  7. AutodeskSenior Software Engineer2011 — 2012Greenbelt, MD
  8. ScaleformSoftware Support Engineer2009 — 2011Greenbelt, MD

Education

  1. Dickinson CollegeB.S., Computer Science

Skills & more

Software EngineeringProduct DevelopmentPerforceGame DevelopmentC++JavaVideo GamesCSoftware DevelopmentUser InterfaceVisual StudioObjective-C
+7 moreXbox 360XMLPerliOS developmentObject Oriented DesignMultithreadingSoftware Design

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Same school

Also attended Dickinson College18

Sam SilversheinVice President at Alpha PartnersDario VasquezProgram Manager at The Innovation SpaceElizabeth KalarisPrincipal, Head of Talent at StripesJonathan KarlsonSenior Associate - US Team at Founders FutureDaniel RoditiManaging Partner at Meron CapitalDave WechslerPrincipal at OMERS Ventures

+ 12 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Sesame4

Logan BartlettManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesSanto PolitiInvestor at Spark CapitalAntonio RodriguezPartner at Matrix PartnersDavid CahnGeneral Partner and COO of Venture at Sequoia Capital

Also worked at Facebook273

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundChamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKenneth ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystIsabelle StyslingerSenior Associate, Rise of the Rest at Revolution

+ 267 more

Also worked at Oculus8

Santo PolitiInvestor at Spark CapitalANNA SWEETInvestor at Makers FundJulie WilleyInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsAntonio RodriguezPartner at Matrix PartnersKobie FullerGeneral Partner at Upfront VenturesMichael AntonovInvestor at Formic Ventures

+ 2 more

Also worked at Gaikai17

GARRY HILLInvestment at Makers FundAlex GaoEngineer at Pear VCChika NakasuExecutive Manager at Playground GlobalRyan LongfieldPresident, PolyAI at Stage 2 CapitalAndrew GaultFounding Partner at 7percent VenturesMatias SerebrinskyGeneral Partner and Co-Founder at PsyMed Ventures

+ 11 more

Colleagues at Teachers' Venture Growth

Amaury Vangrevelynghe
Principal at Teachers' Venture Growth
Amy Covey
Senior Advisor at Teachers' Venture Growth
Anthony Ahwai-Chang
Analyst at Teachers' Venture Growth
Ara Yeromian
Managing Director at Teachers' Venture Growth
Avid Larizadeh Duggan
Senior Managing Director (EMEA) at Teachers' Venture Growth
Bill Stasior
Senior Advisor at Teachers' Venture Growth
Bonnie Hyun
Senior Advisor at Teachers' Venture Growth
Brad Leufkens
Managing Director at Teachers' Venture Growth

Network3

Andrew SheppardScout
Managing Director at TRANSCEND
Dennis FongScout
Venture Partner at Bitkraft Esports Ventures
Diana Kimball BerlinScout
Partner at Matrix

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