Palak Goel
InvestorInvestor at Madrona Venture Group
Seattle, Washington
Writes $500K – $10M checks · typically $5M
Experience
- AltimeterInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Madrona Venture GroupInvestor2022 — 2024Seattle, Washington, United States
- MicrosoftAI Product Manager2019 — 2022Bellevue, Washington, United States
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA
- Brown UniversityBachelor of Science (B.A.), Computer Science and Economics
- Mission San Jose High School
Colleagues at Madrona Venture Group
Alexandra Estep
Controller at Madrona Venture Group
Alison McCulloch
Executive Assistant at Madrona Venture Group
Alli Sherwin
Executive Assistant at Madrona Venture Group
An Cayas
Executive Assistant at Madrona Venture Group
Andrew Leary
IT Support Engineer at Madrona Venture Group
Anna Baird
Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group
Anna Chen
Investor at Madrona Venture Group
Anna Schmitz
Receptionist at Madrona Venture Group
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Palak Goel?
- Investor at Madrona Venture Group
- Where does Palak Goel work?
- Palak Goel is Investor at Madrona Venture Group.
- What check size does Palak Goel write?
- Palak Goel typically writes checks of $500K – $10M.
- Where did Palak Goel go to school?
- Palak Goel studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Brown University (Bachelor of Science (B.A.), Computer Science and Economics); Mission San Jose High School.
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