About
Parker Mitchell is the founder and CEO of Valence, a company developing an AI-powered leadership coaching tool designed to provide personalized support to managers and employees at scale. He has received two honorary doctorates and two Top 40 Under 40 awards.
Founder & CEO at Valence
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Valence's investors · 9
Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checks · since 2025Differential VenturesNew York · $250K – $3M checksHigh AlphaIndianapolisLong Journey VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checksPruVen Capital PartnersLos Altos · $100K – $10M checksResolute VenturesSan Francisco · $1M checksSemperVirens Venture CapitalSan MateoThe FundAustin · $50K – $250K checksWillowTree VenturesRye
Experience
- ValenceCEOcurrent2018 — presentGreater New York City Area
- Bridgewater AssociatesSenior Management Associate - Office of the co-CEO2014 — 2016
- Significance LabsCofounder2013 — 2014Greater New York City Area
- Around the WorldSabbatical2012 — 201338,000 miles by bus, train and car
- Engineers Without Borders CanadaCo-Founder & Co-CEO2001 — 2011Toronto
- McKinsey & CompanyConsultant2001 — 2003Montreal
Skills & more
Business Strategy13Management Consulting9International Development24Strategic Planning12Public Speaking8Program Management14Leadership Development8Change Management2Business Development3Coaching7Strategy23Sustainable Development2
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Product DevelopmentStart-upsProduct ManagementLeadershipEntrepreneurshipSocial EntrepreneurshipLanguages French · Portuguese
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Parker Mitchell?
- Parker Mitchell is the founder and CEO of Valence, a company developing an AI-powered leadership coaching tool designed to provide personalized support to managers and employees at scale. He has received two honorary doctorates and two Top 40 Under 40 awards.
- Where does Parker Mitchell work?
- Parker Mitchell is Founder & CEO of Valence.
- What companies did Parker Mitchell found?
- Parker Mitchell founded Valence.
- Where did Parker Mitchell go to school?
- Parker Mitchell studied at University of Waterloo (Honorary Doctorate, Engineering); Queen's University (Honorary Doctorate, Engineering); University of Cambridge (Master's degree, Development Economics).
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Also attended Queen's University226
Steph TryphonasCo-founder of Collaborative RoboticsHark AhluwaliaAssociate at RevolutionSydney SloanChief Marketing Officer at Scale Venture PartnersZeya YangInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Curtis UrbanowiczInvestment at Makers FundSanjiv KalevarPartner at Mucker Capital
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Also attended University of Cambridge893
Stewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrDemis HassabisCo-founder & CEO of Google DeepMindNiko BonatsosVerdict Capital founder and pre-consensus investor formerly at General CatalystGeorgia StevensonInvestor at Index VenturesHannah SealInvestor at Index VenturesLeah von SiemensPartner at Manta Ray Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Valence3
Also worked at Bridgewater Associates116
Max NovendsternCo-founder of Tools for Humanity; founder of ManaCoen ArmstrongInvestor at Spark CapitalJared FriedmanYC Group PartnerAnkit GuptaGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorMark LurieVenture Partner at FJ LabsNicole FraenkelInvestor at Khosla Ventures
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Also worked at Around the World4
Also worked at Engineers Without Borders Canada10
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