About
Valerie Osband Mahoney is a Principal at NFX with a background as an operator across multiple stages of company growth. Before investing, she held product roles on three continents, including leading product teams for technical infrastructure, commerce, and growth at Cash App in the US, serving as an early employee at Funding Circle through its IPO in the UK, and building new product verticals at SumUp in Brazil.
Experience
- NFXPrincipalcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Outpost VenturesVP2022 — 2024
- Cash AppProduct2021 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- SumUpProduct2019 — 2020São Paulo, Brazil
- Funding Circle UKProduct, Strategy & Capital Markets2015 — 2019London Area, United Kingdom
- Macquarie GroupQuant Trading & Capital Markets2013 — 2015London, United Kingdom
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA
- Knight-Hennessy ScholarsMBA & MPP
- Stanford UniversityMaster of Public Policy (MPP)
- Imperial College LondonBachelor of Engineering (BEng), Materials Science and Engineering
Skills & more
R1Tableau1Microsoft Excel7VBA1MATLAB1Matlab3Data Analysis1Financial Structuring1Cash Flow ForecastingEngineering2Fixed Income2Public Speaking4
- CF30 — Financial Conduct Authority
- Regulations, Derivatives — The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (The CISI)
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Same school
Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,187
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
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Also attended Knight-Hennessy Scholars2
Also attended Stanford University1,726
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Cash App8
Dustin MoringInvestor at MischiefJames LoftusManaging Partner at PayPal VenturesAlexa DavisPartner at Dorm RoomCatherine FerdonAngel at First Round CapitalCatherine JueFounder/CTO at Sway FinanceAaron NgFounder/CEO at Hyper Online
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Also worked at SumUp24
Ren RileyAdvisor at Oak Investment PartnersRupert KeeleyFormer PayPal Europe CEO at Team8Tracy McWilliamsChief Executive Officer at Inspire Global VenturesJack SelbySenior Advisor, Thiel Capital & AZ-VC at WYO VCSaulo TristaoInvestor at FEBE VenturesTiciano VieiraInvestor at FEBE Ventures
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Also worked at Funding Circle UK4
Also worked at Macquarie Group152
Clare McCartney BeerCOO & Managing Director at Burda Principal InvestmentsKim RobertsonFinancial Manager at 4Di CapitalSara McMunnOperating Partner at Keen Venture PartnersMichael DavisAssociate at Questa CapitalDaphne ZhaoDirector - APAC at Type One VenturesBryan ChowInvestor at Side Door Ventures
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