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.
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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
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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Colleagues at NFX
Anastasia Budinskaya
Investor at NFX
Anna Piñol
Investor at NFX
Chris Travers
Chief Operating Officer at NFX
Chris Travers
Founding Partner at Red Swan Ventures
Christopher Ruiz Chiu
Head of Product at NFX
Daniel Museles
Investor at NFX
Davis Doherty
General Counsel at NFX
Emily Leproust
CEO, Twist Bioscience & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Valerie Osband Mahoney?
- 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.
- Where does Valerie Osband Mahoney work?
- Valerie Osband Mahoney is Principal at NFX.
- Where did Valerie Osband Mahoney go to school?
- Valerie Osband Mahoney studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MBA); Knight-Hennessy Scholars (MBA & MPP); Stanford University (Master of Public Policy (MPP)).
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Also attended Knight-Hennessy Scholars3
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Shared employers
Also worked at Cash App11
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Also worked at SumUp29
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Also worked at Funding Circle UK9
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Also worked at Macquarie Group175
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