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Kathleen Estreich

Investing in early stage startups at Pear VC

Los Altos, California

VC
Investor
Angel

Invests in

Stages:

Series A
Seed

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $300,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $200,000.00

Skills

Social Media Marketing
Social Networking
Social Media
Facebook
Corporate Communications
Marketing
Recruiting
Digital Marketing
Strategic Partnerships
Start-ups
Analytics
SaaS
Strategy
Product Management
Public Relations
Management
Business Development

Education

Investments

Plain.

Seed

Total Funding: $6M

OpsLevel

Series A

Total Funding: $20M

Pulley

Series A

Total Funding: $54M

Work Experience

Pear VC

2024

  • Partner

    2024

MKT1

2020

  • Managing Partner / Cofounder @ MKT1

    2021

    Through MKT1 Capital, we aim to make it easier for marketing angels to invest, and easier for founders to get value-add marketing operators on their cap table.

  • Co-Founder / Marketing Advisor

    2020 - 2024

    MKT1 helps SaaS founders and marketers drive growth. We advise startups on go-to-market strategy and mentor early-stage marketers through our leadership programs.

First Round Capital

2021 - 2021

  • Angel Track

    2021 - 2021

    Angel Track cohort 8.

Scalyr (acquired by SentinelOne)

2017 - 2019

  • VP of Marketing & Operations

    2017 - 2019

    As part of the executive team, I built and led the Marketing, HR, Recruiting, Finance, Legal and Business Operations functions as the company scaled from seed stage to post Series A.

Intercom

2015 - 2016

  • Director, Chief of Staff

    2015 - 2016

    I worked across the organization to lead and drive strategic projects and company operations. Key projects included leading the roll out of a new company goals process, aligning functional goals and cross functional initiatives and leading the day to day of the leadership team's operations and communication. I led and managed the Recruiting, Customer Support and People Operations teams.

Box

2013 - 2015

  • Senior Manager, Platform Marketing & Programs

    2013 - 2015

    Led the Platform Business team including platform marketing, developer programs and partnerships. Created and led Box Dev, Box's first stand alone developer conference, with over 1,000 developers. Managed several programs and partnerships to engage the developer ecosystem and attract more devs to build on the Box Platform. Launched new platform products including Box View, Box Metadata and Box Developer Edition.

Facebook

2007 - 2013

  • Marketing Manager

    2007 - 2013

    Worked across various teams within marketing including Corporate Communications, Platform Marketing and Recruiting Programs Marketing. Led the team that managed all marketing efforts for recruiting, including messaging, employment branding and events for the 250+ recruiters around the world. Led co-marketing efforts with various partners, including Skype, Bing, Pinterest, Spotify and others. Managed communications strategy and execution for various launches around engineering, open source projects, corporate initiatives, user growth and infrastructure.