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Michelle McHargue

Partner at Costanoa Ventures | | Talent & People | Helping Early Stage Companies Scale

San Francisco, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $2,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $3,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2018

    In my role, I’m focused on providing people and talent strategy for finding, hiring, and retaining the best talent for our companies. We back tenacious and thoughtful founders who change how business gets done. The firm's investments include companies such as Alation, Demandbase, Quizlet, Lively, Highnote, and AppOmni. For more information, visit http://www.costanoavc.com.

2018 - 2024

  • Advisor

    2018 - 2024

    ModelExpand is an Inclusive Workplace Strategy firm helping companies secure top talent from diverse backgrounds.

2015 - 2018

  • Talent Partner

    2015 - 2018

    I head up Talent at Cowboy Ventures. I work closely with our portfolio companies on their recruiting, team building, coaching, executive leadership, retention, onboarding and talent development efforts to help them achieve outstanding outcomes. Cowboy Ventures is a seed-stage focused fund. We seek to back exceptional founders who are building products that “re-imagine” work and personal life in large and growing markets. Current portfolio includes : Brandless , Vic.Ai, Area1 Security,August,Dollar Shave Club,Philz Coffee,StyleSeat,Product Hunt,Spruce,DocSend, Brit+Co,Mightbell, Brickwork, Lightstep, Massdrop,MEMEBOX,LendingHome,HeartWork,Accompany ,nuOrder,The League http://cowboy.vc/

2014 - 2014

  • Talent Acquisition

    2014 - 2014

2009 - 2014

  • Sr. Talent Acquisition Manager

    2013 - 2014

    - Homepage and Verticals

  • Talent Acquisition

    2009 - 2014

    Senior Recruiter supporting Yahoo's Front End Engineering teams.

  • Talent- Product Marketing & Product Management

    2009 - 2011

    Source and recruit for Product Management, Product Marketing and UED talent for all Yahoo Business Units.

2007 - 2008

  • Sr. Corporate Recruiter-Connected Life

    2007 - 2008

    Source and Recruit talent for Yahoo's mobile division.

2004 - 2007

  • Sr.Corporate Marketing Recruiter

    2004 - 2007

2002 - 2004

  • Advertising/ Sales Recruiter

    2002 - 2004

2000 - 2002

  • Technical Recruiter

    2000 - 2002