Adriana Gadala-Maria

Senior Associate

2023

Founded by 4th generation venture capitalist Jesse Draper, Halogen Ventures invests in early-stage, women-founded companies with groundbreaking technologies in the consumer space. Investments include The Skimm, The Flex Company, Hop Skip Drive, WeeCare, Senreve, Live Tinted, ThisisL. (acquired by P&G), Squad (acquired by Twitter), Eloquii (acquired by Walmart), etc. Learn more and check out our portfolio companies at https://halogenvc.com/

Managing Partner

2021 - 2022

Investment Partner

2020 - 2021

Dorm Room Fund (DRF) is the best way for student founders to grow their startup. Built by students and powered by First Round, DRF provides founders with a strong network of investors, world-class mentors, and a $40,000 check. Dorm Room Fund has invested in 300+ student run startups who've raised $1B+ in follow-on capital from industry leading investors like GV, Sequoia, and YC.

MBA Investment Associate

2021 - 2021

Bessemer Venture Partners helps entrepreneurs lay strong foundations to build and forge long-standing companies. With more than 135 IPOs and 200 portfolio companies in the enterprise, consumer and healthcare spaces, Bessemer supports founders and CEOs from their early days through every stage of growth. Bessemer’s global portfolio includes Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, Yelp, LinkedIn, PagerDuty, DocuSign, Wix, Fiverr and Toast and has $9 billion of capital under management. Bessemer has teams of investors and partners located in Tel Aviv, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, New York, London, Boston, Beijing and Bangalore.

MBA Investment Associate

2021 - 2021

Glynn Capital Management is focused on investments in leading private and public technology growth companies. We seek to be long-term investors in a limited number of excellent companies with world-class management teams, sustainable business models, and long-term growth potential.

MBA Investment Associate

2021 - 2021

Anorak Ventures is a seed-stage venture firm based in San Francisco. We invest early and dilute alongside founders, helping find smart capital for every stage of company growth. To date, 50 investments have been made with $450M raised in follow on funding resulting in an aggregate portfolio market capitalization of $2.8B.

Venture Associate

2020 - 2021

CAV Angels is an angel investing organization that provides funding and education on investment in private, early-stage companies.

Partnerships, TechCrunch | Engadget | Crunchbase

2018 - 2020

TechCrunch is a leading technology media property, dedicated to profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news.

Partnerships, Northwest

2017 - 2018

Code3 (formerly SocialCode), a subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC), is a performance marketing partner working at the intersection of media, creative and commerce. Code3 manages digital programs for disruptor and global brands across media platforms including Amazon, Facebook, Google, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, SnapChat, TikTok, Twitter, Walmart.com and YouTube, as well as emerging channels like voice and OTT.

Sales & Brand Partnerships

2011 - 2017

Employee #20 Reddit is home to thousands of communities, endless conversation, and authentic human connection. Whether you're into breaking news, sports, TV fan theories, or a never-ending stream of the internet's cutest animals, there's a community on Reddit for you.