Anna Palmer

General Partner

2020

Flybridge is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on supporting ambitious founders leveraging the power of community. With over $700M under management across five funds and five pre-seed funds, portfolio companies include BetterCloud, BitSight, Bowery, Chief, Codecademy, Firebase (acq: Google), MadeiraMadeira, MongoDB (NASDAQ: MDB), NS1, Plastiq, and Splice.

Co-Founder/Managing Partner

2022

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Co-founder & General Partner

2017

XFactor Ventures is looking for tenacious female founders and mixed-gender teams attacking billion dollar market opportunities. We invest $100k into pre-seed or seed stage rounds and provide advice, mentorship, and connections to help our companies succeed. The XFactor investing partners are current successful operators, collectively raising over $150M in capital, hiring thousands of employees, but who are still in the trenches every day. If you're a female founder working on a big idea, let's connect!

Board of Trustees

2019

Executive Chairman

2020 - 2023

CEO & Co-founder

2018 - 2020

Dough is the premier e-commerce marketplace to shop thousands of products made by women. With new items added daily, block party live shopping events with celebrity experts, & stories of the women behind the products, there is always something new to discover.

Chief Operating Officer

2017 - 2017

Ecommerce marketplace Union and Fifth raises money for non-profit organizations by selling donated designer handbags, shoes, and accessories. As COO of Union & Fifth, Anna managed the financials, strategy and marketing, along with overseeing the integration of Fashion Project with U5 and shift to brick and mortar retail.

SVP Marketing

2016 - 2017

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

2012 - 2016

As CEO of Fashion Project, the destination for designer clothing donation, Anna led the double bottom line company to process over 350,000 items, raise $13M in capital, grow to 60+ employees, and power national giving programs for Simon Properties, Zappos, Neiman Marcus and more. Fashion Project distributed funds to over 2000 organizations in 36 countries prior to the Fashion Project Community's acquisition by Union & Fifth in 2016.

Juris Doctorate (J.D.)

2008 - 2011

Summer Associate- Corporate Law

2010 - 2010

Summer Associate- Securities Regulation

2009 - 2009