Naomi Pilosof Ionita
SaaS & AI Partner at Menlo Ventures | Product/Monetization/Growth Advisor
San Francisco, California
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Min Investment:
$1,000,000.00Max Investment:
$15,000,000.00Target Investment:
$8,000,000.00
Skills
Education
- SU
- NU
Lists including Naomi
Investments
Orb
Total Funding: $21M
Lindy
Total Funding: $50M
Swantide
Total Funding: $7M
Eppo
Total Funding: $20M
Endgame
Total Funding: $130M
Matik
Total Funding: $23M
Vareto
Total Funding: $24M
Endgame Labs
Total Funding: $12M
mmhmm
Total Funding: $140M
Anvil
Total Funding: $10M
Work Experience
2018
Partner
2018
Investment focus is early-stage SaaS (Seed/A/B) -- current areas of interest include AI, workflow automation, dev and data tools, and productivity/collaboration. Board roles include Eppo, Orb, Matik, Endgame, Vareto, Swantide, Lindy.AI, Anvil, Fleetsmith (acquired by Apple), and more.
2015
Guest Lecturer
2015
Mentor/speaker across PLG, retention and monetization
2011
Startup Advisor (Product/Growth/Monetization)
2011
I advise companies on product, marketing and revenue, including managing product-led and sales-led GTM motions, business model/pricing & packaging, product roadmap, user research, growth culture & process, org structure/team building, driving funnel metrics (activation/onboarding, conversion, monetization, expansion, retention), ICP/customer segmentation, etc.
2019 - 2020
Board Member (acquired by Apple)
2019 - 2020
Led the Series B for Menlo Ventures in 2019. The company was acquired by Apple in 2020. Fleetsmith puts device management on auto-pilot by automating device setup, intelligence, patching, and security for your company’s Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs.
2014 - 2017
Vice President, Product Growth
2014 - 2017
Invoice2go, backed by Accel and Ribbit, is the easiest way for a small business to send an invoice, get paid, and manage cash flow. It became the #1 Top Grossing Business app in the App Store, in over 50 countries, without investing in Sales/Marketing. Built teams across Product Management, Data, Growth Engineering, Product Design, Lifecycle Marketing, and User Research. * Built and ran a full-stack growth product/monetization org that drove revenue strategy, including pricing and packaging, and funnel metrics across activation, conversion, upgrades, and retention. * Established a systematic approach to growth, marrying both quantitative (analysis, data science, experimentation) and qualitative (user research, usability testing) in order to drive compounding double and triple-digit improvements across all funnel metrics. * Promoted from Sr. Director Product role; joined when the company was ~25 people and reported to the CEO throughout my tenure
2011 - 2014
Product Director, Head of Growth
2011 - 2014
* Founded and ran the cross-functional Growth Product team, focused on driving user activation, retention and monetization for the core product * Implemented a user and data-driven approach to product development, including experimentation and user research process, infrastructure, and team * Achieved double-digit increase in user retention on mobile * Total users scaled from 10M to 100M during my tenure * Joined as a Product Manager, promoted to Head of Growth
2010 - 2010
Business Development (MBA Internship)
2010 - 2010
2006 - 2008
New Product Development & Marketing
2006 - 2008
2005 - 2006
Operations Consultant
2005 - 2006
2002 - 2004
Industrial Engineering Co-op
2002 - 2004