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Naomi Pilosof Ionita

SaaS & AI Partner at Menlo Ventures | Product/Monetization/Growth Advisor

San Francisco, California

Work Experience

  • 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

  • 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

  • Operations Consultant

    2005 - 2006

2002 - 2004

  • Industrial Engineering Co-op

    2002 - 2004