Platform 2.0 – Supercharging Portfolio Value-Add

Erica is SVP of Platform at Left Lane Capital, where she shapes the firm’s portfolio support strategy, working closely with founders on their growth journey. She also created Left Lane’s Fast Growth Summit Series that is now global. Prior to Left Lane, Erica held growth leadership roles at Burrow and Oracle, where she focused on full funnel acquisition and retention marketing. She made the switch from operator to venture in 2020 to lead Platform and Marketing first for Alpaca VC, and then for Left Lane in 2021. Erica is on the Board of the Global VC Platform Network.

Jules Nguyen leads Portfolio Talent at Galaxy Ventures, overseeing the talent program for portfolio companies, while advising them on strategies that build effective teams and mitigate growth hurdles. With over a decade’s worth of talent acquisition experience, Jules helps founders and startups understand the business of people and unlock their thinking around team efficiencies and capital. Prior to Galaxy, she was responsible for blockchain security hiring at Coinbase, and successfully built dynamic engineering and go-to-market teams at tech giants Google and Tesla. Jules earned a BA in Psychology from UCSB, which gave her a deep understanding of human behavior and organizational development.

Gabriela is a founding Partner at Angelini Ventures, contributing her experience in venture capital operations, financial management, talent strategy and communications to the growth of our global portfolio. Gabriela has over 15 years of experience building and leading finance and human resources teams in global companies with significant operating scale and complexity. Prior to joining Angelini Ventures, Gabriela worked as Chief Financial Officer of O’Reilly Media and VP of Finance and Administration at Toast, an F-Prime portfolio company. She began her career with Mckinsey and Company, in management consulting roles in the Americas and Europe. She later joined Fidelity’s Venture Capital arm, F-Prime. While at F-Prime, Gabriela supported the group’s portfolio companies in Mexico, Ireland, and France in various finance, people strategy and operations roles. Gabriela graduated from Boston University with a bachelor's degree in business administration. Outside of work, she volunteers and serves as Board Chair for Casa Myrna, Boston’s largest provider of shelter and supportive services to survivors of domestic violence.