Sarah Imbach
Sarah Imbach is a self-employed angel investor. She is Co-Founder at braincandy. She was COO at 23andMe, COO at LinkedIn and SVP, Customer Service Operations and Fraud at PayPal. She is a Board Member at Outreach and was a Board Member at Change.org, Thrive Causemetics Inc., Nullspace VR, VISUAL VOCAL and iNDIEFLIX Group Inc.
Aviel Ginzburg and Team Launch Foundations to Foster Seattle’s Startup Community with In-Person Support Network
Foundations, a new startup community group led by Aviel Ginzburg and others in Seattle, aims to create a supportive 'serendipity factory' for early-stage founders by fostering in-person connections among entrepreneurs, mentors, and investors. The group hosted a launch party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood to build a vibrant local tech startup ecosystem.
Aviel Ginzburg Launches Seattle Foundations to Support Tech Startups with Non-Equity Accelerator in Capitol Hill
Aviel Ginzburg and a team of entrepreneurs are launching Seattle Foundations, a new invite-only entrepreneurial community and shared workspace in Seattle, aiming to support tech founders with mentorship and resources without taking equity. The initiative, set to open later this year in Capitol Hill, will offer co-working space, events, and six-month memberships focused on startup acceleration.
Stack Moxie (formerly Automaton) raises $875,000 pre-seed; taps M12/Project W Launch Lab and Techstars
Seattle-based Stack Moxie (formerly Automaton) raised $875,000 in pre-seed funding this spring for its monitoring and testing automation platform and has grown by leveraging startup support programs like Microsoft M12/Project W’s Launch Lab and Techstars.
CoderPad acquires Seattle startup AdaptiLab’s technical interviewing platform as founders James Wu and Allen Lu launch a new developer-focused company
Seattle startup AdaptiLab has sold its technical interviewing platform to CoderPad; terms were not disclosed. Founders James Wu and Allen Lu, who raised $1.8M in a 2019 seed and $2.2M total, are launching a new developer-focused company later this year with existing and new investors.
Survey of 70 Seattle Founders: Local Angels Are Risk-Averse, Hidden and Losing Deals to Seed Funds
A February survey of 70 Seattle-area tech founders found widespread frustration with local angel investors, who are described as risk-averse, conservative, hidden, and out of touch; founders say angels must be more visible, faster, and willing to take bigger risks to compete with active local and Bay Area seed funds.
Sarah Imbach
Sarah has experienced a long line of successes, from LinkedIn to 23andMe she has lead operations from several positions. The result of working with VC funded startups is a huge resource for consumer startups and their founders. She is an active angel investor, sits on several boards and is helping drive change for women in technology. As a consumer internet start-up executive and generalist in all areas of non-technical operations including finance, hr, product, sales, customer service and risk. Broad based background with experience in higher education (Stanford), healthcare, government, financial services and management consulting. Back-to-back executive staff positions at…
Reid Hoffman Leads $30 Million Investment in Change.org with Sam Altman and Bill Gates
Reid Hoffman is leading a $30 million personal investment in Change.org alongside Sam Altman and Bill Gates, backing the for-profit petition and fundraising site that says it has 180 million users and claims its petitions prompted over 21,000 policy changes.
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman shares startup secrets
It’s been 15 years since Reid Hoffman co-founded LinkedIn. The company was acquired by Microsoft last year for $2.6 billion and Hoffman now sits on Microsoft’s board, but he’s still very much an entrepreneur. On this episode of the GeekWire Podcast, we share Hoffman’s full talk at the recent Technology Alliance Luncheon in downtown Seattle, where he shares thoughts on how to drive entrepreneurship, the success of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and, of course, Settlers of Catan. Follow all our coverage, including more on Hoffman's talk, at GeekWire.com. Thank you to this week’s sponsors: Wealthsimple — GeekWire listeners pay no management…
Organizations
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braincandy Co-Founder 2020–present · current
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Outreach Board Member 2015–present, Director 2017 · current
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Self-employed Angel Investor 2010–present · current
Education
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The Wharton School BSE, Marketing · 1987–1992
