Pillar VC Team | Experienced Operators Supporting Founders

Our Team

Jamie Goldstein Founding/Managing Partner

Sarah Hodges Managing Partner

Tony Kulesa Partner

Parker McKee Partner

Thomas de Vlaam Partner

Alex Reinhart Associate

Our Back Bay office

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Liz Kettler CFO

Zach Martins Assistant Controller

Madelyn Heart Head of Bio Platform

Kendall Cook Events & Operations Manager

Leah Morris Executive Director, Encode: AI for Science

Anjali Chadha Associate, Encode: AI for Science

Leone Baron Head of Operations, Encode: AI for Science

Isabel Pellegrini Office Manager

Venture Partners

Our Venture Partners are experienced builders who support our firm and our founders with strategic insight.

Dave Husak Venture Partner & Founding Pillar

John Casey CEO, Ormoni & Venture Partner

Jake Becraft, Ph.D. Founder & CEO, Strand Therapeutics & Venture Partner

Russ Wilcox CEO, Trellis Air & Venture Partner

Alec Nielsen Founder & CEO, Asimov & Venture Partner

Founding Pillars

Our Founding Pillar CEOs are co-owners of our firm. They have all built leading companies, and support our founders as board members, advisors and customers.

Shivdev Rao CEO, Abridge & Founding Pillar

Mike Salguero CEO, ButcherBox & Founding Pillar

Reshma Shetty Co-Founder, Ginkgo Bioworks & Founding Pillar

Doug Williams Biotech Executive & Founding Pillar & Founding Pillar

Chris Voigt Professor, MIT & Founding Pillar

Yvonne Hao MA Secretary of Economic Development & Founding Pillar

Mike Massaro CEO, Flywire & Founding Pillar

Corey Thomas CEO, Rapid7 & Founding Pillar

Rushika Fernandopulle CEO, Iora Health & Founding Pillar

Stan Lapidus CEO, SynapDX & Founding Pillar

Emily Leproust CEO, Twist Bioscience & Founding Pillar

Andy Beck CEO, PathAI & Founding Pillar

Niraj Shah CEO, Wayfair & Founding Pillar

Paul Bleicher Executive Partner, Optum, Humedica, Phase Forward & Founding Pillar

Brian Baynes Co-Founder, Midori Health / Kaleido Biosciences & Founding Pillar

Jason Robins CEO, DraftKings & Founding Pillar

Jeremy Allaire CEO, Circle & Founding Pillar

Steve Conine Co-Founder, Wayfair & Founding Pillar

Gail Goodman Co-Founder & Board Member, Constant Contact & Founding Pillar

Lisa Dyson CEO, Air Protein & Founding Pillar

JP Mangeolle President, Sciex & Founding Pillar

Matt Kalish Co-Founder, DraftKings & Founding Pillar

Pam Silver Professor, Harvard Medical School & Founding Pillar

Paul Liberman Co-Founder & President, DraftKings & Founding Pillar

Rich Napolitano CEO, Plexxi / Advisor360 & Founding Pillar

Steve Kaufer CEO, Tripadvisor & Founding Pillar

Tom Ebling CEO, Demandware & Founding Pillar

Tom Erickson CEO, Acquia & Founding Pillar

Jit Saxena Board Member, Netezza / Cazena & Founding Pillar

Andras Forgacs Co-Founder & Board Director, Modern Meadow, Fork & Goode, Organovo & Founding Pillar

Ash Ashutosh CEO, Actifio & Founding Pillar

Bernhard van Lengerich CEO at Seeding The Future Foundation. Board Member at Beyond Meat and CSO at General Mills & Founding Pillar

Bill Brady CEO, Kula Bio, Monolith Materials, Mascoma Corporation & Founding Pillar

Chad Laurans Founder & Chairman, SimpliSafe & Founding Pillar

Daphne Koller CEO, Insitro & Founding Pillar

Deepak Taneja CEO, Zilla / Netegrity / Aveska / RSA & Founding Pillar

Doug Cameron Apeel, Geltor, Nature's Fynd & Founding Pillar

Ellen Rubin Clearsky Data & Founding Pillar

Jeff Binder CEO, Layer3TV & Founding Pillar

Jennifer Holmgren CEO, LanzaTech & Founding Pillar