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Errik Anderson is an Alumni Ventures board director and investor-advisory-council member. He founded and leads Alloy Therapeutics and co-founded biotechnology companies including Adimab, Compass Therapeutics and Alector. He also founded Ulysses Diversified Holdings and co-owns the New England Free Jacks. His education includes Dartmouth engineering and business schools. Council membership is a separately published advisory affiliation.
Noubar Afeyan is publicly identified by Lila as Board Member. Founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering and a Lila co-founder. The launch-era founding-chair designation is historical: Lila’s current roster names John Kim as chair and lists Afeyan as a board member.
Geoffrey von Maltzahn is publicly identified by Lila as CEO. Co-founded Lila after founding leadership at Generate, Tessera, Quotient and Indigo. Trained in biomedical engineering and medical physics at MIT, with an additional UC San Diego degree.
Co-founder of Football Addicts, the company behind Forza Football.
Founder and CEO of Flow Labs.
Co-founder and CEO of Flowcarbon.
Co-founder and CEO of Fireworks AI.
Co-founder and CEO of Finix.
Co-founder and CTO of Fidel API.
Co-founder and CEO of Fidel API.
Co-founder and CEO of Fastino.
Co-founder and COO of FarMart.
Co-founder and CEO of FarMart.
Co-founder of Faraway.
Co-founder of Faraway.
Co-founder of Faeth Therapeutics.
Co-founder of Faeth Therapeutics.
Co-founder and chief science officer of Fable Food.
Co-founder and CEO of Fable Food.
Co-founder of EyeBio.
Co-founder and former CEO of EyeBio.
Co-founder of Exponent Energy.
Co-founder and CEO of Exponent Energy.
Co-founder and former finance and strategy executive at Evolv.
Former CEO and co-founder of Evolv.
Co-founder and CEO of CrossChx.
Co-founder and chief marketing officer of CoinBundle.
Founder and CEO of CoinBundle.
Co-founder and CEO of Cortex.
Co-founder and COO of Corgi.
Co-founder and CEO/CTO of Corgi.
Co-founder of Conduct.
Co-founder of Conduct.
Co-founder of Conduct.
Co-founder and CTO of Cleva.
Co-founder and CEO of Cleva.
Co-founder of Chilibeli.
Co-founder of CUE Labs.
Co-founder of The Bot Company.
Founder of CUE Labs and creator of CUE.
Co-founder of Chilibeli.
Co-founder and CEO of Chilibeli.
Co-founder of Chari.
Co-founder of Chari.
Co-founder of Celestia and CTO of Celestia Labs.
Co-founder of Celestia and CEO of Celestia Labs.
Co-founder and president of Cekura.
Co-founder of The Bot Company.
Co-founder and CTO of Cekura.
Co-founder and CEO of Cekura.
Co-founder and CEO of The Bot Company.
Co-founder of Bifrost Orbital.
Founder and CEO of Besimple AI.
Co-founder of Avelios Medical.
Co-founder of Autobutler.
Co-founder of Aptonomy.
Founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic.
CEO of BioConsortia.
Co-founder of Bifrost Orbital.
Founder, director, president, and CEO of Beren Therapeutics.
Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Avelios Medical.
Co-founder and CEO of Benchling.
Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Believer Entertainment.
Co-founder and CEO of Believer Entertainment.
Co-founder of Avelios Medical.
Founder and CEO of Avallon Labs.
Co-founder and CEO of Avalanche Energy.
Co-founder and CEO of Behalf.
Co-founder of Autobutler.
Founder of Ausra and developer of its solar-thermal technology.
Founder and CEO of Besimple AI.
Co-founder of Aptonomy.
Founder and chief columnist of The Ankler.
Co-founder and CTO of Amplitude.
Co-founder of Apriora (now Alex).
Co-founder of Aktiia, now Hilo.
Co-founder of Aito Technologies.
Co-founder and CTO of Afori.
Co-founder of Adravision.
Co-founder of Adravision.
Co-founder and CTO of Adaptyv Bio.
AOA Dx co-founder.
Founder and chief columnist of The Ankler.
Co-founder and CTO of Amplitude.
Co-founder and CEO of Amplemarket.
Co-founder and CEO of Apriora (now Alex).
Co-founder of Aktiia, now Hilo.
Co-founder of Aito Technologies.
Co-founder of Airmeet.
Co-founder and CTO of Afori.
Co-founder of Adravision.
Co-founder and CTO of Adaptyv Bio.
Founder and former CEO of AdMob.
Founder and CEO of ACKO.
AOA Dx co-founder.
Founder of CUDOS.
Co-founder of Boson Protocol.
Co-founder of IOTA.
Co-founder of DIA.
Co-founder of DIA.
Co-founder of Chainlink.
Founder and CEO of Fetch.ai.
Co-founder and CTO of Brave.
Co-founder and CEO of Brave.
Co-founder of Biconomy.
Co-founder of Biconomy.
Co-founder of Chainlink.
Co-founder of Biconomy.
Founder and CEO of Medra.
Co-founder and CTO of Maybern.
Co-founder and CEO of Maybern.
Co-founder and CTO of Local Kitchens.
Co-founder and COO of Local Kitchens.
Co-founder and CEO of Local Kitchens.
Co-founder and CEO of Kojo.
Co-founder and executive chair of Kojo.
CEO of Jasper Health.
Co-founder of Hearth.
Co-founder of Hearth.
Co-founder and CEO of Fellow.
Founder, CTO, and chairman of Elementl.
CEO of Elementl.
Founder of Clumio.
Founder of Bolt Financial.
Physician and co-founder of Biograph.
Co-founder and CEO of Biograph.
Founder and CEO of AIM Intelligent Machines.
Garry Tan is publicly listed by Initialized Capital as Founder & Board Partner. Founded Initialized and remains a board partner; separately leads Y Combinator.
Roy has over 25 years of managerial experience in IT, building professional IT organizations in the government and private sectors, as well serving as Director of IT in successful startups such as Trianna, CommTouch and BRM .
Or is an 8200 alumni with a B.Sc.
Josh Hersch is an Investment Partner and Head of Portfolio Management at OurCrowd, where he leads the firm’s portfolio management team.
Or Alon has extensive experience in analyzing, modelling and structuring intricate debt financing, including complex financial covenants and structures, across a range of corporations – from small, venture-backed pre-revenue startups to mature, cashflow-positive companies.
Peter Raihelgauz serves as OurCrowd CFO.
Gabe Homa is OurCrowd’s Global Head of Investor Relations, responsible for all investor-facing activity across the platform.
Anna serves as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary where she oversees all legal, regulatory, compliance and employment matters across OurCrowd’s investment activities and operations.
Semil Shah founded Haystack in2013 and is its founding partner. His own firm and personal biographies identify early investments in DoorDash,Instacart,Figma,HashiCorp andAppliedIntuition, and previous startup product/operational work including a business acquired byApple. His own current biography also identifies a LightspeedVenturePartners venture-partner affiliation since2018; priorGoldilocks role/reference remains preserved. He writes about technology and seed investing, and hisApril2026 fund announcement describes Haystack’sVIII and NeedlesIII fundraising. His self-published author avatar provides an authentic portrait, visually verified. Investment biographies do not establish individual cash allocations to his manager’s companies.
Founded MuleSoft and led it from an open-source project to IPO and acquisition by Salesforce. Supports DIG founders on product, hiring and go-to-market. Also published as a Lightspeed venture partner.
Elijah Sutanto is a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners in San Francisco, investing across the AI stack: software and hardware infrastructure, applications, and security. He previously invested at Coatue across venture and growth. He is retained here with a historical Coatue role; his current Lightspeed role is preserved.