Design investors

Founded Behance, the world's leading platform for creative work, which Adobe acquired in 2012. Served as Adobe's Chief Product Officer for Creative Cloud. Now one of tech's most prolific angel investors with 150+ investments including Uber, Pinterest, Airtable, Ramp, and Sweetgreen, plus a partner at A24.

Facebook's second design hire who shaped the Like button, Messenger, Groups, and News Feed for billions of users. Later became Dropbox's first head of design. Co-founded Combine, a design-led seed fund, and now angel invests in design-forward companies like Figma, Framer, Vercel, and Perplexity.

Google Ventures' design team pioneered the Design Sprint methodology and the "design partner" model in venture capital. Their design partners—including Braden Kowitz, Daniel Burka, and Kate Aronowitz—work hands-on with portfolio companies like Stripe, Figma, Robinhood, and Airbnb to embed world-class design into early-stage startups.

Founded by Ben Blumenrose, a former Facebook design lead who spent 5 years shaping products used by nearly a billion people. Designer Fund backs category-defining companies founded or co-founded by designers, with 101 investments including 4 unicorns and 9 IPOs across companies like Stripe, Gusto, Notion, and Framer.

Founder and Managing Partner of Forerunner Ventures, a $2B+ fund that backs design-forward consumer brands before they become mainstream. Known for spotting companies where exceptional product design drives consumer behavior, with early investments in Glossier, Warby Parker, Away, and Chime.

President and CEO of Y Combinator and co-founder of Initialized Capital. A designer-engineer hybrid who co-founded Posterous and was an early Palantir employee. Backs design-obsessed founders at the earliest stages, with investments in Figma, Notion, Airbnb, and Replit.

Former Facebook product designer who led design for User Growth, Chat, and Photos (2008-2012). Founded Form Capital, an early-stage fund that invests design expertise alongside seed capital. Early backer of Coinbase, Linear, Figma, and 40+ startups.

Design Partner at Sequoia Capital who founded the Sequoia Design Lab. Got his start in film working on Shrek, Madagascar, and The Matrix, then became Senior Experience Architect at Twitter. Lectures on Story-Driven Design at Stanford's GSB and d.school, helping founders design their companies, products, and cultures.

Founded the Google Ventures design team in 2009, pioneering the "design partner" role in venture capital. Co-invented the Design Sprint methodology and co-authored the NYT bestseller "Sprint." Previously designed and launched Google Spreadsheets, Google Trends, and contributed to Gmail.

Former RISD president, Design Partner at Kleiner Perkins, and current VP of Design and AI at Microsoft. Author of "Laws of Simplicity" and creator of the influential annual Design in Tech Report. Early investor in Canva, Flexport, and Typeform, bridging design, technology, and business leadership.

Design Partner at Khosla Ventures who built and led the UX and design teams at Google, Yahoo, and Udacity. Author of the O'Reilly book "Design in Venture Capital" and adjunct lecturer at Stanford. Advises CEOs at companies like DoorDash, Opendoor, and Okta on elevating design as a strategic function.

Design Partner at True Ventures who co-founded Typekit (acquired by Adobe) and co-founded Adaptive Path. Redesigned Google Analytics and led UX for Google Apps. Advises founders on product-market fit, scaling design teams, and navigating the transition to AI-driven development.

Founded InVision, the design platform used by 3M+ designers at 80% of the Fortune 100 including Airbnb, Netflix, and Slack. Now Managing Partner at Tiferes Ventures, investing in early-stage startups with a focus on design-forward products and founder-led companies.

IDEO's venture arm that combines a venture fund with a design and R&D lab. Rather than just writing checks, they actively prototype with startups, bringing IDEO's legendary human-centered design methodology to early-stage companies across fintech, marketplaces, and future-of-work sectors.