David Sobie is the co-founder and CEO of Happy Returns in Santa Monica, CA. Happy Returns was founded in 2015 and pioneered box-free returns for e-commerce retailers, speeding customer refunds and reducing return shipping costs. Happy Returns was acquired by PayPal in 2021. After a period of exponential growth, UPS acquired the company in 2023. […]
Ivan brings more than 35 years of finance and operations management experience. He was co-founder and Managing Partner of Full Stack Finance, a firm specializing in providing CFO advisory and accounting outsource services to early—to mid-stage venture-backed or private equity-backed technology companies. His industry experience includes technology, internet services, online advertising, digital media publishing, and
Brad is an Executive and PE Operator specializing in international go-to-market strategies and Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) growth, with extensive experience scaling businesses across Europe and the Americas. Over his 15-year career in ecommerce, he's consistently driven revenue growth and profitability through integrated marketing initiatives—spanning performance marketing, SEO, influencer partnerships, CRM, and AI-driven operations. He has successfully
I build things, teams, companies and people! 20+ years of experience shaping and structuring companies for rapid, sustained growth. People-focused, analytical leader who understands business, inspires cutting-edge innovation, and dives deeply into operations—from technology and manufacturing through market development. Master’s degree from MIT; trained in executive leadership. Always open to unconventional ideas.
Prior to co‑founding Tekton, Jai was a Venture Partner with Partech since 2006, where he led early stage investments in the US, Asia and Latin America. Jai has over 20+ years of experience in Silicon Valley as an entrepreneur and global tech investor, having invested in 150+ startups at inception of Tekton including Coupang, Toss, Outdoorsy,
Former CPO and GM of startups and mid-sized companies including Upwork, 33Across, Financial Engines, Realtor.com, as well as Operating Executive at Silver Lake, a leading tech private equity firm. I’ve gone through multiple adventures of creating new product categories, finding product-market fit, (re)building the organization, and scaling from pre-revenue to eight+ figures. Lately, I’ve been
Over the past few decades I’ve worn various hats as part of the founding teams of companies in the technology, restaurant and real estate industries. My early career was focused on real estate private equity finance and early-stage technology investing (eCompanies). Subsequently I helped launch technology companies including Boingo Wireless (NASDAQ IPO), Curby (sold to
Now based in Europe after 20+ years in LA and the Bay Area, Jason is a seasoned pro in building startups, mentoring early-stage companies and scale-ups, and stepping in as a fractional or interim C-suite leader for Seed to Series C stages. With a background that includes being on the founding team at ResortPass and
45 years in B2B and consumer technologies, primarily enterprise-related software & services. Working backwards, am or have been involved in AI, AR/XR/VR/MR, Blockchain data integrity, Vision AI / Computervision, scaled real-time streaming data automation, real-time analytics, Big Data and related analytics, online education, early photorealistic Virtual Reality, enterprise applications, early internet revenue applications, client server
