Kara Weber

Founder/General Partner, Brilliant Ventures

Kara Weber is a proven entrepreneur who brings years of experience developing and driving successful marketing programs for technology and digital media companies at various stages of development. She is currently the Founder of Brilliant Ventures. Before Brilliant Ventures, she was an advisor at Deep Forest Media and GrandIntent. She previously served as Adap.tv’s chief marketing officer, overseeing development of the Adap.tv brand, message and market presence around the globe. Kara joined Adap.tv from the Rubicon Project, where she drove that company’s successful evolution from start-up to market leader in display advertising technology for publishers. She also co-founded and launched several startups, including app developer Mogopop and early social media site Tripod.com. Kara holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Williams College.

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