Hi, I'm Jana Messerschmidt

What I'm Up To

• I angel invest and advise.

• My portfolio includes: OpenSea, Vanta, Clubhouse, Cameo, Lovevery, Bird, Persona, Snackpass, Level, Anchorage, Pacaso, mmhmm, Streamlit, Mutiny, Shef, Material Security, Forward, Aleo, Digits, Color, Carta, Materialize, among others.

What I've Done

• I'm a founder: In 2015, I started #ANGELS, an investment collective, with fellow Twitter execs.

• I was a Venture Capitalist (2018-2021).

• I was a long-time company builder and executive

  • At Twitter (2010-2016), I was a VP who helped scale the company from ~200 to 5000 people, and from ~$0 to more than $2B in annual revenue

  • At Netflix (2008-2010) , I helped build out the early streaming team. I LOVE talking about the phenomenal Netflix culture

  • I've also worked at DivX (2005-2008, IPO in 2006) and AT&T, among others.

• I've run teams and held roles spanning Business Development, Enterprise Sales, Developer Relations, Customer Success, Product Marketing, Product, Engineering, Strategy, etc.

• I hold a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois @ Urbana Champaign

Where to Find Me

• I'm @janamal on Twitter

• You can also find me on LinkedIn

• I occasionally blog on Medium

• Enjoy my podcast chats with Kara Swisher & Harry Stebbings

Where to Find #ANGELS

• You can keep up with @hashtangels on Twitter

• You can also find us on LinkedIn

• Listen to the #ANGELS podcast

• Subscribe to the #ANGELS substack

• Read more about us here, here and here