Best VCs for Operations

23 venture capitalists actively investing in Operations.

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Partner Emeritus

Y Combinator

Kirsty's public body of work is an operating and financial framework for early-stage companies, not a personal sector thesis. She emphasizes clean formation, founder alignment, simple standard documen

YC's standard investment terms are program-level, not a Kirsty-specific check size. No current personal allocation or independent angel check range is public. Applicants should use YC's application process rather than pitch Kirsty as a current selecting partner.

Company formationPre-seed accelerator operationsStartup finance

#2Matt Manley

Senior Finance Associate

CoinFund

Matt's operating lens joins audit discipline with crypto-native middle-office experience: substantiate data completeness and accuracy, turn raw records into understandable reporting, automate repeatab

Not applicable to Matt's finance-operations role. He has no published personal investment authority or check size. Founder materials should be sent to CoinFund's projects address, while finance, administration or investor requests should follow the relevant official channel.

Fund finance operationsMiddle-office reportingProcess automation

#3Melissa Taunton

Advisor; Partner, Talent at NEA

Blockchain Capital

Melissa's operating thesis is that exceptional companies require leaders who can scale themselves along with the organization. She works with founders and CEOs to build, develop, compensate and retain

No Melissa-specific Blockchain Capital check size or allocation authority is public. Her documented work is executive talent, leadership and board development for NEA portfolio companies. Crypto founders should use Blockchain Capital's investors; NEA portfolio leaders can engage her on talent and leadership.

Executive-team designLeadership developmentBoard building

#4Lizzy Price

Associate Technical Recruiter

First Round Capital

Lizzy's operating focus is helping First Round portfolio founders build their earliest technical teams. Her experience recruiting engineers across the Americas at Harness and supporting Last Energy gi

Not applicable to Lizzy's recruiting role. First Round publicly says its initial investments typically range from $1 million to $7 million and average about $3.5 million, but those are firm terms administered by the investment team, not Lizzy's personal authority.

Founding and early-team hiringTechnical recruitingCandidate sourcing and closing

#5Rachel Ruggieri

Associate Technical Recruiter

First Round Capital

Rachel supports First Round portfolio companies by connecting technical builders and operators with founders. Her lens comes from sourcing at two early-stage startups and working directly with founder

Not applicable to Rachel's technical-recruiting role. First Round's public initial-investment range of $1 million to $7 million and roughly $3.5 million average belongs to the firm's investing process, not to Rachel personally.

Founding and early-team hiringTechnical recruitingCandidate sourcing

#6Helen Norton

Former Partner, Finance & Operations (departed April 2026)

AirTree Ventures (Web3)

Helen's contribution was building an institutional venture platform around the investors and founders: fund finance, governance, compliance, systems, LP relationships, organization and shared learning

Not applicable. Helen is no longer at AirTree and her historical mandate was finance and operations, not a personal Web3 check-writing practice. Current founders should use AirTree's current investment team and published fund channels; operational peers should treat her record as experience, not present firm authority.

Venture-firm formation and scalingFund finance and governanceLimited-partner and investor relations

#7Elana Kuppermann

Senior Executive Assistant & Investor Relations Coordinator

Bessemer Venture Partners

Elana supports Bessemer's investor-relations and executive workflows rather than evaluating startup investments. Her communication and legal education, commercial-real-estate experience and IR coordin

Not applicable. Elana has no published startup check size, portfolio, thesis or investment-committee authority. Founder outreach should go to a current Bessemer investment professional.

Investor-relations coordinationExecutive supportLP meeting and workflow support

#8Sarah Soell

Investor Relations Operations Manager

Bessemer Venture Partners

Sarah designs the operating system for Bessemer investor relations: content creation, processes and infrastructure supporting fundraising and limited-partner relationships. Her sociology-and-computing

Not applicable. Sarah does not publish a check size, startup thesis or investment authority. Founders should contact a Bessemer deal investor; LP and IR process matters fit her team.

Investor-relations operationsFundraising processLP relationship infrastructure

#9Abbey Hamstra

Partner, Head of Investor Relations and Operations

CoinFund

Abbey's role is institutional fund access and operations rather than direct company underwriting. The relevant lens is whether a prospective allocator understands CoinFund's platform, strategies, risk

Not applicable to Abbey's documented role. She explains CoinFund's offerings to prospective and current limited partners and leads investor relations and operations. Startup financing pitches should go to CoinFund's listed investment team; fund-allocation inquiries should state allocator type and mandate.

Limited-partner relationship developmentFund due diligenceFund onboarding

#10Jordan Burgess

Program Associate, CV Labs Startup Activation

CV VC

Jordan's documented remit is startup activation at CV Labs: helping founders enter and navigate CV VC's blockchain ecosystem and programs. The role may touch sourcing, program delivery and founder rea

Not applicable to Jordan's startup-activation role. No personal check size or investment authority is public. Funding pitches should go to CV VC's named investment team or an official accelerator application, as appropriate.

Startup activationAccelerator programmingFounder onboarding

#11Anne Chen

Investor Relations Director

AppWorks

Anne's mandate is fund-side investor relations rather than startup selection. She connects AppWorks' LP base to the firm's funds and ecosystem, covering fundraising, fund structure and administration

Not applicable to Anne's investor-relations role. Founders should verify AppWorks' current fund-level check parameters with a listed investment professional; LP and fund-structure inquiries are within Anne's remit.

Fundraising and LP relationsFund structuring and administration

#12Kyle Gluskin

Director of Investor Relations

Blockchain Capital

Kyle builds the infrastructure and communication layer through which Blockchain Capital serves and raises from global fund investors. Her remit spans IR systems, workflows, LP communications and coord

Not applicable to Kyle's investor-relations role. No personal startup check size or investment authority is public. Founders should approach a listed Blockchain Capital investor; fund investors should use the firm's IR channel or secure investor portal.

Fundraising infrastructureLimited-partner communicationsInvestor servicing

#13Hirsh Jain

Co-Founder & CEO, Percepta

General Catalyst

Hirsh's operating thesis is that enterprise AI fails when organizations bolt point solutions onto legacy workflows or stop at pilots. Percepta embeds engineers, researchers and product managers inside

Not applicable. Hirsh leads Percepta, an operating/transformation company, rather than a General Catalyst investment team. Founders seeking GC capital should contact an actual GC investor; enterprises seeking embedded AI transformation can contact Percepta.

Enterprise AI transformationProduction deploymentCompany building

#14Joseph Chan

Partner

AppWorks

Joseph's role is centered on the financial and operating foundation around an investment: portfolio management, fundraising structure, investor alignment, and Japan-Taiwan ecosystem access. His publis

Firm-level: AppWorks publishes a US$200K to US$15M per-deal range across Seed through Series C, with capacity to lead or follow and reserve capital for follow-ons. This is not Joseph's personal allocation range.

SeedSeries ASeries B

#15Selim Tira

Associate Director

Shorooq Partners

Selim works on the connective tissue between investment vehicles, institutional capital and portfolio execution. His Shorooq role emphasizes structuring and launching funds, co-investment, investor re

Not applicable to Selim's documented Shorooq role. He structures vehicles, manages institutional relationships, facilitates co-investments and advises portfolio companies. He separately founded Ghodwa Ventures, an early-stage Tunisian deep-tech angel syndicate, but no ticket range is public and that activity must not be conflated with Shorooq capital.

Fund formationCapital formationCo-investment

#16Peggy Yan

Former Senior Finance Associate, Paradigm; at Amity Ventures

Paradigm

Peggy's verified experience is finance and accounting in venture organizations rather than a published investment thesis. At Paradigm she was listed as Senior Finance Associate; her prior path include

No personal check size or portfolio-company investment authority is public. Peggy's documented Paradigm role was finance, not investing. Confirm her current Amity responsibilities directly and use each firm's listed investment team for financing requests.

Historical management-company financeFund accounting and reportingAudit and assurance

#17Sean Hong

CFO & Partner

Hashed

Sean's distinctive contribution is financial rigor inside Hashed's builder-led frontier-technology platform. His private-equity and non-marketable-securities valuation background is most relevant when

No verified personal or current Hashed check range is published for Sean. Hashed invests its own resources from day zero through global scale, but vehicle, allocation, token/equity mix, ownership, reserves and Sean's role in a decision should be confirmed directly.

Company FormationPre-SeedSeed

#18Ryan Simon

Senior Associate, Investor Relations

Bessemer Venture Partners

Ryan's public mandate is capital formation and LP relationship management for Bessemer, not a personal startup-investment thesis. His background connects venture-fund fundraising with prior TMT invest

Not applicable to Ryan's investor-relations mandate. Founder check size, stage fit and investment authority belong to Bessemer's investing team and should be verified with the relevant listed partner or investor.

Fund fundraisingLimited-partner relationships

#19Daisy Wang

Operations Director

Inception Capital

Daisy leads fund operations and oversight at Inception Capital. The firm does not present her as a deal investor or publish a personal investment thesis.

Not applicable as a published personal mandate: Daisy Wang's current role is fund operations, and Inception does not disclose a firm check-size range on its website.

Fund Operations

#20Terry Culver

Executive Director

DFG (Digital Finance Group)

Executive leadership at DFG focused on scaling blockchain investment operations and portfolio management across global crypto markets.

Series ASeries BGrowth

#21Nana

Chief of Staff

Fisher8 Capital

Pre-seedSeedLiquid

#22Ned Menton