I am a native San Franciscan with over 25 years of experience in the software industry. I have worked with 15 early stage startups and have deep knowledge of the startup environment. I am an advisor and mentor to startup founders in San Francisco, LA, NYC, DC, Boston, North Carolina, London and Kenya. I have created 8 private LinkedIn groups with over 16,000 members to connect people in my ecosystem. I am looking for innovative messaging startups to invest in. Twitter @RealMargaretta AngelList Margaretta-Colangelo Google+MargarettaColangelo1 Product Hunt @RealMargaretta Instagram margarettamcolangelo www.margarettacolangelo.com Email: [email protected]

President @ We are investors with specific technical expertise and business experience building secure messaging systems. We are investing in early stage startups that are developing instant messaging apps. If you are a founder interested in seed funding contact me [email protected] From June 2014 to Present (1 year 7 months) San Francisco Bay AreaPresident @ U1 Technologies' ultra high performance messaging software is used by the top Wall Street financial services companies for real-time 24 x 7 electronic trading to global markets for futures, options, FX, swaps and bond trading. U1 Technologies is privately held and has been profitable since 1999. From January 2007 to Present (9 years) Board of Directors @ LiveCrowds app connects fans with their favorite sports teams, integrates seamlessly with existing social platforms, and offers a series of cool, unique features. From January 2014 to Present (2 years) Product Advisory Board @ Alumnifire is a next generation digital alumni network that connects alumni communities. From January 2014 to Present (2 years) Mentor @ Getmii redefines what it means to search by searching people instead of the internet's existing information. Users post their needs to the "Need Feed," a location-based list of needs. Posts range in nature from goods and services to advice and wisdom. In that sense, Getmii is the world's first SAGE: services, advice and goods engine. From 2015 to Present (less than a year) Mentor @ OFIXU allows hosts of commercial work spaces to list and rent out space to those who need a place to work. OFIXU lists space for individual work and company meetings in 20 countries around the world. Users can easily book commercial space on one convenient platform for a single day, week, month or year. From 2015 to Present (less than a year) London, United KingdomMentor @ Shootly is a mobile app for on demand professional photography and dronography - aerial videography using drones. Our app works like Uber. Customers are paired with a pro from our network and you will see he or she drive in real-time to the destination of the desired photography session. Our rates are heavily discounted with same day delivery of the pictures via our web portal. We have launched Shootly in 4 categories: Events, Real Estate, Portraits/Headshots, and Sports. From 2015 to Present (less than a year) Mentor @ Spool is a theme-based video sharing application that stimulates original thought and provides a new way to capture and share truly entertaining and engaging videos with the friends you love. Interpret Spools and submit 7-second looping videos within 24 hours after a Spool is created. Once you've submitted a video or waited for the Spool to close after 24 hours you can then check out all the unique videos your friends came up with! From 2015 to Present (less than a year) Mentor @ Virt is a startup company focused on virtual reality innovations. Virt is developing technology to bring people, places, and experiences closer together. Virt's patent-pending technology allows people to create low-cost VR copies of real-world spaces, using 360-degree videos. From January 2015 to Present (1 year) Mentor @ DUMA is a social job matching service designed for emerging markets. DUMA connects employers and potential hires through the DUMA WORKS mobile platform. In Kenya, over 10,000 job seekers have used DUMA WORKS to connect to employers resulting in 4500 job matches. Over 200 employers in Kenya use DUMA to find talent and efficiantly grow their organizations. From January 2015 to Present (1 year) KenyaDirector of Sales and Marketing @ LearningPatterns provides Java/J2EE courseware and consulting to Fortune 500 companies. I managed sales, marketing, business development and strategic partnerships. From April 2003 to January 2007 (3 years 10 months) Technical Support Sales @ Nuance Communications is the world's leading provider of speech and image recognition software. Products include Open Speech Recognizer which enables businesses to automate self service applications and RealSpeak which converts text into high quality speech. From 2002 to 2002 (less than a year) Director of Sales @ U1 Technologies' ultra high performance messaging software is used by the top Wall Street financial services companies for real-time 24 x 7 electronic trading to global markets for futures, options, FX, swaps and bond trading. U1 Technologies is privately held and has been profitable since 1999 From August 1999 to September 2001 (2 years 2 months) Manager of Corporate Services @ I was the 6th employee to join Esurance, the fastest growing personal automobile insurance company in the world with $1 billion revenue and 500,000 customers. Esurance raised $40M in Series A and B financings from leading investors including Trinity Ventures, Palo Alto Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Stanford University and Global Retail Partners. From January 1999 to August 1999 (8 months) Manager of Corporate Services @ I was the 18th employee to join Open Horizon. Open Horizon created the first 100% pure Java publish & subscribe middleware for enabling mission-critical applications. Ambrosia included real-time event notification, comprehensive security, authentication, authorization, privacy protection, integrity protection, guaranteed message delivery, transaction support, and multiple interfaces. Open Horizon raised $20M in Series A and B financings from leading investors including US Venture Partners, PeopleSoft and Mitsui. From June 1994 to December 1998 (4 years 7 months)

BA, Government with a concentration in European History @ Sweet Briar College From 1983 to 1987 Connecticut, Prep School @ Kent School From 1979 to 1983 San Francisco, Elementary School @ Convent of the Sacred Heart From 1969 to 1979 Margaretta Colangelo is skilled in: Strategic Partnerships, Business Development, Start-ups, Venture Capital, Leadership, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Social Media, Executive Management, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Social Media Marketing, Social Networking, Marketing Strategy