Company Info for welcome.tech | Icebreaker

Company Info for welcome.tech | Icebreaker

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Data driven people leader| Global Talent Acquisition, HR|B2B, SaaS, B2C

Gardiner Garrard

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Gardiner Garrard is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of TTV Capital, an Atlanta-based venture capital firm focused on early stage fintech companies. Since its founding in 2000, TTV Capital has invested in 80+ companies, including the category defining fintech companies Bill.com, Cardlytics, Greendot, Greenlight, Taxbit, MX, SmartAsset, and many others. Gardiner began his career in venture capital in the late 1990s and was one of the first venture investors to recognize the transformative impact technology would have in the constitution and delivery of financial services. He has since been recognized multiple times as one of Institutional Investor’s top fintech investors. To date, Gardiner has served an active director role for 15 TTV Capital portfolio companies. Gardiner earned a B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.B.A. from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. In 2004, he was honored with the Goizueta Business School’s Outstanding Recent Alumni Award. Gardiner is the Vice Chair and Chairman-elect of the Shuford Entrepreneurship Program at UNC Chapel Hill. He is also a member of the advisory boards for the Emory Eye Center and the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and a past board member for the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Atlanta and the Georgia Department of Economic Development.

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Managing Partner Family Office. Venture Capital Investor.

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Head of Product @ Welcome Tech

Alessio Fanelli

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Latent Space Co-Host, Partner & CTO at Decibel

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Fractional PMM and GTM leader here 🙋‍♀️ I specialize in helping B2B SaaS companies validate their market and then *go-to-market* with clear messaging and positioning. With deep expertise in market validation, messaging frameworks, and upmarket expansion, I partner with startups that are hitting growth cliffs with their first-generation GTM motions. As a former product manager turned PMM, I bring a unique perspective that bridges product strategy with voice of the customer insights. Spent several years at Brex leading the go-to-market strategy for their SaaS expense management offering, and have recently worked with B2B brands spanning fintech, HR tech, commerce, and sports tech. Equally passionate about helping others regain ownership of their time and value by going fractional - check out my writing here: https://strategicpivotery.substack.com/ Areas where I can help: - Designing and validating product-market fit - Market discovery and validation - Testing and prioritizing your ideal customer profile - Messaging and positioning foundations - Go-to-market and sales enablement playbooks - How to design and run a PMM function at any stage - Pitch-deck and fundraising guidance - Becoming a fractional executive / starting a consulting business As an example, I love questions like: "We're early stage and are gaining some traction, but we don't know where to prioritize, what signals we should be looking for, or what customer audience to focus on." I'm passionate about: - Edtech and civictech / govtech - Future of work and collaboration - Long-tail marketplaces - Businesses that empower creators of all shapes and sizes - Consumer social and community platforms

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Managing Partner Family Office. General Partner & Managing Director & Co-Founder UTA.VC. https://www.uta.vc/. GP at United Talent Agency Ventures https://www.unitedtalent.com/ventures/. Lead investments, fundraising, fund management, portfolio construction. WHERE CULTURE MEETS TECHNOLOGY -- At UTA.VC we're partnering with visionary founders to build the next culture-defining companies at the intersection of the Creator Economy, Web3, AI, and the Future of Entertainment. Investor & Senior Advisor in consumer, tech, and games industry at Warburg Pincus, https://warburgpincus.com/. Interested in connecting with top teams and companies for growth investment, series B and up, $50 million - $150 million+ investments. Former Managing Director, General Partner, & Venture Partner at Crosscut Ventures. crosscut.vc, an early stage venture capital firm that helps passionate entrepreneurs build great companies. Former COO & General Counsel, head of corporate development, business development, online & mobile at SQUARE ENIX. Deep experience leading, advising, and investing in international technology, consumer, entertainment, and video game companies. Specialties and Interests: New platforms, video game and media development, publishing, merchandising, licensing, digital distribution, social, mobile, PC, augmented reality, virtual reality, esports, virtual items, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and Artificial Intelligence. Corporate board director for public and private companies, Corporate and business development transactions, Strategy, partnerships, M&A, venture capital financing, international joint ventures, content and technology licensing, Internet advertising and marketing, corporate governance, employment matters, crisis management, dispute resolution, strategy, Japan, China, Asia. Investor in PlayVS, Immortals / IGC.gg, Super Evil MegaCorp, StreamLabs sold to Logitech, MobCrush, Little Labs, Boom.tv, Arsenic.tv, Blitz Esports sold to Discord, FitOn, Fabletics, TechStyle, JustFab, Winc/ClubW, DataScience, HelloTech, GumGum, Inspire Energy, Ipsy, DocStoc, Lettuce, Local ID, Narvar, SHIFT, Soma, Starmaker, TheBlackTux, Verve, Omaze, Branch, Buzzfeed, and more...

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Energy professional passionate about using technology to enable the energy transition, circular product design and sustainable economic development. Reach out about virtual power plants, renewable energy technology and sustainable product development.