CapitalG was founded a decade ago to empower entrepreneurs with Alphabet and Google’s unparalleled expertise in growth. 16 IPOs (11 in the last five years alone!), 9 significant M&A exits, and 60 incredible investment partnerships later, we’ve been privileged to support the growth journeys of some of the most inspiring entrepreneurs and transformative tech companies in the world, such as Stripe, CrowdStrike, Duolingo, Databricks, Zscaler, Airbnb and Freshworks. Our work has only been possible because we’ve been fortunate enough to attract, develop and retain one of the hardest working, brightest, most founder-centric, and compassionate teams in venture.
Today we are thrilled to congratulate three outstanding investors on becoming CapitalG’s newest partners. Mo Jomaa and Alex Nichols are being promoted after six years with the firm, and Jane Alexander is joining us as the newest member of the CapitalG family.
Alex Nichols
Alex Nichols leads investments focused on application software and consumer products, working closely with managing partner Laela Sturdy. He is particularly excited by companies creating new horizontal markets or reinventing large legacy industries through novel economic or distribution models.
In his six years at CapitalG, Alex has had the opportunity to partner with a number of iconic companies across the CapitalG portfolio, including Duolingo, Stripe, UiPath, Coupa, Webflow, Whatnot, and others. Before joining CapitalG in 2018, Alex worked at Goldman Sachs in San Francisco.
Mo Jomaa
Mo Jomaa helps lead enterprise software investing at CapitalG, where he focuses on IT management software and data infrastructure and analytics and works closely with general partner Derek Zanutto. In his time at CapitalG, Mo has played a leadership role in the firm’s investments in Armis, Collibra, Databricks, New Relic, and Ping Identity.
Prior to joining CapitalG in 2018, Mo helped lead enterprise software IPO and M&A transactions at Morgan Stanley in the firm’s technology investment banking group in Menlo Park.
Jane Alexander
Jane Alexander joins CapitalG as an investment partner focusing on enterprise software, bringing with her deep operating experience gained over a decade and a half in go-to-market roles. Immediately prior to joining CapitalG, Jane was the Chief Marketing Officer at Carta where she led Marketing, Business Development, and Government Affairs, and before that was chief of staff to the CEO.
Prior to joining CapitalG, Jane attended business school at Stanford, worked with the investment team at Accel, and spent 5 years in various sales and sales leadership roles.
CapitalG’s newest VPs: Manmeet Gujral and Kelly Barton
Today we’re also delighted to share that both Manmeet Gujral and Kelly Barton have been promoted to vice president.
Manmeet Gujral helps lead investments in AI & ML, B2B application SaaS, open source, and infrastructure companies. He works closely with AI-focused partner Jill Chase and played an instrumental role in working with her to build CapitalG’s AI practice. Since joining CapitalG in 2021, Manmeet has worked on the company’s investments in Magic.dev, Chief, and TeamSystem.
Before joining CapitalG, Manmeet worked in product marketing and operations at Tecton and as a consultant at Bain & Company in San Francisco.
Kelly Barton helps lead investments in B2B fintech and vertical software, working closely with general partner Jesse Wedler. At CapitalG, she played an instrumental part in securing deals with Coupa and Duck Creek.
Prior to joining CapitalG in 2021, Kelly worked as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group in Chicago and spent time at Senreve, a direct-to-consumer brand in San Francisco. A former D1 crew athlete while studying math at MIT, she is also a national champion triathlete.
Welcome, new team members!
Over the past year we have also been fortunate to welcome the following talented professionals to CapitalG: Lin Zhu, Leila Ashtaryeh, Miriam Finnemore, Army Tunjaicon and Rick Crawford. Lin, Leila, Miriam, and Army have joined CapitalG’s investment team, and Rick Crawford joined the growth team which supports companies through hands-on operational and strategic support and critical connections.
Please join us in congratulating Alex, Mo, Kelly and Manmeet on their well-deserved promotions and in welcoming Jane, Lin, Leila, Miriam, Army, and Rick. We can’t wait to see what new companies they bring to the CapitalG family and the many meaningful ways that they will help our companies accelerate their businesses.