Gillian and Evan have identified one another since mentoring collectively at an accelerator in 2012. Gillian’s spectacular profession began as a camp counselor, then a sell-side fairness analyst, head of M&A at Image Applied sciences, an early-stage investor at Allen & Firm, CFO at XO Group (bought to WeddingWire in a $933M deal), companion at Union Sq. Ventures, after which CFO at Iora Well being (acquired by One Medical for ~$1.4B). She is at the moment the Chief Monetary Officer at Vimeo and Impartial Board Director at Phreesia & Duolingo. Gillian has over 30 years of finance and operational expertise within the expertise trade, serving in a number of CFO, board member, advisory and investor roles.
Whereas we’re unable to reveal the specifics of this 12 months’s fireplace chat, you might wish to watch the fireplace chat from our sixth Annual LDV Imaginative and prescient Summit in 2019, the place Evan and Gillian discussed the roller coaster experiences as an investor across multiple stages, entrepreneurs at companies, and the impact of visual technologies on businesses.