Core Team
Casey Fenton
Co-Founder & CEO
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Founder, Couchsurfing (20M+ users)
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Five-time serial entrepreneur with successful exits
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$25M raised from top VCs such as Benchmark, General Catalyst, Menlo Ventures, midyear, Found
Arne Peder Blix
Co-Founder & Senior Advisor
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Founder, Accurate Equity (later Equatex)
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Spent more than a decade serving 30% of Fortune 100 equity market, never lost a customer
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Equatex was aquired by Computershare in 2018
Tery Williams
Legal Lead
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Chief equity document legal advisor
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22 years, international equity plan expert for 150+ countries
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Led equity plan design for Baker Mckenzie & Hewlett Packard
Pawlo Riveros
Chief Technical Officer
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Chief technical lead
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Worked with CEO Casey Fenton for 8+ years on multiple companies
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Former developer for Couchsurfing
Gabriel Fenton
Chief Operating Officer
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10+ years of experience in the startup world.
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UX & UI expert in the field if startups.
Virginia Forsyth
International Attorney
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Chief customer onboarding lead
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10+ years experience in commercial law for a top London law firm
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Former solicitor for a multi-million dollar international organization
Scott McGregor, PhD
Chief Financial Officer
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Experienced SaaS Finance Manager for 20 years
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Forecasting and Modeling Wizard
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Makes sure the Upstock UI is bookeeper-friendly
Renata Valkova
International Attorney
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Chief customer success lead
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International lawyer and mediator
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Deep knowledge in EU & US law
Amanda Baker
Head of Content
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Website & content creation
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Assistant marketing & sales
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Trust and estate planning paralegal
Asmina Symonyan
International Attorney
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Licensed attorney in a foreign jurisdiction
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Ph.D in Law
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Fluent in English & Russian
Cansu Fenton
Lead Marketing Specialist
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7+ years of marketing experience
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Lead marketing strategiest
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Experienced in marketing, sales and operations
Advisors
Eric Ries
Senior Advisor
Author of the Lean Startup.
Founder of the Long Term Stock Exchange. Faculty of Singularity University.
Richard Titus
General Partner at All Fund and former Senior VP, Samsung. ICO expert with over 30 successful ICOs.
Arjun Dev Arora
Founder & Adviser, Valence Advisory. Former Partner, 500 Startups. Former Founder & CEO, ReTargeter. Venture Partner, Fin Venture Capital. Silicon Valley Entrepreneur.
Daniel Hoffer
VC (Autotech), Tandem Capital. Founder & Former CEO of Couchsurfing. Deep product expertise from roles at NortonLive (Symantech) and Triplit (Concur/SAP).
Janielle Denier
CEO, RainFactory, Inc. Top growth hacker & crowdfunding expert. Responsible for 8 of the top 20 Indiegogo campaigns.
