Carolyn Frey

Knoetic’s mission is to empower the next generation of CPOs and People leaders with the right information at the right time. Our People Analytics platform allows People teams to build beautiful custom dashboards to gain high-level visibility on the KPIs that matter most or drill-down into any chart, report, and employee profile. Our CPOHQ community platform supports 2,000+ People executives and allows them to strategize together in our forum and live events, plus share playbooks and resources with one another. Our customers are strategic People teams from category-defining companies like Figma, Gainsight, Credit Karma, and more. They understand that empowering their leaders with the right People data at the right time allows them to navigate any market dynamic with a steady hand. We’re backed by leading investors (Accel), angel investors (Adam Grant), and 100+ CPOs, CEOs, and founders.

SemperVirens is a San Francisco based venture capital firm investing in AI-native companies transforming the largest and most complex service markets in the economy: healthcare, financial services, and the workforce. These markets represent over 75% of US GDP, yet remain defined by manual work, regulatory complexity, and systems that too often fail. We back companies that dont just improve workflows, but take responsibility for the outcome.  Since 2018, weve backed over 85 category-defining companies, including unicorns like Spring Health, Human Interest, Midi Health, Remote, and Multiverse. We put thousands of senior operators, advisors, and channel partners to work for our founders, accelerating customer access, distribution, and scale across markets we know from the inside.

UC Santa Barbara is consistently recognized for excellence across broad fields of study. Set alongside the California coast, its dynamic environment inspires scholarly ambition and creativity. This page highlights UCSB achievements and discoveries as well as opportunities to stay connected to the Gaucho community.

Lead Edge Capital is a $9 billion growth equity firm backing software, internet, and tech-enabled businesses around the world. Since 2011, we’ve partnered with over 100 companies, including Alibaba Group, Asana, Duo Security, Grafana Labs, Live View Technologies (LVT), Toast, and Wise and have seen more than 60 successful exits. We look for companies where our network of investors can make a meaningful difference, and where speed, access, and execution matter. We’re powered by a global investor network of 700+ operators, executives, and entrepreneurs who do more than commit capital. They help connect our portfolio companies with the customers, talent, and advisors needed to accelerate growth. Lead Edge has offices in New York, London, and Santa Barbara.

Knoetic’s mission is to empower the next generation of CPOs and People leaders with the right information at the right time. Our People Analytics platform allows People teams to build beautiful custom dashboards to gain high-level visibility on the KPIs that matter most or drill-down into any chart, report, and employee profile. Our CPOHQ community platform supports 2,000+ People executives and allows them to strategize together in our forum and live events, plus share playbooks and resources with one another. Our customers are strategic People teams from category-defining companies like Figma, Gainsight, Credit Karma, and more. They understand that empowering their leaders with the right People data at the right time allows them to navigate any market dynamic with a steady hand. We’re backed by leading investors (Accel), angel investors (Adam Grant), and 100+ CPOs, CEOs, and founders.

SemperVirens is a San Francisco based venture capital firm investing in AI-native companies transforming the largest and most complex service markets in the economy: healthcare, financial services, and the workforce. These markets represent over 75% of US GDP, yet remain defined by manual work, regulatory complexity, and systems that too often fail. We back companies that dont just improve workflows, but take responsibility for the outcome.  Since 2018, weve backed over 85 category-defining companies, including unicorns like Spring Health, Human Interest, Midi Health, Remote, and Multiverse. We put thousands of senior operators, advisors, and channel partners to work for our founders, accelerating customer access, distribution, and scale across markets we know from the inside.

We’re not waiting for the future. We’re building it. Through curated collaboration with world class People leaders, we surface the best technology and scale it in the world’s most forward-thinking companies. PeopleTech Partner advisors have deep experience as decision makers and buyers. We share critical insights and give feedback in partnership with our company founders at the right time to fuel success.