Trae Vassallo

Technology & Strategy Leader @ Apple | Engineer, Founder, Investor, Board Member, Advocate for Women in Tech

📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 16 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2015𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Investor & Advisor
Dec 2015
Molekule’s mission is to deliver clean air to everyone, everywhere. Founded by a family trying to address the adverse impacts of polluted air, Molekule was created with a goal of using the power of science to tackle indoor air pollution around the world. Molekule’s proprietary technology, Photo Electrochemical Oxidation (PECO), works at the molecular level to destroy pollutants. Developed over two decades by research scientists, PECO is an innovative technology that utilizes free radicals – the same radicals used to destroy cancer cells – to break down pollutants at a molecular level, including VOCs, bacteria, mold, viruses, and allergens. By using nanotechnology, PECO is able to destroy pollutants 1000 times smaller than the HEPA standard tests for, making Molekule unlike any other air purifier. Molekule is inspired and driven by the many stories from Molekule reviews about how thousands of customers have experienced the difference with PECO technology. The entire team – employees, partners, investors – share a deep commitment to building a new future of clean, healthy air around the world. More than two decades of scientific research led us to where we are today. By working together, there’s no limit to what we can achieve in the years to come. As of January 2023, AeroClean and Molekule have joined together to provide the largest range of proprietary and patented, FDA-cleared air purification devices to bring better indoor air to the places you live and breathe in.
Investor & Advisor
Jun 2014
We are engineers, designers, binge-watchers. We believe wifi is at the heart of the home experience, which means it should be the best and most reliable it can be. At eero, we’re determined to create a product that’s not only better, different, (dare we say) disruptive, but a product that feels as human as its users. It’s our sweat-the-details, forward-thinking mentality that’s gotten us to today — but our ambitions are far greater. Think you’re up for the challenge? Learn more at https://eero.com/ eero—an Amazon company It’s WiFi so good, you’ll never think about it again.
Investor
May 2013
We don’t just build a product. We create an experience. Dropcam, a Nest company, is developing cutting-edge technology that is revolutionizing the way people connect to their home and to the world. An experience that allows you to watch anything from anywhere. (And we do mean anything: Dropcam’s live streaming technology was originally built for reasons that might surprise you.) Engineers... This is complicated. We promise. Much like launching a fleet of suborbital spacecrafts or getting a seat on the subway during rush hour, building a stable, highly-available live video streaming system isn't easy. While we’ll let Richard Branson handle the first (and we’ll provide a pre-tax commuter plan for the second), the third is a problem we know we can solve... with your help. And you will make a difference. Each member of the team is integral to our success. Whether your spec’ing a new design element or landing our next great partnership, we’re counting on you to move the dial.
Investor
Nov 2010
Opower is the platform for utility customer action. Its the magic in the utility customer experience and the key to customer-centric grid operations. Opower brings AI and behavioral science into the utility CX, gets the attention of busy people, and influences them to act at population scale. More than 175 utilities around the world have deployed Opower to create energy savings, peak demand reduction, digital self-service, faster program adoption, and satisfied customers.
Experience · 9 entries
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2019
Equity Summit
Co-host Equity Summit
Jan 2019
2016
Co-Founder & Managing Director
May 2016
early stage venture capital
2015
Investor & Advisor
Dec 2015
Molekule’s mission is to deliver clean air to everyone, everywhere. Founded by a family trying to address the adverse impacts of polluted air, Molekule was created with a goal of using the power of science to tackle indoor air pollution around the world. Molekule’s proprietary technology, Photo Electrochemical Oxidation (PECO), works at the molecular level to destroy pollutants. Developed over two decades by research scientists, PECO is an innovative technology that utilizes free radicals – the same radicals used to destroy cancer cells – to break down pollutants at a molecular level, including VOCs, bacteria, mold, viruses, and allergens. By using nanotechnology, PECO is able to destroy pollutants 1000 times smaller than the HEPA standard tests for, making Molekule unlike any other air purifier. Molekule is inspired and driven by the many stories from Molekule reviews about how thousands of customers have experienced the difference with PECO technology. The entire team – employees, partners, investors – share a deep commitment to building a new future of clean, healthy air around the world. More than two decades of scientific research led us to where we are today. By working together, there’s no limit to what we can achieve in the years to come. As of January 2023, AeroClean and Molekule have joined together to provide the largest range of proprietary and patented, FDA-cleared air purification devices to bring better indoor air to the places you live and breathe in.
2014
Investor & Advisor
Jun 2014
We are engineers, designers, binge-watchers. We believe wifi is at the heart of the home experience, which means it should be the best and most reliable it can be. At eero, we’re determined to create a product that’s not only better, different, (dare we say) disruptive, but a product that feels as human as its users. It’s our sweat-the-details, forward-thinking mentality that’s gotten us to today — but our ambitions are far greater. Think you’re up for the challenge? Learn more at https://eero.com/ eero—an Amazon company It’s WiFi so good, you’ll never think about it again.
2013
Investor
May 2013
We don’t just build a product. We create an experience. Dropcam, a Nest company, is developing cutting-edge technology that is revolutionizing the way people connect to their home and to the world. An experience that allows you to watch anything from anywhere. (And we do mean anything: Dropcam’s live streaming technology was originally built for reasons that might surprise you.) Engineers... This is complicated. We promise. Much like launching a fleet of suborbital spacecrafts or getting a seat on the subway during rush hour, building a stable, highly-available live video streaming system isn't easy. While we’ll let Richard Branson handle the first (and we’ll provide a pre-tax commuter plan for the second), the third is a problem we know we can solve... with your help. And you will make a difference. Each member of the team is integral to our success. Whether your spec’ing a new design element or landing our next great partnership, we’re counting on you to move the dial.
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