# Your 24x7 Support Line

Startups seldom die because of competition. They die because they build the wrong thing, hire too early, optimize for optics, or lose conviction halfway through. We've made those mistakes ourselves and will help you avoid them. We've been founders, early engineers, and operators at companies like Twitter, Tellme, and Yahoo. We've invested across seed and growth, and have seen how breakout companies get built and how quickly momentum can disappear.

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## Investment Team

**Ramy Adeeb**  
[Managing Partner](/content/team/ramy-adeeb/index.html)  
**Samit Kalra**  
[Partner, SaaS & Marketplaces](/content/team/samit-kalra/index.html)  
**Mark Percival**  
[Partner, Infrastructure + Dev](/content/team/mark-percival/index.html)  
**Farzad Soleimani**  
[Partner, Healthcare](/content/team/farzad-soleimani/index.html)

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## Senior Advisors

- Andy Rachleff  
Founder of Benchmark Capital
- Michael Smith  
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University
- Jim Messina  
Chief of staff for operations under President Obama
- Sir Mohamed Mansour  
Chairman of Mansour Group, a global conglomerate and GM's largest distributor globally

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## Technology Partners

- Moataz Soliman  
Co-founder and CTO at Instabug
- Kyle Oppenheim  
VP of Engineering at Groupon, director of eng at Facebook
- Karim Wahba  
Head of Data Science at Pinterest, and previously at Stitch Fix, Uber and Ginger.io

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## Venture Partners

- Mo Badran  
First PM at Slash
- Drew Uher  
Founder and CEO at Homelight
- Greg Pal  
Founder and CBO at Automat.ai and VP at Nuance
- Daniele Codega  
Partner at Work & Co. Previously Head of Design at Reuters, Creative Director at HuffPost