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UCSD, BA Mathematics, BS Molecular Biology
MIT, Ph.D.

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Elad Gil

Currently Director of Corporate Strategy at Twitter. Prior roles at Twitter include:

  • Director Search Product
  • Director of Geo at Twitter after Twitter bought his company, Mixer Labs.

Angel investor/advisor.

Co-founder and CEO of Mixer Labs, Townme, and GeoAPI.com.

Prior to Mixer Labs Elad was at Google. At Google, Elad incubated the mobile wireless team and was involved in all aspects of getting the team up and running. Elad was involved with 3 acquisitions (including the Android team) and was the original product manager for Google Mobile Maps and other key mobile products. Elad also launched Google’s first location/GPS aware product on Google Labs (Google RideFinder).

Prior to Google, Elad had product management and market seeding roles at a number of Silicon Valley startups. He also worked at McKinsey & Co.

Elad is an advisor to a handful of mobile, ecommerce, and social media startups.

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Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Grubwithus 5/11Angel$1.6M15
Qwiki 7/10Seed$1.5M9
Foodzie 12/08Seed$1M23

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  1. How much money did Airbnb raise? What is the company's financing history? (quora.com) [edit]
  2. Investors Cough Up $1.6 Million To Dine With Grubwithus, The Brilliant Social Dining Service (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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  4. Foodzie Raises $1 Million For Its Specialty Food Marketplace (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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