Primary Job Title Executive Director Primary Organization 
Band of Angels
Location San Francisco, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Female
LinkedIn View on LinkedIn
Sonja Markova is Executive Director of the Band of Angels, Silicon Valley's oldest angel investment group. Band members are former and current high tech executives interested in investing their time and money into new, cutting edge startup companies. Since 1994, Band members have seeded over 277 companies with 55 profitable M&A exits and
10 Nasdaq IPOs.
Previously, she was Vice President of Point Reyes Management, an asset management firm investing in early stage ventures, multifamily real estate, and the financial markets. Her primary focus was sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities for the firm's angel fund, which was established in the fall of 2014 to hold the firm's investments in startups and made 15 investments as of March 2016.
Sonja was a key person on the Keiretsu Forum team for 12 years. Founded in 2000, Keiretsu Forum is a worldwide network of capital, resources, and deal flow with 49 chapters on 3 continents. She has previous work experience with Tiburon Research Group, Contra Costa Software Business Incubator, and Republic of China’s ICDF Equity Investment Fund for small and medium-sized enterprises in Macedonia.
She holds BS in Management from the University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Macedonia, MBA in Finance and New Ventures Management and Certificate in Marketing from California State University, East Bay. Sonja is an alumni Ron Brown fellow. The Ron Brown Fellowship is a U.S. Department of State program that supports young professionals from Central and Eastern Europe.
