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Alana Goyal founded Basecase, where she writes early checks to technical founders and co-led Braintrust’s initial financing. She previously worked on product at Samsara, Blend and AppDynamics, helped incubate Abnormal at Greylock, and builds software to understand the tools she backs, including Resend and Vercel.
Alana Goyal founded Basecase, where she writes early checks to technical founders and co-led Braintrust’s initial financing. She previously worked on product at Samsara, Blend and AppDynamics, helped incubate Abnormal at Greylock, and builds software to understand the tools she backs, including Resend and Vercel.
Career
Alana Goyal holds a Bachelor’s degree, Computer Science from Columbia University.
Founder and Managing Partner at Basecase from 2021-05 to PresentPre-seed investing in technical founders and their first products.
Product Manager at Samsara from 2019 to 2021-05Built internal data, reporting, alerting, automation, and administration capabilities.RDVenture Fellow at Rough Draft Ventures from 2017 to 2019Worked with student entrepreneurs through General Catalyst’s university-focused program.
Campus Scout at Sequoia Capital from 2015 to 2019
Investor Intern at Greylock from 2018 to 2018Contributed to Abnormal Security’s incubation during a venture-capital internship.
Product Manager Intern at Blend from 2017 to 2017Helped introduce a lending platform for homeowners accessing equity.
Product Manager Intern at AppDynamics from 2016 to 2017Worked on a self-serve trial for application-monitoring software.NResearch and Development Intern at Natera from 2015 to 2015Supported the company’s research and development work.
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Guillermo RauchFounder and CEO of Vercel
alana is a rare breed of investor who genuinely cares to understand your product, use it, and recommend it.
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thanks for all the helpful feedback along the way
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