Ellen Chisa backs founders building developer tools and enterprise companies at Boldstart Ventures. She previously co-founded Dark and worked in product roles at Lola, Kickstarter and Microsoft.

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Ellen Chisa backs founders building developer tools and enterprise companies at Boldstart Ventures. She previously co-founded Dark and worked in product roles at Lola, Kickstarter and Microsoft.

Career

Ellen Chisa holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering from Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering.

Partner at Boldstart Ventures until Present
Co-founder & CEO at Dark from 2017-04 to 2020
VP Product at Lola until 2017
Product Manager at Kickstarter from 2012-12 to 2014
Program Manager at Microsoft from 2010-07 to 2012

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Building Faster

How early engineering teams can ship faster by clarifying tradeoffs, reducing scope and resolving stalled work, with lessons from Lola and Dark.

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Becoming a VC

Ellen explains her move from founder to investor and the commitments behind her approach to coaching and supporting founders.

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