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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 attended Columbia University, earning a Bachelor’s degree, Computer Science.
Founder and Managing Partner at Basecase from 2021-05 to Present.Pre-seed investing in technical founders and their first products.
Product Manager at Samsara from 2019 to 2021-05.Built internal data, reporting, alerting, automation, and administration capabilities.RDVenture Fellow at Rough Draft Ventures from 2017 to 2019.Worked 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 2018.Contributed to Abnormal Security’s incubation during a venture-capital internship.
Product Manager Intern at Blend from 2017 to 2017.Helped introduce a lending platform for homeowners accessing equity.
Product Manager Intern at AppDynamics from 2016 to 2017.Worked on a self-serve trial for application-monitoring software.NResearch and Development Intern at Natera from 2015 to 2015.Supported the company’s research and development work.