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30 AND UNDER: Rising stars in Silicon Valley tech who find hot startup deals and manage millions of dollars

by Zoë Bernard on May 3, 2018, 1:47 PM

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Silicon Valley is home to some of the hottest venture capital firms worldwide. In the valley, the stakes are high. To be a successful investor, you need a keen business sense and attention to detail, a forward-thinking outlook, and a strategic eye for investment.  A handful of venture capitalists have acquired these skills early on, before the age of 30.

We've rounded up some of the top Silicon Valley investors under the age of 30 at leading firms. In addition to our own research, we reached out to VC firms and investors in Silicon Valley for nominations on noteworthy up-and-comers in the valley's tech scene to help come up with our final list. 

Here they are:

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Saam Motamedi co-founded machine learning startup Guru Labs before joining Greylock Partners in 2016.

Age: 24

Title: Investor, Greylock Partners

Companies he's worked with: Blend, Spoke, and Avi Networks. Motamedi also works with several companies that are currently unannounced.

 

 

 



Jennifer Kaehms kicked off her career with a cold email to Canvas Venture's co-founder Rebecca Lynn. Now, she's involved with the firm's Stanford and UC Berkeley liaison programs and hosts events to help out junior members of venture firms.

Age: 26

Title: Associate, Canvas Ventures

Companies she's worked with: Gabi, Casetext, Vida Health, Figure Eight, Vida Health, Casetext, Luminar Technologies, Gabi, and HealthLoop.

 

 



Before joining Unshackled Ventures, Lucas Rocha worked with Dorm Room Fund, JetBlue Ventures, and Underscore.vc. So far, he's assisted in the deployment of more than $100 million in capital.

Age: 24
Title: Investor, Unshackled Ventures

Companies he's worked with: Joby Aviation, Salsify, Lily, Pluto AI, Filament, FLYR, CloudZero, and Volantio.



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