Geoff Donaker
Geoff Donaker
Geoff Donaker
General Partner
Geoff founded Burst Capital in 2017, before which he was Yelp COO for a decade. Geoff also worked on two start-ups before Yelp (one successful, one not) along with roles at eBay and Excite. He is a Stanford grad.
Mike Ghaffary
Geoff Donaker
Geoff Donaker
General Partner
Mike previously invested at Canvas Ventures, Social Capital, and Summit Partners. As an operator, Mike was SVP BD of Yelp, CEO of Eat24, and co-founder of Stitcher and BarMax. He graduated from Harvard Business and Law School and USC.
Wendy Lim
Geoff Donaker
Rob Krolik
General Partner
Wendy led and scaled four different functions at Yelp: revenue operations, customer support, investor relations and new markets. She has also held leadership roles at Bia-Echo Foundation and the University of California. She is a graduate of Cal and HBS.
Rob Krolik
Geoff Donaker
Rob Krolik
General Partner & CFO
Rob was Yelp CFO and took the company public in 2012. He was previously CFO of Move.com, Shopping.com, eBay Germany and Digital Think. Rob is a UT Austin alum and a certified public accountant (inactive) who also teaches a course on "How to be a Great CFO."
Michael Stoppelman
Michael Stoppelman
Michael Stoppelman
Advisor
Michael has invested in over 50 startups as an Angel, Scout and VC. He was previously SVP of Engineering at Yelp, where he built that team from 10-500. He was also an early Googler and graduated from Purdue.
Rachel Williams
Michael Stoppelman
Michael Stoppelman
Advisor
Rachel has been an HR leader and Chief Diversity Officer at Motley Fool, X, the Moonshot Factory and StubHub. She was previously Head of Recruiting at both Yelp and Clearslide. She is a UC Berkeley grad.