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(0118) ex-Visa, ex-Apple, ex-Microsoft early stage founders

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Sep 18, 2025
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Hey, this is poach.vc, where we help you discover pre-seed / seed deal flow by tracking the people the top 350 VCs are interacting with online.

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People

  • Rebecca Norlander (Seattle)

    • 20yr at Microsoft and VP at HP (with a stint in VC along the way) now working on a stealth AI startup.

    • LinkedIn

  • Cecilia Zhang (San Jose)

    • PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley, former Research Scientist at Adobe for 4 years, now building photography ai.

    • Twitter / LinkedIn

  • Jack Curran (New York)

    • Former Apple employee and Thrive Capital incubations team member, now co-founder of Nash and Halo Air.

    • Twitter / LinkedIn

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