Niv Dror built his network through community and marketing roles at Product Hunt, AngelList, and Meerkat before co-founding Shrug Capital in 2018 - a fund whose origin, famously, was a joke tweet that turned into real backing from Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon.
Education
University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A. Business Economics
Previous Experience
Analyst, DataFox Inc. (2013–2015)
Community Manager, Meerkat/Houseparty (2015)
Marketing, Product Hunt (2015–2018)
Marketing, AngelList (2017–2018)
Career Timeline
2013
Works as an analyst at DataFox.
2015
Serves as Community Manager at Meerkat/Houseparty, then joins Product Hunt in marketing.
2017
Joins AngelList in marketing while continuing at Product Hunt.
2018
Co-founds Shrug Capital with Moshe Lifschitz, growing what started as a viral tweet into a fund backed by Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, and Kevin Rose.