Trae Vassallo holds 13 patents from her early engineering career at IDEO, co-founded Good Technology, then spent 14 years as a General Partner at Kleiner Perkins where she led the firm's investment in Nest Labs - before co-founding Defy Partners in 2016 and co-authoring an influential study on gender in the tech industry.
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Begins career as a design engineer at IDEO, developing products for Palm and Dell.
2000
Co-founds Good Technology, an enterprise wireless email company later acquired by Motorola.
2002
Joins Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, eventually becoming a General Partner.
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Originates Kleiner's investments in Enphase and Silver Spring Networks; leads investment in Nest Labs (acquired by Google).
2014
Departs Kleiner Perkins following a firm reorganization; co-authors 'Elephant in the Valley' study on women's experiences in tech.
2016
Co-founds Defy Partners with Neil Sequeira.