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.
Wendy Lim
Geoff Donaker
Geoff Donaker
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."
Mike Ghaffary
Michael Stoppelman
Michael Stoppelman
Advisor
Mike is a General Partner at Canvas Ventures. He was previously CEO of Eat24 and SVP of Business Development at Yelp. He also co-founded Stitcher and BarMax. Mike graduated from USC and Harvard.
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
Rachel Williams
Advisor
Rachel is Head of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity at X, the Moonshot Factory. She previously led EID at StubHub and was Head of Recruiting at both Yelp and Clearslide. She is a UC Berkeley grad.