Heidi Roizen

Partner

“I consider myself incredibly lucky to work with amazing people building world-changing companies. For me, a great day at work is better than a great day on vacation.”

Heidi is a venture capitalist, corporate director, and ‘recovering' entrepreneur. She is currently a partner at Threshold Ventures. Heidi holds board positions with two Threshold portfolio companies: Polarr and Upside Foods. She also serves as an independent corporate director for Planet (NYSE: PL).

In addition, Heidi is the co-lead of Stanford's Threshold Venture Fellows Program in the Management Science and Engineering department at Stanford University and serves on the advisory councils of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) and Stanford Technology Ventures (STVP).

Heidi started her career as co-founder of software company T/Maker and served as its CEO for over a dozen years until its acquisition by Deluxe Corporation. In 1999, after a year as VP of worldwide developer relations at Apple, she became a venture capitalist. Heidi has undergraduate and MBA degrees from Stanford and is the proud mother of two kids and two rescue dogs.

Investments

Upside Foods

Upside Foods develops meat produced directly from animal cells without the need to raise and slaughter livestock.

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Upside Foods

Upside Foods develops meat produced directly from animal cells without the need to raise and slaughter livestock.

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