# Katie Kirsch

> ecosystem @ a16z

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/katiekirsch

Hi! 👋 I’m Katie from the a16z ecosystem / new media team in SF.

Helping to build the best network in tech - creating programs, fellowships, & spaces for startup founders, operators, and engineers.

Before a16z, I spent 10 years in the startup world as a founder, investor, operator, coach, and community-builder. I have an engineering degree from Stanford and MBA from Harvard Business School.

Other interests - yoga, meditation, writing, scuba, personal finance, mahjong, volunteering with girls' health & education nonprofits.

## Work Experience
### Partner @ Andreessen Horowitz
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Investor @ Various Startups
Jan 2025 – Present

### Co-Founder and CEO @ lume
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | New York, United States

### Graduate Teaching Fellow @ Harvard Graduate School of Education
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Cambridge, Massachusetts

### Product @ Sana Labs
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Stockholm, Sweden

### Product @ Designer Fund
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
Employee #1 at seed-stage conversational AI startup being incubated by Designer Fund. Left to attend HBS.

### Adjunct Lecturer @ Stanford University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | Stanford, CA

### Product Design @ IDEO
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led innovation consulting projects, managed teams and client relationships.

### Business Development @ IDEO
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
Closed deals with Fortune 500 companies, managed a $XM pipeline of work, staffed teams.

### Marketing @ IDEO
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018
Drove awareness and client lead-gen via case studies, digital ad campaigns, A/B testing landing pages, SEO, conferences, events.

### Co-Founder @ Girl Possible
Jan 2014 – Jan 2019 | Stanford, CA
Launched a 501(c)3 nonprofit on Kickstarter with 3 friends at Stanford. Spent 14 weeks driving across the country in an RV, teaching 1200 girls across 32 states how to step up as leaders of social change through design thinking.


## Education
### Master of Business Administration - MBA
Harvard Business School

### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Product Design Engineering
Stanford University

### Castilleja School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kirschkatie
- Portfolio: http://www.katiekirsch.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13