Jessica Verrilli | |
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| Education | Stanford University |
| Occupations | Entrepreneur, Venture capitalist, Angel investor |
Jessica Verrilli is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist and angel investor. She is a general partner at GV, where she focuses on early-stage technology investments. Previously she served as vice president of corporate development and strategy at Twitter, where she helped lead the company's mergers, acquisitions, and strategic initiatives. She co-founded the women's investing group #Angels and the venture capital firm Adverb Ventures.
Verrilli holds a B.A. in human biology from Stanford University, where she was selected as a Stanford Mayfield Fellow in 2007 and participated on the varsity women's lacrosse team.
Verrilli began her career at the venture capital firm Venrock in early 2008 as an investment associate.
In 2009, she joined Twitter as a senior director of corporate development and strategy while the company expanded from an early-stage startup into a publicly traded multinational technology company. She later served as vice president of corporate development and strategy before departing the company in 2017.
Verrilli became a general partner at Google Ventures, now GV, after rejoining the firm in May 2018.
As an angel investor, Verrilli co-founded the women's investing group #Angels, and in 2023 founded Adverb Ventures April Underwood.