Satya Patel

Lisa Cawley

Hunter Walk

Screendoor

When Google alums Satya Patel and Hunter Walk conceived Screendoor they had a bold objective to changing the face(s) of venture capital. Today, Screendoor has become one of the largest and most highly respected investment firms focused on investing in underrepresented general partners. The team of experienced VCs and institutional LPs provides capital, access, and mentorship to help diverse managers build their firms and get positioned to generate outstanding economic returns. Screendoor starts with a meaningful capital commitment to help get a fund closed but continues beyond the investment to provide community and individualized mentorship from experienced venture investors. The two founders (now GP Advisors) supported each general partner and LP investment the way they supported and guided the portfolio companies in their highly successful early stage investment funds at Homebrew, one of the hardest VC funds to access today. Prior to Homebrew, Satya was VP Product at Twitter, building and leading the Product Management and User Services teams. Before Twitter, he was a Partner at Battery Ventures, where he co-led the seed and early stage investing practices. He joined Google in 2003 and was responsible for AdSense product management and partnerships. Before heading to Silicon Valley for Google, he worked for DoubleClick, in venture capital and as a strategy consultant. Before Homebrew, Hunter led consumer product management at YouTube, starting when it was acquired by Google. He originally joined Google in 2003, managing product and sales efforts for AdSense, Google‘s contextual advertising business. Almost two years after its founding the firm has backed 12 managers with over $40 million in capital. Lisa Cawley joined recently with a background in evaluating and investing in emerging managers. She will run the platform day to day, guide and oversee the firm’s expansion.