Investing Profile

April Underwood(271)

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Venture Partner at Obvious Ventures
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53 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 50 other investors on Signal.

Networks April is a member of
NewCo Network
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NewCo Network
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Google Network
475 CONNECTIONS
Self-Employed Network
423 CONNECTIONS
Self-Employed Network
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Current Investing Position
Obvious Ventures Venture Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
3
Current Fund Size
$272M

April Underwood is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

April Underwood's Investments On Record (3)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Balsa
Seed RoundOct 2020
Co-investors: Andrew Chen (Andreessen Horowitz), David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Greg Rosen (BoxGroup), Scott Belsky (A24), Harry Stebbings (Stride.VC), Andrea Funsten (Basecamp Fund), Jeff Morris, Jr. (Chapter One Ventures), Howie Liu, Drew Houston
Digits
Series ANov 2019$11M
$11M
Co-investors: Gabe Greenbaum (B Capital Group), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Jeremy Levine (Bessemer Venture Partners), Matt Murphy (Menlo Ventures), Pat Kinsel (Polaris Partners), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Jordan Fliegel (Techstars), Jennifer Lum (Biospring Partners), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), Jana Messerschmidt (#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Kevin Weil (OpenAI), Adam Bain (01 Advisors), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Chloe Sladden (Broadway Angels), Chris Keller (NextGen Venture Partners), Harry Stebbings (Stride.VC), Richard Jun (Bam Ventures), Brian Lee (Bam Ventures), David Cancel, Ric Fulop, Merlin Kauffman, Joshua Reeves, Adrian Aoun
Rival
Series AJul 2017$8M
$8M
Co-investors: Alex Rampell (Andreessen Horowitz), Kevin Weil (OpenAI), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), Brandon Beck (Kickstart Fund)

April Underwood's Experience

Managing Director and Co-Founder Adverb Ventures2023 - Present
Board Director Eventbrite2022 - Present
Texas McCombs Advisory Council The University of Texas at Austin2020 - Present
Founder and CEO Local Laboratory Corp2020 - Present
Board Director Zillow Group2017 - Present
Board Director Zillow2017 - Present
Co-Founder #ANGELS2015 - Present
Co-Founder #ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)2015 - Present
Founder and CEO Self-EmployedPresent
Product Manager & Software Engineer Self-EmployedPresent
Founder and CEO IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Product Manager & Software Engineer IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Founder and CEO Robyn FrankelPresent
Product Manager & Software Engineer Robyn FrankelPresent
Venture Partner Obvious Ventures2020 - 2022
Founder and CEO Self-employed2020 - 2021
Founder and CEO Childhood Leukemia Study UC Berkeley2020 - 2021
Founder and CEO Nearby2020 - 2021
Founder and CEO NewCo2020 - 2021
Chief Product Officer Slack2018 - 2019
Vice President of Product Slack2015 - 2018
Director of Product Twitter2010 - 2015
Director of Product X2010 - 2015
Product Manager, Travel Weatherbill2009 - 2010
Product Manager, Travel The Climate Corporation2009 - 2010
Product Manager, Travel Climate2009 - 2010
Senior Partner Technology Manager Google 2007 - 2009
Senior Partner Technology Manager Google2007 - 2009
MBA Intern Apple Computer2006 - 2006
MBA Intern Apple2006 - 2006
MBA Intern Apple Retail2006 - 2006
Product Manager & Software Engineer NewCo2002 - 2005
Product Manager & Software Engineer Self-employed2002 - 2005
Product Manager & Software Engineer Childhood Leukemia Study UC Berkeley2002 - 2005
Product Manager & Software Engineer Travelocity2002 - 2005
Enterprise Applications Developer Intel Corporation 2002 - 2002
Enterprise Applications Developer Intel Corporation2002 - 2002
Summer Analyst Deloitte2001 - 2001
Summer Analyst Deloitte Consulting2001 - 2001
Software Development Intern 3M2000 - 2000
Software Development Intern 3M Electronic Monitoring Ltd.2000 - 2000
ISP Technical Support OneSupport1999 - 2000
ISP Technical Support teleNetwork1999 - 2000

April Underwood's Education

The University of Texas at Austin BBA Management Information Systems, Business Honors Program
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business MBA