Julie Hanna is a Venture Partner at Obvious Ventures, a San Francisco-based firm that invests in technology companies. See sector focus and contact routes.
Julie Hanna is a Venture Partner at Obvious Ventures, a San Francisco-based firm that invests in technology companies addressing systemic problems profitably and scalably. She is also an Egyptian-born technologist and entrepreneur who previously served as founder, CEO, or founding executive of five venture-backed Silicon Valley companies, including Healtheon (now WebMD). Her investment thesis focuses on purpose-driven technology addressing humanity’s greatest challenges, with Obvious Ventures targeting systemic issues across sectors like climate, health, and equity, primarily in the U.S.. Hanna’s typical check size ranges from $1 million to $3 million, with a sweet spot at $2 million, and she often participates as a follow investor rather than a lead. Notable portfolio companies she has invested in early include Lyft and LendingClub, both high-growth technology firms. A distinctive point of her perspective is her role as Special Advisor to X (formerly Google X), Alphabet’s moonshot factory, where she supports breakthrough technologies aimed at impacting over a billion people. In May 2015, President Barack Obama appointed her as Presidential Ambassador for Globa
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