We believe the world needs better designed products and services. Successful designers invest through our fund in the next generation of design leaders. We back mission-driven teams who solve problems in markets that traditionally lack design innovation like education, health, and energy.
Bridge is a professional development program that connects experienced designers with top startups and our community in SF. Bridge designers are paid to work full-time at companies like Dropbox, Pinterest and Square. One evening a week, designers participate in workshops, dinners, and talks to accelerate their careers.
We gather exceptional designers to share insights that are rarely available publicly. Our community can help answer your design questions, from product design to visual communication and more. They hail from some of the top companies below.
Enrique Allen
General Partner and Cofounder
Previously, Enrique was a designer at venture capital firms, including 500 Startups, Facebook’s fbFund, and Venrock, where he helped invest in companies like Wildfire (acquired by Google) and Behance (acquired by Adobe). As a Bay Area native and Stanford University alum, he continues to teach dmedia, one of the most popular courses at the Stanford design school.
Ben Blumenfeld
General Partner and Cofounder
Previously, Ben was a design lead at Facebook for over 5 years where he helped build products for nearly a billion people and grow Facebook’s world-class design team. He was also the design director at Varien which he helped build into one of the world’s leading e-commerce firms and a designer at CBS where he designed many of their prime time show web experiences.
Heather Phillips
Design Manager
Katie Topper
PM/Producer
Lisa Anne Logan
General Manager
Braughm Ricke
Finance
Maya Blumenfeld
Legal
