Angie Parker is a former Air Force aviator and startup operator with more than 15 years of experience, including four years in early-stage venture investing. As Executive Director of the Alliance of Angels, she helped founders access capital and mentorship. Today she is a Venture Partner at Founder First Fund and an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at VertueLab, a cleantech accelerator. She is a regular guest lecturer at the University of Washington, and her early research as a Buerk Center Fellow helped launch the Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership program.
Deeply embedded in the Seattle-area founder and angel investor ecosystems, Angie recently launched There Squared to help founders validate their ideas, a topic she also teaches at Venture Mechanics.
