Madin Akpo-Esambe is an investment lead and operating partner at Tacoma Venture Fund. He leads deals across industries, but has a particular interest in new innovations that disrupt legacy systems.

Madin built his career scaling hyper growth startups as the head of strategy and operations at Divvy Homes and Built Technologies and as an entrepreneur at his own travel-tech startup, Trava. Madin began his career at Goldman Sachs and as a growth strategy consultant at The Cambridge Group where his passion for studying businesses, building relationships, and listening to customers to drive actionable strategic insights took root.

A second generation Cameroonian immigrant, Madin is passionate about advancing diverse representation in tech and business and throughout his career has served as a mentor and board member of several community access non-profits. He's an alumni of Northwestern University where he studied economics and organizational management. In his spare time he loves trying new restaurants and recipes with his wife and exploring Seattle's parks with their two dogs.