Coalition Operators
Yi Liu is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in operations and management within the tech industry, currently serving as General Manager for Gusto's Embedded Payroll business since March 2015, overseeing product, engineering, marketing, sales, and customer experience. Prior roles at Gusto include Head of Insights & Operations, Head of Business Insights & Operations, Head of Payroll Operations, and New Customer Onboarding Lead, where significant contributions to team building, strategic planning, and operational efficiency were made. Additionally, since April 2023, Yi Liu has been a Founding Operator at Coalition Operators, facilitating connections between senior leaders and startups. Previous experience includes product management and client solutions at Inkling and strategic internships at E la Carte Inc. and Bump Technologies, alongside a career at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in business development and engineering. Yi Liu holds an MBA from Stanford University, an MS in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University, and a BS in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University.
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Coalition Operators
Coalition was founded by Toyin Ajayi, Ashley Mayer, Jaclyn Rice Nelson, and Lindsay Ullman alongside our core jobs as founders and operators. We believe operators can be some of the most valuable people on cap tables, so we set out to build the venture products we wanted as founders. At Coalition, we help startups build diverse, impactful cap tables through our early stage fund and network of top operators. Coalition Fund I is a $12.5M fund that backs early stage companies with capital and expertise from active founders and operators. Our sweet spot is Seed and an average investment of $200K-300K. In addition to investing, we’ve also built the Coalition Network, a place for women to build their worlds, wealth and impact beyond their core jobs. We've partnered with top venture capital firms on a new advisory model to scalably connect senior operators with startups where their expertise is uniquely valuable.