Decibel
Jéssica Leão is a seasoned investment professional with significant experience in venture capital and technology. Currently a Partner at Decibel Partners, Jéssica also serves as the Founder and General Partner of The 21 Fund, a $2M angel and seed fund targeting startups from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Previous roles include Principal at Maverick Ventures, where Jéssica focused on AI-native investments, and a Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir Technologies, emphasizing product strategy. Earlier experience includes work in intellectual property at Kobre & Kim. Jéssica Leão holds a Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in American Studies and a Comp Sci Technology Track from Yale University and an education from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Decibel
Decibel is an independent venture capital firm created in partnership with Cisco to push the conventional boundaries of early stage investing. Decibel combines the speed, agility, and independent risk-taking traditionally found in the best venture firms, while offering differentiated access to the scale, entrepreneurial talent, and deep customer relationships found in one of the largest tech companies in the world. This approach is an industry first and provides a unique way for entrepreneurs to get access to unparalleled resources at a time and stage when they need it most.