Theresia Gouw Ranzetta
Theresia focuses primarily on Internet and software investments with specific interest in social commerce, vertical media, security, and consumer internet/mobile apps.
Theresia was responsible for several of Accel's investments which have had successful acquisitions or IPO exits including AdECN (MSFT), CRS Retail Systems (EPIC), Interlace Systems (ORCL), Imperva (IMPV), Kosmix (WMT), PeopleSupport (PSPT), Xoopit (YHOO) and Zimbra (YHOO). Theresia was part of the Walmart.com (WMT) investment team, and she currently serves on the board of directors of several private companies in both the consumer Internet (Birchbox, Glam Media, Hotel Tonight, LearnVest, ModCloth, Trulia) and security sectors (Imperva,TRUSTe,).
Prior to joining Accel, Theresia was founding Vice President of Business Development & Sales at Release Software, a venture-backed company that developed products to enable digital rights management and payment technologies for the software industry. Earlier, she worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company and a product manager at Silicon Graphics.
Theresia serves as a Trustee on Brown University's Corporation Board, on the board of directors of DonorsChoose.org and as a member of The Stanford GSB Trust and DAPER Investment Fund.
Theresia has contributed to Fortune.com, The NYTimes, The Wall Street Journal, appeared on CNBC’s Women in Power series, Bloomberg TV, and Fox TV. Read Theresia's presentations and articles: an overview presentation on Accel's Digital Media Portfolio, a profile of Theresia from The New Valley Girls article in Fortune Magazine, and her opinion piece for Fortune.com.
Education
Theresia holds an ScB in Engineering from Brown University, magna cum laude, and an MBA from Stanford University.
