Erik Rannala

Co-Founder & Partner

Prior to forming Mucker Capital, Erik was most recently at Harrison Metal Capital, where he helped lead one of the original seed-stage "micro-VC" firms in Silicon Valley.

Before Harrison Metal, Erik was most recently vice president of global product strategy and development at TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel site. Prior to TripAdvisor, Erik held a variety of positions at eBay, including leadership of eBay’s premium features business, which grew during his tenure to over $400 million in revenue, significantly outpacing overall eBay revenue and transaction growth. Previously, Erik held leadership roles at MVP.com and Accenture, where he was a software developer in Accenture’s first practice group dedicated to Internet strategy and development. Erik earlier served at the Domestic Policy Council in the White House.

Erik holds a BS from the University of Delaware and an MBA from Duke University.

Erik can be reached at erik at mucker dot com.

William Hsu

Co-Founder & Partner

William has spent his career as both an entrepreneur as well as an executive of a Fortune 100 company.

Prior to forming Mucker Capital, William was the SVP and Chief Product Officer of AT&T Interactive where he owned P&L, Product Management, Product Marketing, and UX responsibilities for all digital advertising initiatives for greater AT&T. In 3 years at AT&T Interactive, he doubled revenue to over $1B. Previously, as a fresh college graduate, he founded BuildPoint (Acquired by NYSE:ROP) – a SaaS provider of bid management & marketplace services to the commercial construction industry. William helped the company grow to over 250 employees and raised over $50M in venture capital. In between, he has led product teams at eBay, Green Dot (NYSE:GDOT) and Spot Runner.

William holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and a MBA from the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania. He is frequent guest lecturer and volunteer at Stanford University. He is a member of Stanford University's Undergraduate Cabinet, Stanford Southern California Advisor, and was named Stanford Asian American Alumni of the Year in 2022.

William can be reached at william at mucker dot com.

Omar Hamoui

Partner

Omar Hamoui focuses on early stage investments backing entrepreneurs that exhibit unique insights. He previously spent 5 years as a partner on the early stage team at Sequoia Capital. Based on investments he led at Sequoia, he has served as a director of App Annie, PicsArt, Next Trucking, Clutter, Papaya, Streamlabs, Carnivore, and Kiwi.

Prior to Sequoia, Omar spent 16 years as an entrepreneur, founding several companies in mobile software and services. While working towards his MBA at the Wharton School, he began to think more seriously about the untapped potential of mobile advertising, and created AdMob to address this growing opportunity. Omar served as AdMob's founder and CEO from January 2006 through the company's $750M acquisition by Google in May 2010.

Omar holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Omar can be reached at omar at mucker dot com. He regularly shares insights on company building with his video series Shorthand for High-Growth Startups.

Anne Enna

Partner

Anne's work for Mucker began at Beal Private Capital, which she founded in 2011. Beal takes an investor approach to capitalization and advisory work; the firm has developed a reputation for identifying entrepreneurial investors and operators early and helping these founders – where Beal has equity and/or risk capital at work – institutionalize their businesses.  Other Beal clients and investments include 1315 Capital, Threshold Ventures, Greycroft Partners, PeakSpan Capital, and beatBread.

Prior to forming Beal, Anne spent her early career in Silicon Valley, including tenure as an enterprise software product marketer at Ariba Networks, as a private markets investor at Van Wagoner Capital, and as an investment banker at Perseus Group and Alex. Brown.

Anne holds a BA in History from Yale College and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Anne can be reached at anne at mucker dot com.

Cliff Bersani

Investor

Cliff leads Mucker’s Chicago office, investing in early-stage companies across the Midwest.

Prior to joining Mucker, Cliff worked on growth at Xiaomi, where he was an early member of the team tasked with business expansion outside of China. Over his three years at the company, Cliff drove hundreds of millions of dollars in sales through consumer-facing marketing and enterprise partnerships. During his time at the company, Xiaomi grew to be the third largest smartphone brand globally after Samsung and Apple.

Cliff grew up in Hong Kong and speaks near-native Mandarin. He holds a BA in Philosophy from Princeton University and an MBA from Chicago Booth. During his time at Booth, Cliff completed internships at Osage Venture Partners in Philadelphia and Origin Ventures in Chicago.

Cliff can be reached at cliff at mucker dot com.

David Borcsok

Investor

David leads Mucker's Toronto office, investing in early-stage startups across Canada and the Northeastern US.

Prior to joining Mucker's investment team, David was Head of Impact Investing and Fund Manager at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). During his tenure at RBC, David held full-cycle portfolio responsibility for two early-stage venture capital fund mandates investing across Canada and the US. Before RBC, he began his career in venture capital at TrilogyGrowth LP, an early-stage consumer technology fund.

He is also a David Rockefeller Fellow with the Trilateral Commission and a member of the New Leader Program at the Carnegie Council.

David holds an HBA from Wilfrid Laurier University, an MPH from Brown University and is a Kauffman Fellow.

David can be reached at david at mucker dot com.

Jon Broscious

Investor

Prior to joining Mucker Capital, Jon spent 3.5 years at Social Starts and Joyance Partners focusing on software investments in alternative education, consumer brands and healthcare, with a particular interest in new models of distribution across patients, insurers, and providers.

Before his time with Social Starts, Jon was a Director with the Advisory Board Company (acquired by Optum) and Education Advisory Board (acquired by Vista) on its internal Strategy and Operations team focusing on revenue maximization across new sales and renewals. He guided teams on new product launches, staffing optimization, market research, customer acquisition and retention, and worked with the corporate development team on several acquisitions within the healthcare provider and higher education industries. He also spent time on revenue cycle consulting with health systems across the US.

Jon holds a BSE in Operations Research and Financial Engineering from Princeton University and an MBA from The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.

Jon can be reached at jon @ mucker dot com and @jonbroscious.

Jenn Kranz Guillen

Investor

Jenn is based out of our Santa Monica headquarters, investing primarily in early-stage startups on the West Coast.

Prior to joining Mucker, Jenn worked at TriNet, an HR SaaS platform, partnering with early-stage companies and investors in the LA tech ecosystem. During her time in business school, she interned with LA venture firms including Halogen Ventures, B Capital Group, and MTech Capital.

Jenn is a double Trojan (fight on!) having received her BA and MBA from the University of Southern California.

Jenn can be reached at jenn at muckercapital dot com.

Joe Tsai

Investor

Joe manages Mucker's Early Fund, leading Seed and Series A investments with a particular focus on software, fintech and marketplaces. Previously, Joe was a Vice President on the software investment team at Stripes, where he invested in companies including On Running (NYSE: ONON), BacklotCars (acquired by KAR), Cypress.io, Emotive, Pleo, and Sift.

Prior to Stripes, Joe was a management consultant in McKinsey's business technology practice, where he advised Fortune 500 clients on digital strategy and transformation topics including eCommerce enablement, online customer journeys, data analytics and cloud infrastructure.

Earlier, Joe was one of the first research analysts at CB Insights, where he delved into the industry of startups and venture capital while working within what was then a ~10 person startup itself.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology, Joe holds a BS in Economics from the Wharton School and a BAS in Computer Science from Penn Engineering.

Joe can be reached at joe at mucker dot com.

Anna Maria Buraya

Investor

Anna Maria is based out of the Santa Monica office where she works on Mucker's Early Fund, helping with Seed and Series A investments, with a particular focus on software, fintech, and marketplaces. Prior to Mucker, Anna Maria was an Investment Associate at Redbud, an early-stage venture capital fund focused on consumer investing. Before that, she worked in the M&A Advisory Group at Evercore, where she focused on the Media & Information sector.

Anna Maria graduated from NYU Stern with a B.S. in Finance & Computing and Data Science.

Anna Maria can be reached at annamaria at muckercapital dot com.

Tony Yang

Portfolio Growth

Tony works with Mucker's portfolio founders to help drive growth for their companies.

Prior to joining Mucker, Tony was a go-to-market consultant and fractional CMO for high growth B2B startups. In addition, he was previously the VP of Marketing at a number of venture-funded and bootstrapped startups, including predictive analytics company Mintigo, which was backed by Sequoia and acquired by Anaplan. Tony is a thought leader and frequently contributes to the B2B community on topics including account-based marketing (ABM), marketing and revenue operations, and buyer journeys.

Tony holds BA degrees in both Economics and Chinese Studies from the University of California at San Diego, a Masters in Information Systems Management from the Keller Graduate School of Management, and an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at University of Southern California.

Tony can be reached at tony at muckercapital dot com.

Brittain Skinner

Platform

Brittain works with Mucker's managing partners to drive content marketing, platform development, and portfolio support.

Prior to joining Mucker, Brittain spent time across the entrepreneurial spectrum. She served as the Commercialization Director for EnterpriseCorp and the Assistant Director for the Kentucky Innovation Network. She was an employee in an early-stage tech startup and founded two other businesses.

Brittain holds a BA in English from Smith College and an MCRP in Environmental Planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Brittain can be reached at brittain at muckercapital dot com.

The Mucker Network

More than 200 of the best, brightest, and most generous entrepreneurs, executives, and investors from Southern California, Silicon Valley and beyond. They have all graciously volunteered to mentor and advise Mucker entrepreneurs by offering their time, experience, and networks. In addition to spending time one-on-one with founders, they also hold office hours, roundtable discussions, and instructional sessions at Mucker’s offices.

[Example Name 1] is [title of position] at [company], and has spent X years in the industry doing [expert experience]. As a mentor in the Mucker Network, [Name] makes their knowledge / expertise / wisdom available to entrepeneurs and is an amazing resource that etc....

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