Managing Partner, Alinea Ventures

A former technology founder and digital transformation leader, Toan has experience in private equity and venture capital. She brings over 24+ years of working with and investing in enterprise technology and services companies, with a practitioner’s focus on those enabled by underlying innovation such as AI, data, cloud, quantum and blockchain. An early cloud computing evangelist, Toan co-founded a cloud technology and services company called GlobalOne/CloudSherpas, which ranked #68 on 2013’s Inc Top 100 Firms and was subsequently acquired by Accenture in 2015 in its largest acquisition to date. Toan was recently the US-based Partner for IVP, a North American Series A venture fund where she led investments in technology and software, and oversaw the US portfolio of companies. Today, Toan serves as an Operating Advisor for several growth funds, a global bank, and an investment bank, with a focus on operational excellence, GTM, human capital, and product development. Toan served as Independent Director and Executive Chair for selected companies, private and public including a public bank, a NASDAQ-listed fintech, and data and analytics firm.