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Adam Michela

Founder of Upperstudy

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Adam Michela is the CEO of Upperstudy, a role he holds after founding and leading the company. His career highlights include serving as a Product Design Director at Airbnb and holding leadership positions at tech giants like Facebook and Dropbox.

Work Experience 

  • Founder, CEO

    2020 - Current

    A startup apprenticeship program for product designers.

  • Founder, CEO

    2016

    A venture capital fund helping founders advance their mission through design.

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2022

Forerunner is software that empowers communities across the drive resilience and decrease flood risk.

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2020

Tia is a health care provider that specializes in mental health, wellness, general care, and gynecology.

Raised $132,775,000.00 from Define Ventures, Combine, Threshold, The Helm, ACME Capital, Compound, Torch Capital, Seae Ventures, Human Ventures and GingerBread Capital.

  • Product Design Director

    2015 - 2016

    • Experience Architecture, Director • Design Language System, Co-Creator alongside Bek Stone, Amber Cartwright, & Michael Bachand • Airbnb TV, Co-Creator alongside Michael Bachand

Lake Swan Properties is a holiday home rental company.

  • Co-Founder

    2013 - 2015

  • Product Design

    2013 - 2014

    Design, Events, Recruiting, M&A

Dropbox is a smart workspace company that provides secure file sharing, collaboration, and storage solutions.

Raised $1,709,215,000.00 from JP Morgan Chase, RBC Capital, Deutsche Bank, Macquarie Group, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and JPMorgan Partners.

  • Product Design

    2012 - 2013

    Co-Creator of Facebook's Design System (FIG)

Stay N' Alive Productions, LLC is a social media marketing firm that provides clients with measurable profits.

  • Product Design

    2011 - 2012

  • Product Design

    2010 - 2011

Capital Factory is a venture capital firm and an accelerator that seeks to invest in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies.

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