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Elena Donio

Limited Partner at Operator Collective

Bellevue, Washington

Overview 

Elena Donio is a highly accomplished professional currently serving as a Board Member at Databricks and Benchling, with a notable career trajectory that includes executive roles at Twilio, Concur, and Axiom. She has made significant contributions in the tech industry, particularly in the areas of enterprise applications, SaaS, and AI, and has also invested in promising startups like ShelfLife and Common Room at their seed stages. Elena Donio's career highlights include her leadership roles at Twilio, Concur, and Axiom, as well as her current positions as a Board Member at Databricks and Benchling, showcasing her expertise in driving growth and innovation in the tech sector. Her investments in early-stage companies in various sectors, such as medical devices, analytics, and enterprise applications, demonstrate her commitment to supporting emerging technologies and startups.

Work Experience 

  • Board Member

    2024 - Current

Plaid provides companies with the tools and access needed for the development of a digitally-enabled financial system.

Raised $734,300,000.00 from Bedrock, American Express Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Silver Lake, Kleiner Perkins, Thrive Capital, Raed Malek, Index Ventures and Spark Capital.

  • Board Member

    2021

Benchling is an IT company that provides a cloud-based software platform for biology researchers and research and development organizations.

Raised $411,900,000.00 from Lone Pine Capital, Franklin Templeton and Altimeter Capital.

  • Board Member

    2021

Databricks is an AI cloud data platform that interacts with corporate information stored in the public cloud.

Raised $3,997,000,000.00 from Firestreak Ventures and Bossa Invest.

  • Limited Partner

    2019

    Operator Collective brings together as limited partners 100+ ultra-talented operators, investors, and founders from diverse backgrounds to invest in and accelerate the next generation of b2b tech.

Operator Collective is a venture fund and dream team community of Operator LPs.

  • Advisor

    2023 - 2024

    Today's leading companies trust Twilio's Customer Engagement Platform (CEP) to build direct, personalized relationships with their customers everywhere in the world. Twilio enables companies to use communications and data to add intelligence to every step of the customer journey, from sales to marketing to growth, customer service and many more engagement use cases in a flexible, programmatic way. Across 180 countries, millions of developers and hundreds of thousands of businesses use Twilio to create magical experiences for their customers.

  • President, Twilio Data & Applications

    2023 - 2023

  • President, Revenue

    2022 - 2023

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2022

Twilio is a cloud communication company that enables users to use standard web languages to build voice, VoIP, and SMS apps via a web API.

Raised $614,415,525.00 from TCV.

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2022

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2021

  • CEO

    2016 - 2020

Axiom provides tech-enabled legal, contracts, and compliance solutions for large enterprises.

Raised $28,000,000.00 from Permira.

  • Board Member

    2014 - 2019

  • President

    2015 - 2016

  • EVP & GM, Small and Mid-Sized Business

    2008 - 2015

  • Various - VP Sales & Marketing, VP Product Management

    1998 - 2008

SAP Concur engages in developing travel management software and solutions.

Raised $291,754,092.00 from Mayfield Fund.

  • Senior Director

    1995 - 1998

Deloitte Tax is an advisory firm that provides tax preparation and advisory services.

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