Julie Sandler

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ABOUT JULIE SANDLER

Julie Sandler is a managing director at PSL and co-founding general partner of PSL\'s venture capital firm, PSL Ventures. The PSL Ventures team is focused on pre-seed and seed investments in Pacific Northwest tech startups. The firm invests in companies that are entirely separate from PSL’s studio, all over the region.Julie invests in technologies spanning vertical AI, productivity, logistics, fintech, the future of work, and has a long-standing interest in AI solutions empowering women & underserved communities.Julie was previously a partner at Madrona, where she led investments including Integris (acquired by OneTrust), Julep (acquired by Glansaol/Warburg Pincus), and worked closely with (her now partner at PSL) Greg Gottesman on the founding of Rover.com (NASDAQ: ROVR). Prior to her VC career, Julie managed digital marketing for Amazon’s ebook business worldwide. She also PM\'d new products at Amazon Kindle, at Seattle startup TeachStreet.com (acquired by Amazon), and at Accenture. In the early 2010s, she launched the Seattle Entrepreneurial Women’s Network, the first formal networking organization in Seattle for women entrepreneurs (which has been succeeded by several standout women founder organizations in the years since). Julie is also a Presidential Leadership Scholar with the presidential centers of Presidents Clinton, Bush, Bush Sr, and Johnson.Julie graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford with Master\'s & Bachelor\'s degrees in Psychology, and from Harvard Business School with an MBA with honors. She is a lecturer in entrepreneurship at the UW Foster School of Business where she has been named a multi-time “Star Teacher”. She is Chair of the Washington Roundtable, is a Governor Inslee-appointed board director for the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship, and has served on the boards of privately held companies, industry associations, not-for-profits, & advisory boards.Julie is a frequent speaker and commentator and has been featured in print and on television across CNBC, Bloomberg, Forbes, TechCrunch, and Inc Magazine. She was named to PSBJ’s “Power 100”, voted GeekWire\'s “Geek of the Year”, AdWeek\'s “Brand Star” for her work with underrepresented entrepreneurs, GeekWire’s “Hire of the Year”, and PSBJ 40 under 40 honoree. She lives in Seattle with her husband, Alejandro, and children.