For those new, welcome to the Coastal Current. Every week, we share profiles of the top candidates actively in-market for startup opportunities.

Grab time HERE or respond to this email to learn about these rockstars:

Head of Product - Gaming

• Key Experience: 10+ years of experience leading venture backed Web3 gaming startups, as well as growing top gaming studios including Zynga and Scopely.

• Notable Accomplishment #1: Built revenue to $10m ARR as VP of growth at venture backed web3 company.

• Education: Ivy League MBA and ex-big 4 consultant

Director of BD - Web3, FinTech, Enterprise SaaS

• Key Experience: 10+ years leading and growing GTM teams at Venture backed Web3 and FinTech companies.

• Notable Accomplishment #1: Leads GTM team at Plaid - still IC maintaining top OTE.

• Notable Accomplishment #2: Previous founder - grew the company until exit.

Research ML Engineer - AI

• Key Experience: 12+ years of FAANG & Startup experience - Netflix and Google

• Notable Accomplishment #1: One of the first Computer Vision hires at Netflix

• Education: CS degree from CMU

Disclaimer All candidates are looking to join early-stage startups, with the desire to work with a team, mission and vision that most aligns with their own.

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Being an LA-based company, Carta’s breakdown of total capital raised by the city of startup HQ caught our attention….. #LongLA! If you’re in LA, or in town, always happy to go on a ‘coffee walk n’ talk’ in Venice Beach or Santa Monica.

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Until next time 🫡

The Coastal Team