Angel investing

About MJ

Mary Jane Elmore was one of the first female partners on the West Coast, joining the venture capital firm of Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) in Menlo Park, CA. She has invested broadly in all stages and areas of information technology companies throughout her career. She served as a General Partner in eight IVP funds and on the Board of Directors of numerous private and public information technology companies.

Prior to joining IVP, Ms. Elmore was a marketing manager at Intel Corporation’s Development Systems Division. She was part of a small team of professionals across all divisions of Intel that worked closely with the sales force to achieve market leadership of Intel microprocessors.

Currently, Ms. Elmore is a Limited Partner and advisor to the IVP funds and a private angel investor with The Broadway Angels, an angel investment group made up of world-class investors and business executives who all happen to be women. 

She is a member of the advisory council of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and the advisory council of Stanford’s Center on Longevity. She has also served on the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy Board of Visitors, Director of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists (WAVC), the Purdue University Mathematics Advisory Council, the Stanford Business School Trust, and the Board of Trustees of Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton, CA.

Ms. Elmore earned a B.S. in Mathematics from Purdue University and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.  Ms. Elmore was a member of the inaugural class of Stanford’s Distinguished Career Institute.

Ms. Elmore is a member of the board of directors of the Children’s Health Council.  CHC offers evaluations, programs and treatment for ADHD, Learning Differences, Anxiety & Depression and Autism, serving families on the Peninsula and South Bay as well as the greater San Francisco Bay Area through clinical services, schools, and community education and outreach programs.