Adrianna Samaniego

Adrianna Samaniego is Partner at Female Founders Fund, an early-stage fund investing in female-founded technology companies across B2B, Consumer, Healthcare, Climate, and Fintech. In her role, she invests and supports portfolio companies who are building category-defining technology businesses. Prior to joining Female Founders Fund, while pursuing her MBA she worked at JetBlue Ventures, Harlem Capital Partners, & New Media Ventures. Adrianna spent eight years in tech, formerly as Co-founder & Co-CEO in Area 120 Google’s Startup Incubator. In this role, she led a team to rapidly build and launch Emporium, a B2B marketplace for Fortune 500 companies to procure from diverse-owned companies. Adrianna also formerly led and created Google's Global Supplier Diversity Program which created over $2B in opportunities for diverse-owned businesses. Adrianna’s excellence in the workplace and community has been recognized on many occasions, including Business Insider Rising Stars in VC, Kauffman Class 28, University of Georgia 40 Under 40, Alumni Society Class of 22, Hispanic Association of Corporate Responsibility Corporate Achiever Award, Technology Industry Group Top Innovator Award, and Top Latinas at Tech Giants. Adrianna Samaniego is a proud Mexican-American originally from the small border town of Douglas, Arizona. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from University of Georgia.