Deva Santiago
Education
University of San Francisco
, -Work Experience
Crusoe
Current
Crusoe
Ritual Capital
Current
Ritual Capital
Tailscale
2022-04-01 - 2024-06-01
Tailscale
Rippling
2019-12-01 - 2022-02-01
Rippling
Nurx from Thirty Madison
2017-12-01 - 2019-12-01
Nurx from Thirty Madison
Fuel Capital
2016-01-01 - 2018-01-01
Fuel Capital
Weebly
2011-01-01 - 2017-01-01
Weebly
SFConnect /Project Homeless Connect
2005-01-01 - 2016-07-01
SFConnect /Project Homeless Connect
Dropbox
2009-08-01 - 2010-10-01
Dropbox
searchme
2008-01-01 - 2009-09-01
searchme
Summary
Deva Santiago is a bridge between the tech and music industry. On the tech side, Deva has helped build the original teams and businesses for a variety of prominent companies, including Tailscale, Rippling, Dropbox, Weebly, and Hipmunk. With a focus on recruiting and organizational scaling, Deva partners with the founders and investors of new companies to ensure they have the skills, infrastructure and people to scale quickly. On the music side, Deva has supported such companies as Redlight Management to move into the tech sector. Bands such as Dave Matthews Band, Allen Stone, Tiesto rely on Deva to give tech advise on investment and partnership strategy. She also serves as an advisor and partner in a music and entertainment related fund investing (SV Angel, and Fuel Capital) in new technology companies. She is a Board Member of Stern Grove Festival, and Co-Founder of Project Homeless Connect.
