2025 Speakers

Anna is an Investing Partner at M13, where she leads investments in AI in commerce and the future of work. Recently she’s been thinking and writing about the rise of AI agents and what it means for enterprise and consumers.

Prior to M13, Anna was the managing director of Techstars LA and a partner at The Fund LA. Anna has invested in over 100 early stage companies and is a former retail and commerce founder and operator herself. She's a former tech founder and a certified executive coach.

Anna is the Chair of PledgeLA, an initiative of the Annenberg Foundation focused on diversity in the LA tech ecosystem, and a board member of portfolio companies Maven AGI, Replenysh, Max Retail, Upwards, and AllVoices.

Earlier in her career, Anna founded Scribble Press, a retail and digital publishing business, which was sold to Fingerprint Digital. She began her career as a corporate lawyer and McKinsey strategy consultant. One of her formative early career experiences was serving as VP Product at Petstore.com during the Dotcom 1.0 era.

Anna has been featured on Bloomberg TV and has been a speaker at Shoptalk and All Raise VC Summit. In 2023, she was listed to Forbes 50 over 50 and Business Insider's Most Important VCs in Los Angeles.

She received her bachelor’s degree in American Studies from Yale University and later earned her JD from Yale Law School. She's a mother and stepmother to four members of Gen Z.