Anna Mongayt, Co-founder and Head of Operations, Upstart, San Francisco, CA

Anna Mongayt co-founded Upstart, a crowdfunding platform that allows people to raise money in exchange for a portion of their future income. Upstart is enabling young people to alleviate financial burdens such as student loans or living expenses by monetizing their future potential. The company helps recent graduates pursue their dreams of starting a business, learning to code, or beginning a career in a field they are passionate about by matching them with financial investors who believe in their aspirations. Investors can opt-in to become mentors and earn a return based on a regression model that predicts an individual's income over ten years.

Prior to co-founding Upstart, Ms. Mongayt worked at Google Inc. where she ran Gmail Consumer Operations and Global Enterprise Customer Programs. Ms. Mongayt graduated Summa Cum Laude from Boston University with a B.A. in Finance and Entrepreneurship.