Adam Dawkins is an investor at Sierra Ventures, an early-stage venture firm in the Bay Area. Adam focuses on enterprise SaaS and frontier technologies and his investments include: Interplay Learning, creating online and VR training for skilled trades, Invisible AI, deploying computer vision solutions for manufacturing, Loop Health, a primary care and health insurance provider, Modulate, developing real-time, speech-to-speech voice synthesis, and Podcastle AI, a podcast creation and streaming platform.

Additionally, Adam is the founder of EVCA, a non-profit dedicated to supporting the pre-partner venture community. Adam holds a BBA in Finance from Texas A&M University. In his free time, he enjoys cooking, cycling and hiking with his golden retriever, Cooper.

William is the lead partner in the Nordic region, Head of the Investment Professional International Practice as well as a member of the Product, Data & Technology Practice. He is based in True’s Stockholm office and works with technology enabled businesses across Europe, as well as in the regional Nordic & Baltic markets.

He leads CEO/board of directors and senior leadership searches for companies and has particular functional expertise in the product domain. William also has extensive experience in appointing investment, operating and fundraising professionals to leading private equity, growth and venture capital funds.

Prior to True, William worked at Heidrick & Struggles in London and New York as a member of the private equity and venture capital and CEO/board practices.

William completed a master's degree in the history of international relations at the London School of Economics & Political Science after reading politics and international relations at The University of Southampton.

Dan specializes in investment professional and C-level portfolio company searches at True. He joined the firm after four years of working in executive search with Lancor & Lancer Group, where he served primarily private equity clients and has expertise in B2B enterprise technology companies and the sponsors that back them. Before executive search, Dan worked for a VC-backed tech startup in San Francisco, while completing his law degree at UCLA.

Outside of work, Dan can be found in San Francisco playing basketball and ultimate Frisbee, and frequenting local live music venues on weekends.

Carolyn McVeigh is a Vice President at SVB Capital, responsible for leading investment research and underwriting for the fund of funds vehicles.

Prior to SVB, Carolyn was a senior investment analyst with The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, where she focused on market research and manager underwriting and selection, emphasizing the private markets. Before joining the Packard Foundation, she was a senior investment associate with Cambridge Associates, a global investment consulting and advisory firm.

Carolyn graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor’s degree in political science. While at Stanford, she was an active member of the varsity women’s tennis team. Carolyn is an East Coast native and currently lives in Menlo Park, California.