Madison McIlwain
Building for startups @Vercel | Forbes Under 30 | Co-Host of The Room Podcast | Angel Investor
VercelGTM Index
- VERCELJOB
- Startups GTM Lead4M
Startups GTM Lead
Vercel
- Startups and VC Ecosystem…8M
Startups and VC Ecosystem Lead
Vercel
- THE ROOM PODCASTJOB
- Co-Host & Founder6Y
Co-Host & Founder
The Room Podcast
130+ Episodes ft. Vercel ($9.3B) Perplexity AI ($9B) Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) ($25B) Brex ($5B) Zapier ($5B) Vanta ($1.6B) Nubank (NYSE: NU) ($35B) Runway ML ($1.5B) Merge ($300M) Hightouch ($400M) and more.
- LVMHJOB
- Digital Innovation2M
Digital Innovation
LVMH
Supported global innovation team on strategy and implementation related to Gen AI, crypto, and frontier technology (such as metaverse).
- DEFY.VCJOB
- Partner, Seed3Y 3M
Partner, Seed
defy.vc
Established firm's seed practice investing at the earliest stages of growth in b2b and b2c companies. Sectors included data infrastructure, fintech, b2b saas, marketplaces, etc.
- GAP INC. DIRECTJOB
- Technical Product Mgr - Re…1Y 5M
Technical Product Manager - Returns Optimization & Order Management
Gap Inc. Direct
- EIGHTJOB
- Research and Data Manageme…2M
Research and Data Management Intern
Eight
- DARTMOUTH COLLEGEJOB
- Endowment Intern (Hanover…11M
Endowment Intern (Hanover Office)
Dartmouth College
I aided the operations team in managing the marketable portfolio. Additionally, I collaborated on projects which streamlined office processes and task management.
- RENT THE RUNWAYJOB
- Intern2M
Intern
Rent The Runway
- GOLDEN BELL PARTNERSJOB
- College Ambassador9M
College Ambassador
Golden Bell Partners
Helped to facilitated surveys on campus to provide context for future investment opportunities. Subsequently helped to identify emerging technology spaces, with special interest in Generation Y’s impact on trends.
- ROUNDTABLE INVESTMENT PARTNERS & CARLEON CAPITAL PARTNERSJOB
- Investment Team Intern2M
Investment Team Intern
Roundtable Investment Partners & Carleon Capital Partners
As an investment team intern, mainly on the equity side, I assisted in a number of tasks including research on potential managers, current manger quarterly report summarization, research into new or evolving alternative asset classes, data entry into excel and more. As the only investment intern, I was able to sit in on meetings and enjoy a hands on learning experience.
- Job: Rent The Runway — Intern · 2017-01 – 2017-03
- Job: LVMH — Digital Innovation · 2024-06 – 2024-08 — Supported global innovation team on strategy and implementation related to Gen AI, crypto, and frontier technology (such as metaverse).
- Job: Vercel — Startups and VC Ecosystem Lead · 2025-08 – 2026-04
- Job: Dartmouth College — Endowment Intern (Hanover Office) · 2016-07 – 2017-06 — I aided the operations team in managing the marketable portfolio. Additionally, I collaborated on projects which streamlined office processes and task management.
- Job: The Room Podcast — Co-Host & Founder · 2020-08 – present — 130+ Episodes ft. Vercel ($9.3B) Perplexity AI ($9B) Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) ($25B) Brex ($5B) Zapier ($5B) Vanta ($1.6B) Nubank (NYSE: NU) ($35B) Runway ML ($1.5B) Merge ($300M) Hightouch ($400M) and more.
- Job: Vercel — Startups GTM Lead · 2026-04 – present
- Job: Golden Bell Partners — College Ambassador · 2015-09 – 2016-06 — Helped to facilitated surveys on campus to provide context for future investment opportunities. Subsequently helped to identify emerging technology spaces, with special interest in Generation Y’s impact on trends.
- Job: Eight — Research and Data Management Intern · 2017-06 – 2017-08
- Job: defy.vc — Partner, Seed · 2020-02 – 2023-05 — Established firm's seed practice investing at the earliest stages of growth in b2b and b2c companies. Sectors included data infrastructure, fintech, b2b saas, marketplaces, etc.
- Job: Gap Inc. Direct — Technical Product Manager - Returns Optimization & Order Management · 2018-09 – 2020-02
- Job: Roundtable Investment Partners & Carleon Capital Partners — Investment Team Intern · 2015-06 – 2015-08 — As an investment team intern, mainly on the equity side, I assisted in a number of tasks including research on potential managers, current manger quarterly report summarization, research into new or evolving alternative asset classes, data entry into excel and more. As the only investment intern, I was able to sit in on meetings and enjoy a hands on learning experience.
- School: Harvard Business School — Master of Business Administration - MBA
- School: Dartmouth College — Bachelor's degree, Major: History , Minor: Human Center Design through the Thayer School of Engineering
- School: Holy Names Academy
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