# Selina Tobaccowala, Venture Partner > Selina Tobaccowala, Venture Partner. 2 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/selina-tobaccowala (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) San Francisco, US · Partner # Selina Tobaccowala Venture Partner at [Lobby Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lobby-capital) Latest rounds - **Loris.ai** Seed · $2M Feb 2018 - **ShopSquad/Ownza** Seed · $1.3M Mar 2011 Backs *Enterprise* Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 2 last Feb 2018 - **Filings:** 2 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 6 +2 mentions What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 2 rounds name them - ✓ **On filings** 2 filings with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Lobby Capital - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. 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Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=selina-tobaccowala) ## The firm [**Lobby Capital** VC firm · US **3** cheques in 12 months **3** all time **3** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lobby-capital) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 2 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $3.3M - **Active:** 2011–18 2018 - [Loris.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/loris-ai) *Seed* **$2M** *US* Feb 2018 Joined · +9 investors 2011 - [ShopSquad/Ownza](https://millionrounds.com/company/shopsquad-ownza) *Seed* **$1.3M** *US* Mar 2011 Joined · +4 investors · historical By stage - Seed **2** What they backed Enterprise **1** Alongside - Ann Miura-Ko/ Jeff Weiner *1* - Charles Carmel *1* - [City Light *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/city-light) - [Dan Levitan *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dan-levitan) - [David Sacks *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-sacks) - [Homebrew *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/homebrew) - [Jeff Fluhr *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-fluhr) - [Jeff Weiner *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-weiner) Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names. ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [CreatorPlus](https://millionrounds.com/startup/creatorplus) - Ownza ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Company raising **Loris.ai, Inc.** Director since 2019 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Redfin CORP** Director on 2 filings · since 2014 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Also at Lobby Capital - [**Buddy Arnheim** General Partner *3 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/buddy-arnheim) - [**Candice Faktor** Founder & Co-CEO *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/candice-faktor) - [**Eric Carlborg** General Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/eric-carlborg) - [**James Everingham** Venture Partner at Lobby Capital *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/james-everingham) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [The NFX Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/nfx) · 21 Sept 2020 · 1h 3m Good vs. Great Companies: The Unseen Truths of Breakout Success with James Currier & Selina Tobaccowala With [Selina Tobaccowala](https://millionrounds.com/person/selina-tobaccowala) About this episode NFX partner James Currier talks with Selina Tobaccowala - co-founder of Evite, CTO and President of SurveyMonkey, and cofounder of the fitness app Gixo. It’s rare to get a candid view into what happens behind the scenes of companies that break out from the pack - and the hard decisions that lead to… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 21 Jul 2020 · 35 min Let fires burn w/Selina Tobaccowala (Evite, SurveyMonkey, Gixo) With [Selina Tobaccowala](https://millionrounds.com/person/selina-tobaccowala) Mentions [Brian Chesky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brian-chesky)[Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners)[Hadi Partovi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hadi-partovi)[Cheryl Kellond](https://millionrounds.com/person/cheryl-kellond)[Jerry Chen](https://millionrounds.com/person/jerry-chen-2)[Lisa Curtis](https://millionrounds.com/person/lisa-curtis) About this episode It's the opposite of what you were taught. The best entrepreneurs, they let fires burn. Knowing which problems NOT to solve is as critical as knowing how to solve them. We're revisiting this episode with serial entrepreneur Selina Tobaccowala (Evite, SurveyMonkey, TicketMaster, Gixo) to underscore… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 11 Nov 2019 · 1h 7m Evite: Selina Tobaccowala With [Selina Tobaccowala](https://millionrounds.com/person/selina-tobaccowala) About this episode At the height of the first dot-com boom, Selina Tobaccowala and college friend Al Lieb were determined to start a tech company. After a few false starts, they landed on the idea for Evite, an on-line invitation business that within its first year, attracted a million followers and $37 million in… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [Village Global Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/village-global) · 18 Jan 2018 · 33 min Episode #12: How To Build A Startup In The Consumer Fitness Space with Holly Shelton and Selina Tobaccowala With [Selina Tobaccowala](https://millionrounds.com/person/selina-tobaccowala) About this episode Selina Tobaccowala (@selinato) of Gixo and Holly Shelton (@hlshelton) of MoveWith join Erik for a discussion of the state of consumer fitness apps. The Gixo and MoveWith apps bring fitness to you. Selina and Holly break down the successes of a few other companies in the space and talk about what… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 19 Jul 2017 · 35 min Let fires burn, w/Selina Tobaccowala of Gixo With [Selina Tobaccowala](https://millionrounds.com/person/selina-tobaccowala) About this episode In the early days of your startup, it feels like everything's on fire all the time. Real talk: if you try to put out every fire, every day, you’ll only burn yourself out. The best entrepreneurs know how to let some fires burn. Selina Tobaccowala, veteran leader of Evite, SurveyMonkey and the… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Greymatter](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/greymatter) · 2 Mar 2016 · 1h 22m Selina Tobaccowala on Building a Global Business at SurveyMonkey | Blitzscaling 10 With [Selina Tobaccowala](https://millionrounds.com/person/selina-tobaccowala) Mentions [Allen Blue](https://millionrounds.com/person/allen-blue)[John Lilly](https://millionrounds.com/person/john-lilly) About this episode This is session 10 of Technology-enabled Blitzscaling, a Stanford University class taught by Reid Hoffman, John Lilly, Allen Blue, and Chris Yeh. This class features Reid Hoffman interviewing Selina Tabaccowala, the former President and CTO of Survey Monkey and Co-Founder of Evite. This podcast… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Selina Tobaccowala in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 21 Nov 2019 · 29 min Raise more money than you need, w/Minted's Mariam Naficy With [Mariam Naficy](https://millionrounds.com/person/mariam-naficy) Their book [The Fast Track](https://millionrounds.com/person/mariam-naficy#books) Mentions [Brian Chesky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brian-chesky)[Selina Tobaccowala](https://millionrounds.com/person/selina-tobaccowala) About this episode Think you've raised enough money for your startup? Think again. You have to run through a minefield of unexpected expenses as an entrepreneur. And you never know where the big opportunity will come from, or if you'll need to make an unexpected, expensive pivot to stay afloat. So always, always… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 10 May 2017 · 29 min Raise more money than you need, w/Minted's Mariam Naficy With [Mariam Naficy](https://millionrounds.com/person/mariam-naficy) Their book [The Fast Track](https://millionrounds.com/person/mariam-naficy#books) Mentions [Brian Chesky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brian-chesky)[Selina Tobaccowala](https://millionrounds.com/person/selina-tobaccowala) About this episode Think you've raised enough money for your startup? Think again. You have to run through a minefield of unexpected expenses as an entrepreneur. And you never know where the big opportunity will come from, or if you'll need to make an unexpected, expensive pivot to stay afloat. So always, always… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=selina-tobaccowala). ## Find people like Selina Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)