Ian Foley is an accomplished executive with over 20 years of experience in sales and finance in Silicon Valley. He has an impressive track record of being the CEO/founder or head of sales for four startups, resulting in three times M&A and one IPO. Foley is also an esteemed venture investor in eight companies that have resulted in four times acquisition and six times returns. His industry experience spans across several verticals, namely FinTech, Marketing Tech, Cyber Security, and Telecoms.

Foley's early career consists of investment banking, strategy consulting, and journalism. He studied at UC Berkeley Extension and holds a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Bristol. Foley has held various leadership positions throughout his career, including being the former Chief Business Officer at Arweave, Head of Corporate Development, Strategic Advisor of Corporate Development at Credit Sesame, and VP of Business Development at Uphold, Inc. Foley is also a former Venture Partner at Xenon Ventures and CEO/founder of acuteIQ.

In addition, Ian Foley has held roles as a Vice President of Sales at YuMe and Vice President of Business Development at RhythmOne. He was also a director at SRI International, the Managing Director at MCC Global, and the Vice President of Venture Capital & Innovation at Telecom Italia. Foley was a manager at San Francisco Consulting Group (Acquired by KPMG) as well.