About
Catherine Gacad is a Partner at Glynn 100, based in San Francisco, CA, where she is responsible for shaping the firm’s investment strategy and guiding portfolio development. In her current role, she focuses on private investment opportunities, collaborating with portfolio companies and limited partners to drive growth and value creation. Her expertise spans sourcing and evaluating investments, particularly in the technology, consumer, and growth-stage sectors—key asset classes in Glynn 100’s portfolio.
Prior to joining Glynn 100, Catherine held leadership and advisory roles, including serving as Board Vice President at Alameda Food Bank and as an Advisor at Solution 1 Sales. She has demonstrated a strong commitment to both non-profit stewardship and growth-stage advising, contributing operational insights and strategic oversight across her engagements.
Catherine holds an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Her career is distinguished by her expertise in private market investments, her ability to bridge operational leadership with investment strategy, and her significant contributions to the advancement of impact-driven investing in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Career History
| Organization | Role | Date Range | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glynn 100 | Partner | May 2022 to Present | Glynn 100 is a curated network of influential leaders within Technology, IT, Security, Finance, Marketing, and Human Resources. Glynn Capital spent over four decades building and growing this formidab... |
| Alameda Food Bank | Board Vice President | Apr 2024 to Present | The Alameda Food Bank has been nourishing our community for almost 50 years. We are launching a capital campaign to build a new food distribution warehouse with space for partner agencies to help indi... |
| Solution 1 Sales | Advisor | Sep 2025 to Present | Solution 1 Sales provides fractional go-to-market expertise for startups and SMBs, combining demand generation, outbound sales, and digital marketing to accelerate revenue growth without the overhead ... |
| Decisionly | Advisor | Mar 2025 to Present | Decisionly automates dispute resolution for card issuers, combining powerful AI, modular architecture, and enterprise-grade security to eliminate cost and enable scalable card operations. |
| DealSignal | Advisor | Mar 2025 to Present | DealSignal provides access to 600M+ global companies and contacts with over 100 data points, including detailed account profiles, contact profiles, verified emails, corporate & direct phones – all wit... |
| Crediwire | Advisor | Nov 2024 to Present | Crediwire collects, structures and activates financial data for accountants, companies and banks. It offers insights, reports, budgets, comparisons and integrations to help users make better decisions... |
| bSafe - Never Walk Alone | Advisor | Nov 2024 to Present | bSafe's technology offers 24/7 monitoring, with emergency alert, live streaming of audio and video, automatic recording, seamless sharing of incidents in real-time, two-way communication and transfer ... |
| Fiat Growth | Advisor | Jan 2024 to Present | Fiat Advisors, part of Fiat Growth and Fiat Ventures, is a marketplace that connects founders with advisors from their industry for high impact strategy and hands-on support. |
| VALID Systems | Advisor | Dec 2023 to Present | Advise Valid in helping financial institutions reduce fraud through AI-powered solutions. Valid currently processes an impressive $7 trillion annually. |
| Catherine Gacad Advisory LLC | Executive Advisor | Dec 2023 to Present | With 20-year career in banking and tech, advising C-Suite on strategic growth, go-to-market, business development/partnerships, product development, investor relations and fundraising. |
| Airbase (acquired by Paylocity NASDAQ: PCTY) | Director, Bank Partnerships | Dec 2021 to Aug 2023 | Lead best-in-class partnerships with banks and credit card issuers. Oversee partner strategy development, revenue & profitability delivery, strategic initiatives and new business development. |
| Wells Fargo | Senior Vice President, Partnerships | Jan 2017 to Jan 2021 | (NYSE: WFC) Develop and support relationships with leaders from Wells Fargo Tech & Telecom Equity Research (IT Hardware & Networking, Internet, Software, Services, Telecom), Innovation, IT, Investor R... |
| Wells Fargo | Vice President, Investor Relations | Jan 2007 to Jan 2017 | • Develop and manage financial information used to communicate to the investment community. Oversee investor targeting program and roadshows with executive management.
• Directly involved in Wachovia ... |
| Wells Fargo | Product Manager | Jan 2004 to Jan 2007 | Set the direction of investment products—sweeps, CDs, interest-bearing DDAs, and earnings credit rate by managing resources in operations, sales, marketing, communications, legal, and client services.... |
| Dunrath Capital | Private Equity Intern | Jan 2004 to Jan 2004 | Evaluated and reviewed financials of potential acquisition targets and investment opportunities in early and growth-stage companies delivering infrastructure surety products and services. Conducted ma... |
| Cisco | Finance Intern | Jan 2003 to Jan 2003 | (NASDAQ: CSCO) Benchmarked warranty spending against competition. Determined ROI of diagnostics program that would reduce the number of merchandise returns. Only intern (out of 12) to receive monetary... |
| Ventaso | Senior Consultant | Jan 1999 to Jan 2002 | Managed product development, QA, marketing, branding, sales and training as one of startup's first employees. Managed enterprise-wide implementation as the client base grew by five times in three year... |
Education
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
University of California, Berkeley
Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School
Skills & Expertise
Credit
Client Services
Resources
Finance
Blogging
Microsoft Excel
Treasury Management
Investment Banking
Marketing
Sales
Emerging Markets
Product Management
Business Strategy
Operations
Entrepreneurship
Financial Analysis
Publishing
Financial Services
Leadership
Start Ups
Corporate Finance
Investor Relations
Management
Capital Markets
Others at GLYNN Capital Management LLC (8)
| Name | Role | Location |
|---|---|---|
A Alan Tse | Principal | CA , United States |
 | Managing Partner | San Francisco, CA , United States |
G Gail Boddy | Partner | San Francisco, CA , United States |
 | Principal | San Francisco, CA , United States |
 | Partner | Menlo Park, CA , United States |
P Patricia Sun | Head Trader | Menlo Park, CA , United States |
 | Principal | Los Angeles, CA , United States |
T Taleha Aftab | Principal | San Francisco, CA , United States |