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About
Marcie Vu is a Partner at Greycroft, based in San Francisco, where she leads the firm's expansion in the Bay Area and focuses on investments in software and technology-driven companies. She is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and scaling innovative, high-growth platforms, collaborating directly with founders and portfolio executives. Her recent investments include companies such as Contextual AI, Coactive AI, Reken, and Whatnot, and she works closely with sectors undergoing transformational change, especially in accelerated computing and generative AI.
Before joining Greycroft in 2023, Marcie was a Partner at Qatalyst Partners, where she built and led the Consumer Technology M&A group and advised on major strategic transactions including LinkedIn’s sale to Microsoft, Honey’s sale to PayPal, and significant IPOs for platforms such as Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Alibaba.com, Pandora, and Zynga. She also served as Head of Consumer Internet Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley, further deepening her expertise in consumer internet, fintech, and enterprise software. Marcie has held independent board director roles at Blockchain.com, ThredUP, Scopely, and serves on the Executive Committee for Savvy Games Group.
Marcie holds a BS in Economics from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Renowned for her leadership in notable tech IPOs and acquisitions, she is recognized for scaling teams and providing strategic counsel to category-defining companies over more than two decades, with expertise spanning consumer tech, software, fintech, and AI-driven platforms.
Career History
| Organization | Role | Date Range | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greycroft | Partner | Aug 2023 to Present | Partnering with founders and teams to build generational technology companies in intelligent consumer and enterprise applications and AI infrastructure.
"The problems of the world cannot possibly be ... |
| ConductorOne | Board Member | Oct 2025 to Present | ConductorOne is on a mission to secure every identity—human, non-human, and AI—so companies can move faster and safer. |
| Applied Intuition | Investor | Jun 2025 to Present | Applied Intuition's mission is to accelerate the world's adoption of safe and intelligent machines. |
| Whatnot | Board Observer | Jan 2025 to Present | Whatnot is building the future of commerce, bringing together community, shopping and entertainment. |
| Contextual AI | Board Member | Apr 2024 to Present | Contextual AI's mission is to change the way the world works through artificial intelligence. |
| Reken | Board Member | Jan 2024 to Present | Reken is building a new type of AI platform and products to protect against generative AI threats. |
| Axiom | Investor | Sep 2025 to Present | Axiom is on a mission to build a self-improving superintelligent reasoner, starting with an AI mathematician. |
| Savvy Games Group | Executive Committee Member | Jun 2024 to Present | — |
| Scopely | Board Member | Jun 2021 to Present | Scopely's mission is to inspire play, every day. Scopely's acquisition by Savvy Games Group for $4.9Bn was completed on July 12, 2023. |
| Blockchain.com | Board Member | Jan 2022 to Dec 2024 | Blockchain.com is relentlessly building a new financial system for the Internet as a world leading crypto finance house. |
| thredUP | Board Member | Feb 2021 to May 2024 | Our Mission: Inspiring a new generation of consumers to think secondhand first.
Nasdaq: TDUP, March 2021 |
| Felicis Ventures | Advisor | Jan 2022 to Jun 2023 | — |
| Qatalyst Partners | Partner, Head of Consumer Technology | May 2013 to Feb 2021 | Representative transactions:
$28Bn Sale of LinkedIn to Microsoft
$4Bn Sale of Honey to PayPal
$2.6Bn Sale of OpenTable to Priceline
$1.7Bn Sale of Orbitz to Expedia
$1.2Bn Sale of Glassdoor to Recruit... |
| Morgan Stanley | Head of Consumer Internet Banking | Aug 2002 to May 2013 | IDD 40 Under 40, 2010
Representative M&A:
$3.7Bn minority buy-out of Expedia by InterActiveCorp
$2.3Bn of eBay acquisitions (Gmarket, Internet Auction Co., mobile.de, Rent.com)
$1.8Bn sale of CNET to... |
| Yahoo! | Senior Product Manager | Aug 2000 to Jul 2002 | Managed product strategy and design for Yahoo's wireless messaging products
Led team of engineering, GUI, marketing, business development and PR to define, develop, deliver and promote Yahoo's instan... |
| Level 3 Communications | Corporate Development Intern | Jun 1999 to Aug 1999 | Led cross-functional team of engineers, network planners and product directors to measure and improve the profitability of private suite and cabinet co-location products
Evaluated acquisitions of co-... |
| Salomon Brothers Inc | Financial Analyst | Jul 1996 to Jul 1998 | Telecommunications Investment Banking
Completed 10 transactions totaling over $45 billion:
Cincinnati Bell $154MM follow-on offering
Cincinnati Bell $223MM DECS offering
Global Crossing $400MM initia... |
| Coopers & Lybrand | Senior Associate | Sep 1994 to Jul 1996 | Valuation Services Group:
-Prepared strategic analysis of Sprint's long distance, wireless and local divisions
-Assisted AT&T with its restructuring into three separate companies |
Education
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
Master of Business Administration, Marketing
1998 — 2000
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science, Economics, Finance
1990 — 1994
Thomas Jefferson Hs For Science
1986 — 1990
Northwestern University
Master of Business Administration
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Skills & Expertise
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| Partner | Los Angeles, CA , United States | |
| Partner | Los Angeles, CA , United States | |
| Partner | Los Angeles, CA , United States | |
A Anna Yu | Partner | New York, NY , United States |
| Principal | Los Angeles, CA , United States | |
| Partner | Sonoma, CA , United States |
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