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Todd Chaffee

Todd Chaffee

Advisory Partner·IVP

San Francisco, California, United States

Bio

Professional summary

Todd Chaffee is an Advisory Partner at IVP focused on travel, media and software. He has more than 25 years of venture investing experience and has led investments in more than 30 companies, including Coinbase, HomeAway, Kayak, Nuance, Twitter, VeriSign and Yahoo. Before joining IVP in 2000, he spent six years at Visa and previously held operating and management roles in technology and financial services.

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

CoinbaseHomeAwayKayakTwitterVeriSign

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • IVPAdvisory Partner2000 – Present
  • VisaExecutive2000

Education

  • University of Minnesota Carlson School of ManagementB.S. in Business
  • Stanford Graduate School of BusinessAdvanced Management Program
  • Harvard Business SchoolVenture Capital Program

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