Erica Brescia
Managing Director, early·Redpoint
Bio
Professional summary
Erica Brescia is a Managing Director, early, at Redpoint Ventures. Redpoint’s official profile says she joined the firm in early 2021 after nearly two decades as a founder and operator. She previously served as COO of GitHub after Microsoft acquired the company, and before that co-founded Bitnami, a Y Combinator company acquired by VMware in 2019. Redpoint also notes that she has served on the Linux Foundation board since 2016. Her official investment focus is early-stage AI, infrastructure, and security. Her listed investments include Dagger, Fable Security, JetStream, Poolside, Railway, Restate, Trunk Tools, Vega, Xata, and Zed.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
Sector
Thesis
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Strong fit for founders building technical products in AI infrastructure, developer workflows, cloud platforms, or security.
Partneralization hooks
- 1Reference her operator background at GitHub and Bitnami.
- 2For developer-tooling companies, mention alignment with investments such as Zed, Dagger, Railway, or Restate.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Redpoint profile lists Fable Security as a Series A investment in 2025.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Redpoint VenturesManaging Director2021–present
- GitHub (post-Microsoft acquisition)COO
- Bitnami (YC W13, acq. by VMware 2019)Co-Founder & CEO
- Linux FoundationBoard Member2016–present
Skills
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