Full Name
Amanda Eilian
Job Title
Partner & Co-founder
Company
Able Partners
Speaker Bio
Amanda Eilian is Partner and Co-founder of Able Partners, a venture capital firm focused on fast growing companies in the positive living space. With over 70 companies in the portfolio, Able’s investments include Bumble (NASDAQ:BMBL), Daily Harvest, Spring Health, Oura, Maven, Alma, and Compass Pathways (NASDAQ:CMPS). Ms. Eilian was previously Co-founder of Videolicious, an enterprise software video creation platform backed by Amazon, and served as President until it was acquired by Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP). Under her leadership, Videolicious grew to over five million users in 103 countries, including Fortune 500 companies such as IBM, Walmart, SAP, Verizon, and GE.

Prior to forming Videolicious, Ms. Eilian was Founding Partner of Capitol Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition vehicle (SPAC) that completed a $265 million initial public offering and became Two Harbors Investment Corp. (NYSE: TWO). TWO grew to over $4.4 billion of market capitalization, including a spin-off, to become the third largest mortgage REIT in the United States. Ms. Eilian began her career in private equity and mergers and acquisitions. She serves on the board of the Melanoma Research Alliance and is a member of the Tech:NYC leadership council.

Ms. Eilian is a Truman Scholar and received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar, and graduated from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service with a degree in economics.
Amanda Eilian