Dana Oshiro
Investor at LaunchDarkly
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolDana Oshiro is an investor and go-to operator in developer tools and infrastructure, currently investing at LaunchDarkly and as General Partner at Heavybit where she built the firm’s brand, accelerator, operations team, and an 800-person advisor network. Over the past decade she’s launched 60+ developer products and led Heavybit’s platform and events, syndicating early-stage deals and helping founders position themselves at the forefront of movements like Jamstack and DevSecOps. A former marketing leader, journalist, and consultant for companies including Heroku, Salesforce and Pivotal, she blends narrative-driven go-to-market strategy with deep community-building expertise. Her civic impact work—helping Code for America rewrite city services and lobbying for the U.S.’s first statewide environmental health bill—reveals a pragmatic commitment to public-interest outcomes beyond venture returns. Based in San Francisco, she pairs a BA in English Literature with recent VC training from Berkeley, bringing a rare mix of editorial rigor, policy experience, and hands-on startup scaling to early-stage investments.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BA, English Literature, BA, English Literature at University of VictoriaDiploma, Public Relations, Diploma, Public Relations at Kwantlen Polytechnic UniversityNVCA VC University Certificate, Venture Capital, NVCA VC University Certificate, Venture Capital at University of California, Berkeley
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Github contributions (5)
heavybit/speaker-series-guide
Jun 2019 - Sep 2020
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
danaoshiro/conduct
Nov 2015 - Nov 2018
The following is Heavybit's Statement of Conduct.
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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