Ali Goldstein
Ali Goldstein Norup is Head of VC & Startup Ecosystem, Americas at Google Cloud, where she leads strategic relationships with venture capital firms and accelerator platforms across the Americas. Ali brings deep technical and AI expertise, extensive VC relationships, and firsthand founder experience as a two-time founder (kpiReady TechstarsNYC and GDPRsimple). She has helped over 500 startups develop their AI & KPI strategies and craft compelling visions through mentorship at over 25 Google for Startups Accelerators, Techstars, and Y Combinator programs and a variety of premier nationwide accelerators. At Corsair Ali’s focus is primarily across VC and accelerator relationships, sourcing, technical diligence, and reviewing investments with secondary involvement supporting portfolio companies on technical architecture, product readiness, and engineering discipline. Earlier in her career, she worked in relationship management and business development before joining JPMorgan Asset Management following completion of her MBA at NYU Stern School of Business. She is also Co-Founding member of the Techstars NYC Chapter and a founding mentor of the The Roux Institute Techstars Accelerator.