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April Underwood

Overview

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Number of Portfolio Companies 31
Number of Exits 
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  • Primary Job Title Managing Director and Co-Founder
  • Primary Organization 
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    Adverb Ventures
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April Underwood is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Adverb Ventures. She was the first CPO at Slack, where she led product, platform, and research from 2015 to 2019. From 2010 to 2015, she worked at Twitter as Director of Product. She cofounded Hashtag Angels, and founded Nearby.

Personal Investments

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Number of Investments 33
April Underwood has made 33 investments. Their latest investment was Series A - Arcade on
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Partner Investments

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Number of Partner Investments 6
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Exits

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April Underwood has
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exits. Their most notable exits are Valora, Rival, and  Passport.
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    Valora Valora is a mobile wallet that allows you to send, save, and spend crypto as easily as sending a text
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    Rival Rival is a technology company building a platform for live events.
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    Passport Passport provides international shipping, compliance, and localization services for ecommerce.
  • Kit Logo
    Kit Kit is an online seller of consumer products.
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    Cue Cue is a healthcare technology company that enables people to manage their health through actionable and connected health data.
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    Balsa Balsa is building tools for builders.

Jobs

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Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 6
April Underwood has 2 current jobs as Managing Director and Co-Founder at Adverb Ventures and Founding Partner at #Angels. Additionally, April Underwood has had 6 past jobs including Founder and CEO at Nearby.
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Founder and CEOMay 2020Dec 2022
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Chief Product OfficerMar 2018Feb 2019
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VP of ProductDec 21, 20152018
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Head of PlatformJul 6, 2015Dec 21, 2015
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Board and Advisor Roles

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Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 3
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 2
April Underwood holds 3 board and advisor roles including Board Director at Eventbrite, Member of Board of Directors at Zillow Group, and HIM FOR HER at Crews by Core.
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AdvisorMar 7, 2014Dec 31, 2021
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Accompany
Board AdvisorOct 2015Jan 1, 2018

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Education

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April Underwood studied at The University of Texas at Austin and  University of California Berkeley.

Events

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Number of Events 6
April Underwood has participated in 6 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, Slush Helsinki 2019 on Nov 21, 2019.

Recent News and Activity

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Number of News Articles 72
Funding Round•Mar 24, 2025
Arcade raised
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from Adverb Ventures and 26 other investors
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Funding Round•Aug 24, 2023
Panobi raised
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from April Underwood and 7 other investors
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Funding Round•Aug 11, 2023
Ambient raised
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from April Underwood and 4 other investors
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Funding Round•Nov 9, 2022
Equals raised
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from Andreessen Horowitz and 6 other investors
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Funding Round•Oct 4, 2022
Humaans raised
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from April Underwood and 14 other investors
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Funding Round•Dec 21, 2021
Indent raised
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from April Underwood and 3 other investors
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Funding Round•Jul 21, 2021
Valora raised
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from Andreessen Horowitz and 10 other investors
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Funding Round•Jun 1, 2021
Kudos raised
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Funding Round•Mar 9, 2021
Daily.co raised
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