Elaine Zelby

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Elaine Zelby

Elaine is the Co-Founder of Tofu, a generative AI platform for creating hyper-personalized, omnichannel campaigns at scale that converts leads for B2B marketing teams. She also serves as a Venture Partner at SignalFire where she first joined in 2018 to invest in seed stage enterprise SaaS companies. In her work as Venture Partner, she primarily focuses on GTM SaaS and generative AI applications.

Prior to joining SignalFire, Elaine built and led the Growth and Product Marketing team at ConsenSys working across the portfolio of 50+ incubated companies as well as with the Enterprise Ethereum Association, and the Ethereum Foundation. Elaine also led Enterprise Product Marketing at Slack and spent 5 years at Capriza, an enterprise software company with investors such as a16z and CRV where she joined as one of the first employees and helped build a variety of functions including marketing, inside sales, lead and demand generation, and product marketing.

She is also a co-founder of Product Marketing Masters, a group focused on communication, education and advisory for top Product Marketing professionals. Elaine holds a B.S. and M.S in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford. While not at work, Elaine can be found doing various outdoor activities such as trail running, backpacking, and rock climbing, listening to podcasts, or making things out of wood or metal.

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Elaine Zelby's Posts

How CMOs say AI is changing content, sales, and event marketing
Advice
September 11, 2023

How CMOs say AI is changing content, sales, and event marketing

Which jobs AI could replace, what tools CMOs are using, and how to keep marketing authentic while personalizing at scale.
The Best Emerging Funds for Strategic Venture Capital
Advice
September 21, 2022

The Best Emerging Funds for Strategic Venture Capital

Here are 7 of the best emerging VCs that can help with sales, product, infra, crypto, marketplaces, talent, and diversity
Investing in Superdao, the all-in-one DAO platform
Portfolio
January 26, 2022

Investing in Superdao, the all-in-one DAO platform

Discover Superdao, the all-in-one DAO platform. Launch your own DAO effortlessly with legal incorporation, crowdfunding, governance voting, and more. Gain early access now!
Funding Praisidio to fight The Great Resignation
Portfolio
October 7, 2021

Funding Praisidio to fight The Great Resignation

In Q2 2021 alone, 11.5 million Americans quit their jobs. Praisidio's employee attrition early warning system helps you retain your talent.
Rethinking the software selection and purchase process with TestBox
Portfolio
June 10, 2021

Rethinking the software selection and purchase process with TestBox

Discover a game-changing software evaluation process with TestBox. Test multiple options side-by-side in a customized sandbox environment for fair comparisons.
SignalFire funds Commsor’s community management operating system
Portfolio
February 16, 2021

SignalFire funds Commsor’s community management operating system

We are thrilled to have funded Commsor's community management tools since pre-seed, and to be participating in today's $16M Series A.
Remote Work Market Map
Advice
June 19, 2020

Remote Work Market Map

Here are 200+ work-from-home startups in 45+ categories like collaboration productivity, virtual events, and no-code apps.