Meet the Team

We recently welcomed our newest Venture Partner, Rob Slone, Chief Scientist at UL Solutions. Rob is not only a globally respected expert in science, innovation, and sustainability, but also an incredibly thoughtful, grounded human being. Rob embodies the kind of Partner we love to work with at Silicon Foundry: someone

We’re excited to welcome Tanya Privé to the Silicon Foundry team. Tanya joins as a Partner, bringing a unique blend of entrepreneurial experience, strategic insight, and deep ecosystem expertise to our network. Her career spans media, venture, and transformational consulting, where she’s advised C-suite leaders and high-growth startups alike. Tanya

We are delighted to announce the newest addition to the Silicon Foundry team, Farzin Shadpour, who brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to his role as a Partner focused on the Supply Chain sector. With over 18 years of diverse experience in investment, operations management, consulting, and business development,

Over the summer, Zain Daya, joined Silicon Foundry as Principal based out of our Dubai office. Zain has spent her early career working with high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging markets and the venture capital space across the MENA region. Get to know Zain, her experience, passions, and the growth opportunities she

Michele Scataglini specializes in large scale innovation programs for public agencies and private sector organizations, working at the intersection of emerging technologies, public-private partnerships, and new market formation. His domain expertise covers space commerce and governance, the financial sector, the built environment, energy services, health systems, and public procurement. Michele’s

Doug Kilponen joins Silicon Foundry as a Partner, focused on strategic operations and guiding its continued integration with Kearney. Doug is an entrepreneur and technology executive whose nearly three decades of experience bridges early-stage startups and Fortune 500 boardrooms. He is a three-time Chief Operating Officer for early-to-growth stage startups

Melvin Lai is a San Franciscan Bay Area native and joined Silicon Foundry in March 2022 as an analyst. Previously, he worked at PwC in their M&A consulting practice and was actively involved while at university as executive administrator of the UCSB Undergraduate Accounting Society, finance officer at Associated Students