Jeffrey Bonforte

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Mr. Jeffrey Bonforte serves as Managing Partner at Catapult Capital. Mr. Bonforte is a Co-Founder and serves as Advisor and Board Member. He also serves as a General Partner at Protocol Ventures. He serves as a Venture Partner at Parade Ventures. He also served as Chief Executive Officer at Grindr. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President, Communications Products at Yahoo. Mr. Bonforte serves as a Venture Advisor at Relay Ventures. He is the Senior Vice President of Communication Products at Yahoo. He leads the team responsible for Yahoo's core communications products - Mail, Messenger, Groups, Calendar, and Contacts. He has 20 years of experience in internet and technology product development. A long-time entrepreneur, he has founded or led pioneering start-ups including i-drive, Gizmo5, and Xobni, which Yahoo acquired in 2013. Mr. Bonforte also previously worked at Yahoo as Vice President of Social Search and Vice President of Messenger. Mr. Bonforte is an active angel investor. Outside of the tech industry, he has over 400 skydives and is a partner and investor in Aston Martin Racing North America. He earned his BA in Classical Civilizations from UCLA.