Luke Erickson

VP, Head of Data
First formative job experience:
I waited tables at a bottomless brunch place in Nashville, which ended up being chaotically delightful.
Where can we find you on the weekend?
Hiking the Berkeley Hills
Next dream travel destination:
We're eyeing the O Circuit in Patagonia or the Wall in the Bob Marshall Wilderness
One life challenge you’ve overcome:
Learning to show up authentically in spaces where you've historically felt like an outsider. My husband and I talk about this all the time 🤷🤷🏻‍♂️
Special / secret talent:
Cooking for large groups -- I come from a lineage of big family dinners, & I'm proud to say I can put out a spread!

Luke leads the data practice on Forerunner's investment team, bringing a quantitative approach to underwriting product market fit, predicting unit economics at scale, and identifying internal workflows ripe for automation. 

Luke’s perspective is informed by his career in marketing & growth strategy, where he has consulted or personally managed growth strategy for over 60 enterprise and consumer businesses, spanning seed-stage to Fortune 500 companies. He uses the perspective gained through operating to advise on consumer investments with a focus on underwriting & informing growth & data strategy.

Previously, Luke was a Partner at Tribe Capital, a Vice President at CapitalG (the growth equity investment arm of Alphabet), and a Product Manager at Social Capital, where he worked on the global automated investment service, Capital-as-a-Service.

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