Background
nrique Allen is the Co-founder of Designer Fund where he invests between $350K - $1M in tech startups with founders who value design including Stripe, Gusto, and Omada Health. Enrique has built a profitable business since 2013 that focuses on designing exceptional products and scaling high-performing design teams with clients including Facebook, Google, Airbnb, Pinterest, and Dropbox.
Previously, Enrique was a designer within venture capital firms, including 500 Startups, Facebook’s fbFund, and Venrock, where he helped invest in companies like Lyft, Wildfire (acquired by Google) and Behance (acquired by Adobe). He's a former Stanford University Division 1 soccer player and alum of the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford where he continues to teach one of the most popular courses on digital product design for over 7 years.