Leah Solivan

TaskRabbit founder Leah Solivan is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and board leader who has spent more than two decades building and scaling products that improve how people live and work. She is the founder and managing director of Precedent.vc, an early-stage venture capital fund backing category-defining technology companies, and continues to serve as a general partner at Fuel Capital, where she has invested across consumer technology, marketplaces, retail, education, and hardware. Leah founded TaskRabbit in 2008, pioneering one of the first large-scale on-demand marketplaces and helping shape the modern gig economy. As CEO for eight years, she scaled the company internationally across 44 cities, raised more than $50 million in venture capital, and ultimately led the company through its successful acquisition by IKEA in 2017. Before founding TaskRabbit, Leah spent seven years as a software engineer at IBM working on products, including Lotus Notes and Domino. She currently serves on the boards of PetMeds and the San Francisco Ballet, and previously served as chair of the YPO Pacific US Region. A proud Latina leader, Leah is a passionate advocate for diversity, entrepreneurship, and the future of work.