Backstage Capital Leadership

Clair Samuel’s domain expertise encompasses operations and finance at startups and venture capital firms. She is experienced in both the tactical and the strategic aspects of business and has a deep understanding of how they are critically intertwined. From due diligence and compliance to financial modeling and training, her strategy uniquely integrates marketing, human capital, diversity, and systemic thinking. Through her company, NoCairns, and now as Head of Compliance and Operations at Backstage, she advises early-stage founders in areas ranging from the fundamentals to the conceptual. Previous to this, she was VP of Finance and Operations, as well as de facto COO and part-time CFO, at Otherlab, a R&D venture studio in San Francisco. Clair has a bachelor’s in International Development Studies from UCLA and an MBA from Georgetown University.

EIR at Backstage Capital. Product Designer. Host of the Mission & Values podcast. Alum: @zapier @CalArts

Lisa Atia is a N/A, Growth Strategist & Leadership Development at TBD Group, and Chief Revenue Officer at Backstage Capital and is based in Los Angeles, California. She has worked as Marketing & Strategy Intern at Docstoc, Manager Of Finance And Operations at Technical Source and Engineering, and Freelance Marketing Consultant at Self Employed. Lisa attended Pepperdine Graziadio Business School between 2006 and 2008, California State University Long Beach College of Business between 2000 and 2005, and Pepperdine University.

Megan Rose Dickey is the Chief Content Officer at Backstage Capital. Prior to joining the firm in 2022, she spent more than a decade reporting on diversity, equity and inclusion in the tech industry at a variety of publications, including Protocol, TechCrunch and Business Insider.