Operators Who Became Investors

Jonathan brings 14 years of experience across developer platforms, infrastructure software, and early-stage investing. Before founding Syntract, he led product at an API infrastructure company that served over 200,000 developers and was acquired for $380 million. He started his career as a software engineer at IBM Research before moving into product management at HashiCorp. Jonathan focuses on API-first infrastructure, developer tooling, and open-source commercial models.

Alexandra is a former CTO who led engineering teams through two successful company exits. She co-founded a developer observability startup that raised $12 million and was acquired by a major cloud provider. Her engineering career spans distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and developer experience design. At Syntract, Alexandra leads investments in data infrastructure, observability tooling, and AI-assisted development platforms. She holds a degree in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

Daniel spent seven years as a Staff Engineer at Stripe building payment infrastructure that processed tens of billions of dollars annually. He then founded a CLI tooling company focused on enterprise workflow automation, which was backed by two leading VC firms before being acqui-hired. At Syntract, Daniel focuses on developer experience tooling, CLI and automation platforms, and companies serving the enterprise engineering buyer. He is a contributor to several major open-source projects in the DevOps ecosystem.

Priya has spent over a decade building developer-facing products at companies including Twilio, Cloudflare, and a Series B developer collaboration startup. She has led product teams through zero-to-one launches and hypergrowth phases, with a particular focus on developer onboarding, documentation strategy, and community-led growth. At Syntract, Priya works closely with portfolio companies on product-market fit, go-to-market strategy, and developer experience optimization. She is an active mentor in the developer community through programs at Y Combinator and Techstars.

Natasha joined Syntract from a background in technical venture investing and software engineering. She previously worked as a full-stack engineer at a fintech infrastructure company before moving into venture capital research at a multi-stage fund. At Syntract, Natasha leads deal sourcing in the developer tools and AI-assisted development categories, manages diligence processes, and supports portfolio companies with hiring strategy and competitive analysis. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley's EECS program.