Olivia Mark
Partner at daphni
Olivia is a partner at daphni. Before becoming an investor, Olivia worked in B2B and B2C startups in the US and France, including Quidsi (acquired by Amazon) where she ran a book and toy site and Gilt Groupe. At Blue Apron (IPO) she launched and scaled a wine club while producing (and tasting) wines in great vineyards around the world.
Perfect is the enemy of good.
Olivia's fun facts
Super power
Connecting the dots
Smile when
Always
She can teach
How to make a mean Manhattan
Why did she join the VC world?
To support purpose driven innovation
Soft skills
Enjoys ambiguity, makes decisions fast
Icebreaker
Tell me about your last great meal
Interests
Future of retail, tech for good, circular systems
How she acts for good
Trains, not planes
Mission at daphni
Sourcing startups to invest, supporting portfolio companies scale
Olivia's news
Unraveling the Return Dilemma with Tech
As e-commerce continues to take share from brick & mortar, the benefits of this mode of shopping are evident—convenience and speed primarily—but the problems are also compounding. With close, or similar habits of consumption between France and the US, we can assume that the trend we observe now in the US on returns is coming in french stores in the coming months. So we have a chance to look to the US, anticipate these problems and ultimately find technology solutions that will help us avoid the same traps. [...]