David works across all aspects of Wildwood Ventures including portfolio strategy, investment management, investor relations, and firm administration. Prior to Wildwood David was EVP, Venture Platforms and EVP, Global Strategy at VF Corporation, serving on VF’s Executive Leadership Team for six years. During his 17 years at VF, David worked across nearly all of VF’s amazing brands in Colorado, North Carolina and Switzerland in areas such as strategy, consumer insights, innovation, new ventures, and purpose. Prior to VF David spent time in private equity and consulting, and he attended both UNC Chapel Hill and Harvard. David lives in Denver with his wife Jennifer and four kids. He is a diehard Tar Heel fan and can be found in the South Carolina Low Country any chance he gets.

Jesse works across all of Wildwood including growth, founder sourcing and advising, and investor relations. Prior to Wildwood, he was CEO of Magneti, an award-winning growth marketing firm he bootstrapped, scaled, and exited. Earlier in his career, Jesse launched a failed healthtech startup and led digital marketing and growth at two venture-backed SaaS companies. Jesse lives with his wife and four kids near Denver, where they enjoy all the delights of living in Colorado including skiing, mountain biking, dirt biking, and camping. He enjoys guest lecturing at his alma mater Colorado College, hunting for passable landlocked sushi, and only drinks coffee cuz apparently, that’s what adults do.

Amy focuses on helping founders solve big problems and create incredible user experiences. She previously spent 14 years building product, leading teams, and wearing lots of hats in several venture-backed B2C startups. She’s worked on products that helped people become better at their hobbies (at Craftsy), get married during a pandemic (at Wedfuly), design and furnish a beautiful home (at Havenly), and experience music on a deeper level (at Vinyl Me, Please). Her approach to product development is grounded, combining years of operating experience with a focus on adding real value to the world and getting a lot done, quickly, with limited resources. She lives outside of Denver with her family and is passionate about embarrassing her kids with her dance moves.

David Krasny is Principal and Head of Growth at Wildwood Ventures, bringing deep expertise in building and scaling growth engines across consumer tech, fintech, and SaaS. He has driven growth at three unicorns and other high-valued startups, including Superhuman, Kraken, Greenlight, and Lyft-backed Lyric, holding senior growth and marketing leadership roles at each. David is also the founder of 5280 Growth, a fractional growth consultancy serving startups like Houzz, OneFeather, and Changed, and serves as a Growth Advisor to Fiat Growth and Goodwater Capital. Earlier in his career, he spent nearly seven years at AT&T across product, business development, and engineering leadership. A serial founder and growth operator, David is based in Denver, Colorado.

Jess leads Wildwood’s technical strategy, advising portfolio companies and keeping the firm on the cutting edge of emerging technologies. With over 20 years in tech, she’s a software veteran who’s seen it all – from writing code at telecom giants to scaling unicorns. As CTO and a founding member of the team at Guild Education, she grew the technology team from 1 to 250 and helped boost the company’s valuation from $10M to over $4B. Jess has also co-founded startups, is an investor and advisor for numerous early stage startups and is a Berkeley certified executive coach. When not immersed in her work as a fractional CTO or advising the next generation of tech leaders, you’ll find Jess embracing the Colorado lifestyle – hiking, biking, or skiing. She lives in Colorado with her husband and two teenage boys, and they’re always plotting their next global adventure. Jess believes in the power of technology to improve lives and is excited to bring her blend of technical expertise and startup savvy to Wildwood’s portfolio companies.

Nick works with Wildwood’s partner entrepreneurs to validate business models, conduct market testing, prototype and build go to market strategy. Prior to Wildwood, Nick led new business models for The North Face at VF. Earlier in his career, he built and scaled brands for Amazon and REI, overseeing product, international sourcing strategy, and brand creation. Nick and his wife live in Denver and welcomed their first child in the winter of 22’. Their gang of four (plus dog) enjoy exploring Colorado on ski’s, bikes, boards and two/four feet.

Rita moved to Colorado in 2021 and quickly immersed herself in Boulder’s innovation ecosystem, building community around supporting founders working to improve human health—from food and agriculture to health tech. She holds an MBA and a Master of the Environment (MENV) from the University of Colorado Boulder, where she focused on high-growth ventures, entrepreneurial finance, and sustainable food systems. She has worked in venture capital and project finance, leading efforts to revamp operations, streamline processes, and drive deal sourcing and execution. Rita’s favorite part of early-stage investing is getting to know founders who are deeply passionate about their work and the positive change they hope to create. Outside the office, she loves cooking for friends and family, exploring the outdoors with her husband and two dogs, Poppy and Kirra, and spending time in the mountains skiing and biking.