Kobie has been a partner at Upfront since 2016, with a core investing focus in enterprise software and martech. His notable Upfront investments include Bevy, Wave, Cordial, Endgame and MetaCX. Over his two decade long investing career he has been an early investor in many billion dollar plus exits including Exact Target, Instructure, Oculus and Usertesting. He was also the Chief Marketing Officer at LA-based REVOLVE, one of the largest global fashion e-commerce players. Kobie graduated from Harvard College where he was captain of the track team and an ivy league champion sprinter.

Omar Johnson is a marketing innovator in the art of building world-class brands. As former CMO of Beats by Dre and VP of Marketing at Apple, throughout his career, Johnson has led all facets of marketing, ranging from brand development and positioning to advertising and global digital marketing. Under Johnson’s tenure, Beats grew from $20 million to a $2.0 billion dollar category leader, becoming the #1 premium headphone in over 25 countries, which led to the subsequent
purchase by Apple for $3 billion in 2014. Adweek named Johnson a “Brand Genius,” and Business Insider named him one of the “Most Innovative CMOs” in 2016.

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