Leah Solivan

Leah Solivan is a technologist, entrepreneur, and investor who has spent the past two decades breaking precedent—personally and professionally.

She’s a General Partner at Fuel Capital, where she manages three high-performing funds and invests in early-stage companies tackling transformative ideas across consumer tech, hardware, education, and marketplaces. Solivan brings the rare perspective of a founder-turned-investor, having created and scaled one of the most iconic platforms of the gig economy.

In 2008, Solivan founded TaskRabbit, pioneering the on-demand marketplace model years before it became mainstream. As CEO, she scaled the business across 44 cities, raised over $50 million in venture funding, and led TaskRabbit through its successful acquisition by IKEA. Before founding TaskRabbit, she spent seven years as a software engineer at IBM.

Proud of her Puerto Rican heritage and one of the few Latinas to raise venture capital at scale, Solivan has become a sought-after voice on the future of work, entrepreneurship, and inclusive innovation. She’s been recognized by Fast Company as one of the “100 Most Creative People in Business” and has spoken at global stages including Davos and the Women in the World Summit. Leah holds a B.S. in Math and Computer Science from Sweet Briar College. She serves on the boards of PetMeds, the San Francisco Ballet, and YPO Pacific.