Elissa is a venture capital and cybersecurity executive who founded JeKuDo Privacy Company and previously served as Founding Head of Product at Brave. Elissa's Twitter Score is 67 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #12,419 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Elissa works at Cyganix as VCiSO and is affiliated with Aliza Ventures. She previously worked at Brave as Founding Head of Product, where she contributed to early versions of the browser, which integrates Web3 features including Brave Rewards with the Basic Attention Token and a browser-native Brave Wallet. She also previously worked at Yonex as CTO and formerly served as CEO of Faster Than Light.
Elissa co-founded Glimpse and was formerly affiliated with The Graph, having contributed to early work on Graph Token. JeKuDo Privacy Company was funded through the MACH37 cybersecurity accelerator. Earlier in her career, she contributed to the first versions of Everyday Health, which went on to IPO. She also edited the Lean Out: The Struggle for Gender Equality in Tech and Start-up Culture anthology, published in 2015.
Elissa has published 37,243 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 73 accounts, with 168 total mentions.
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