Meet Jen Tacheff

A strategist.
A builder.
In your corner.

Big-picture thinking.
Hands-on partnership.

Jen Tacheff founded Manifest Advisors to help ambitious people turn their next move into meaningful progress. Her work brings together growth strategy, storytelling, partnerships, and leadership.

She has worked with startups, venture funds, global companies, and mission-driven organizations—launching products, shaping brands, developing ecosystems, and supporting the people leading them.

From an early fundraising campaign to a global technology conversation, the thread is the same: connect a clear vision with the people and action that can make it real.

The work behind the perspective

A career in
forward motion.

October 2019 – presentManifest AdvisorsGrowth & Innovation Leader

Google Global Accelerator: showcased scalable impact, new technologies, and founder stories; enhanced campaign effectiveness and visibility. GoFundMe / Classy: go-to-market for new data and AI products; informed product roadmap, innovation journey, and brand visibility.

June 2024 – January 2026Noēsis CollaborativeStrategic Partner & Senior Advisor, Global AI Initiatives

Led and curated GenAI workshops and initiatives with Harvard and the University of Cambridge. Work included Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, MIT, USC, OpenAI, DeepMind, Hugging Face, and public-sector leaders across the US, UK, and EU.

June 2019 – January 2025W Fund / SWITCHPartner & Board Member | Founder Coaching Program

Built and co-led W Fund / Switch Coaching for Executives & Founders.

January 2021 – December 2024University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessVisiting Lecturer: Growth & Innovation

Workshops on innovation, go-to-market, startups, entrepreneurship, and impact.

December 2019 – March 2024OnrampCMO & CGO | Startup Advisor

Led growth and go-to-market; advised product strategies. Helped secure Onramp clients including Twitch, Amazon, Google, Coinbase, and Vanguard.

March 2019 – January 2020CommonGeniusVice President of Growth & Innovation

Led go-to-market and major activations at SXSW, TechCrunch, and Collision. Managed a creative studio with industry experts, creators, influencers, and investors.

August 2018 – August 2019HustleHead of Brand, Marketing & Communications

Designed and launched full-funnel campaigns and partnerships with Airbnb, Salesforce, Twilio, government, and academic institutions. Led go-to-market strategies, press, positioning, and branding for frontier-market tooling.

August 2015 – August 2018Women Who CodeVice President, Partnerships & Growth (Y Combinator & Founding Leadership Team)

Built operations and growth systems as a founding leadership-team member. Led board and advisory council development, strategic planning, and company revenue.

November 2011 – August 2015Girls Inc.Chief Marketing & Advancement Officer

Led fundraising and marketing for a $20M+ capital campaign for a downtown Oakland center. Oversaw board and executive committees, fundraising and launch strategies, communications, events, and initiative goals.

January 2008 – November 2011Chabot Space & Science CenterManager of Corporate Relations & Special Projects

Created and led membership programming, emerging-professionals initiatives, speaker series, and special events. Worked on $2M+ exhibitions and partnerships involving Bill Nye, Tom Hanks, Elon Musk, and the National Science Foundation.

2007 – 2008BackroadsAdventure Travel Tour Manager

Led active-travel tours and programs in Europe and North America.

Beyond the brief

Building the
ecosystem, too.

SXSW

Member of the Board of Advisors

Sourced and reviewed hundreds of startups across AI / ML, voice, robotics, enterprise and smart data, entertainment, media, extended reality, Web3, and the future of work.