Leah Solivan founded and scaled TaskRabbit from 2008 through its acquisition by IKEA, giving her rare experience as a founder-operator who literally created a new labor category before becoming a venture capital investor. She combines a technical background as a former IBM software engineer with deep marketplace expertise, positioning herself as a hands-on partner who thinks like a product builder rather than a capital allocator and focuses on backing precedent-breaking founders who defy traditional patterns. Leah Solivan founded and scaled TaskRabbit from 2008 through its acquisition by IKEA, giving her rare experience as a founder-operator who literally created a new labor category before becoming a venture capital investor. She combines a technical background as a former IBM software engineer with deep marketplace expertise, positioning herself as a hands-on partner who thinks like a product builder rather than a capital allocator and focuses on backing precedent-breaking founders who defy traditional patterns.