Terese Hougaard has left her partner position at CapitalG, a growth equity subsidiary of US-headquartered internet technology conglomerate Alphabet, and joined UK-based venture capital firm Atomico as a principal.
CapitalG hired Hougaard as a growth lead in 2015, when it was still the subsidiary of internet technology provider Google known as Google Capital. She was promoted to vice-president in late 2016 and partner the year after. The unit, like Google, fell under the auspices of the Alphabet umbrella in late 2015.
Her roles at CapitalG involved Hougaard partnering and investing in US companies such as digital payment technology developer Stripe, online trading service Robinhood, recruitment technology provider Gusto and robotics software supplier UiPath.
Hougaard also served as a board observer at India-based portfolio companies including healthcare reservation software developer Practo, mathematics tuition platform Cuemath and online automotive marketplace CarDekho.
Prior to CapitalG, Hougaard had held a 10-month stint at Google as a UK-based product marketing manager, having spent more than three years from 2011 at payment services firm American Express overseeing internal strategy and e-commerce business development activities in New York and London.
Photo of Terese Hougaard courtesy of LinkedIn.
