Episode #98 - Meet the Startup Offering Developers a Toolkit To Resolve Their Most Pressing Problems
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In this episode of The Tech Optimist, Meera Oak, a Partner at Alumni Ventures, interviews Lizzie Matusov, co-founder and CEO of Quotient, about transforming developer productivity.
Episode #98 – Meet the Startup Offering Developers a Toolkit To Resolve Their Most Pressing Problems
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In this Meet the Startup episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, Meera Oak speaks with Lizzie Matusov, co-founder and CEO of Quotient, about transforming developer productivity. Lizzie shares how Quotient leverages the SPACE framework to identify and resolve inefficiencies in engineering workflows, helping teams eliminate friction and collaborate more effectively. With her extensive experience at Red Hat and Invitae, Lizzie offers unique insights into creating smarter, more efficient engineering practices. This conversation highlights the future of developer efficiency and the tools shaping the next generation of software teams.
Watch Time ~18 minutes
The show is produced by Alumni Ventures, which has been recognized as a “Top 20 Venture Firm” by CB Insights (’24) and as the “#1 Most Active Venture Firm in the US” by Pitchbook (’22 & ’23).
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Creators and Guests
HOST
Meera Oak
Partner at Alumni Ventures
Meera’s background includes strategic, financial, and operational experience from her time at Yale University, where she managed a $1B budget (of a $4B organization), led M&A transactions, and secured business development relationships with corporate partners. Most recently, she worked with early-stage venture funds and incubators like Create Venture Studio and Polymath Capital Partners and was responsible for launching business ventures and sourcing investments in enterprise SaaS, infrastructure, and ecommerce. Meera has a BA in Economics from Swarthmore College and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
GUEST
Lizzie Matusov
CEO and Co-Founder, Quotient
Lizzie Matusov is CEO and co-founder of Quotient is an AI-driven tool that boosts developer productivity by automatically identifying and resolving key bottlenecks in real time.
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