Neesha A. Tambe recruited, sourced, vetted and trained startup founders from across the globe for TechCrunch’s global startup competition, Startup Battlefield. Passionate about scaling products and programs to new markets domestically and internationally, Neesha ran startup programs in Berlin, San Francisco, Latin America, Middle East North Africa and Sub Saharan Africa. Additionally, Neesha managed the Startup Battlefield Alumni Community and founded CrunchMatch, TechCrunch’s investor-startup matching program. Neesha wrote her thesis on Sustainability and has a dual degree in Sociology and Political Science from Georgetown University. She also has an AA from De Anza Community College. She’s passionate about social justice, civic engagement, carbon capture and reformer pilates.