Executive Spotlight: Who Is Katelin Holloway, Founding Partner at 776?
Katelin Holloway is a Founding Partner at 776, also written Seven Seven Six, the early-stage venture firm started by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. She came to investing from people and culture work, including a stint as VP of People & Culture at Reddit.
A conference speaker page describes her as investing across sectors, overseeing firm and portfolio operations and leading investor relations.
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Current role and company
HumanX's speaker page lists Holloway as Founding Partner at Seven Seven Six. It says she invests, oversees operations for the firm and its portfolio, and leads investor relations, with a focus on the intersection of people and technology. A March 2026 episode of the Capital Allocators podcast also introduces her as a Founding Partner and covers how she applies people and operating experience to venture investing.
- TitleFounding Partner, Seven Seven Six (776).
- FirmEarly-stage venture firm founded by Alexis Ohanian.
- RemitInvesting, firm and portfolio operations, investor relations (per HumanX).
- BackgroundPeople and operating roles at Pixar, Klout and Reddit.
Career path
The sources we read give no year-by-year timeline, so we do not list dates.
- Pixar. Worked at Pixar Animation Studios; a Luma event page for an AMA says she rose through the creative department, and a podcast page lists Pixar among the companies where she led people and culture work.
- Klout. People and culture leadership at Klout, per a Make Yourself at Home podcast page.
- Reddit. VP of People & Culture at Reddit, per the Luma AMA page. TechCrunch notes she worked with Ohanian at Reddit and at his earlier firm, Initialized.
- Seven Seven Six. Took a founding position at the firm when it launched its first fund in June 2021, per TechCrunch. Lissie Garvin also joined as a founding team member.
What she is known for
- Reddit's culture turnaround. The AMA page says that as VP of People & Culture she grew Reddit from about 75 to nearly 750 employees and led a cultural turnaround that put the company on Top 20 workplace lists.
- From people leader to investor. She moved from running people teams to backing early-stage founders, a shift she has discussed in public talks and podcasts.
- The Growth and Caregiving Commitment. Seven Seven Six introduced a 2% commitment, an extra 2% of each investment set aside for founder support, according to TechCrunch's June 2021 report.
Leadership style and philosophy
We did not find a first-person article or transcript by Holloway that we could read in full, so we limit this section to what event and podcast pages say she covers. The Capital Allocators episode page lists her approach to sourcing and underwriting founders, interviewing, investment selection and scaling a personal approach to adding value to portfolio companies. A Make Yourself at Home podcast page describes a people-first focus on belonging. These are the hosts' descriptions, not direct quotes.
Key numbers
Figures below describe Seven Seven Six and come from press reports of the firm's own announcements, read October 31, 2026. They are dated, not current, and are not independently audited.
- Fund 1$150 million, closed June 2021, with 17 investments at the time (TechCrunch, reporting firm figures).
- Fund 2$500 million across two vehicles, announced February 2022: about $300 million for the earliest stage and $200 million for growth stage.
- Assets under management$750 million as of the February 2022 announcement.
- Caregiving commitmentAn extra 2% of each investment for founder support (June 2021).
- Reddit headcountFrom about 75 to nearly 750 employees during her time there (Luma AMA page).
What to watch next
Worth tracking: her public talks and podcasts on people and venture, and any newer 776 fund announcements, which we did not find confirmed in the pages we read.
Questions people ask
Who is Katelin Holloway?
She is a Founding Partner at Seven Seven Six (776), the venture firm founded by Alexis Ohanian, and a former VP of People & Culture at Reddit.
What is Katelin Holloway's current role?
Founding Partner at Seven Seven Six, per HumanX's speaker page and a March 2026 Capital Allocators episode page.
What did she do at Reddit?
A Luma event page says she was VP of People & Culture and grew the company from about 75 to nearly 750 employees.
Where else has she worked?
Sources list Pixar and Klout, plus Initialized, Ohanian's earlier firm, per TechCrunch.
How big are 776's funds?
Press reports put Fund 1 at $150 million (June 2021) and Fund 2 at $500 million (February 2022), for about $750 million in assets then.
Sources
- HumanX: Katelin Holloway · Title, remit, headshot
- Capital Allocators, episode 490 (Mar 9, 2026) · Role and topics covered
- Luma: Live AMA with Katelin Holloway · Reddit and Pixar background
- Make Yourself at Home podcast, Season 1 Episode 14 · People and culture roles
- TechCrunch: Seven Seven Six closes $150 million Fund 1 (Jun 10, 2021) · Founding role, Fund 1, caregiving commitment
- TechCrunch: 776 closes $500M fund (Feb 1, 2022) · Fund 2 and assets under management
Facts were read from the linked pages on October 31, 2026, mostly through a fetch tool that returns summaries, so confirm details on the original pages. The firm's own site did not render a team bio. The hero photo is the headshot from her HumanX speaker page, centered on a card. This page covers public professional information only.
Top photo: Seven Seven Six (HumanX speaker page)