Board

Nick Beim
Investor and Board Member

Nick is a General Partner at Matrix Partners, one of the leading venture capital firms in the United States. His work at Matrix focuses primarily on internet and software companies. In addition to Gilt Groupe, his investments include TheLadders.com, Care.com, Intent Media, Conductor, and JBoss. Prior to Matrix, Nick advised a variety of technology companies on strategic, operational and financial issues at McKinsey & Co and Goldman Sachs.

Nick serves on the board of Endeavor, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping entrepreneurs in developing countries, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He graduated from Stanford University and holds a masters of philosophy from Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar.

Anton Levy
Investor and Board Member

Anton is a Managing Director at General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, where he heads the firm’s Media & Consumer sector. Since joining in 1998, Anton has worked closely with many of General Atlantic’s portfolio companies and has served as a director of portfolio companies such as AKQA, Mercado Libre, Network Solutions and Webloyalty. He formerly served on the boards of Dice Holdings and Zantaz Corporation.

Prior to joining General Atlantic, Anton was an investment banker with Morgan Stanley & Co., where he worked with the firm’s technology clients. He also serves on the boards of nonprofit organizations such as WNYC, New York Public Radio and Streetwise Partners, where he is the vice chairman. Anton received a B.S. in finance and computer science from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Columbia University, graduating both with highest honors.

Michelle Peluso
Investor and Board Member

Michelle Peluso is the Global Consumer Chief Marketing and Internet Officer for Citigroup. She is passionate about ensuring the Citibank brand shines for consumers around the world, and that the company continues to make strides to lead in a digital world.

In February of 2009, Michelle left Travelocity where she had been CEO since 2003, after serving as the company's chief operating officer and senior vice president of product strategy and distribution for several years prior. Under her leadership, Travelocity experienced a dramatic turnaround in both growth of revenue and profitability. In her role as CEO, she launched Travelocity's innovative net rate hotel and dynamic packaging programs, which catapulted Travelocity back to growth and profitability. Peluso also spearheaded Travelocity's emergence as a global player with the acquisition of lastminute.com and the organic growth of ZUJI.

Peluso joined Travelocity following the company's acquisition of Site59, a travel site she created and launched in 2000. Site59 became the leader in the US "last minute deals" arena and won numerous honors for innovation. Prior to leading Site59, Peluso served as a White House Fellow and Senior Advisor to Labor Secretary Alexis Herman and worked as a case leader for The Boston Consulting Group in New York and London.

Peluso has been tapped as an executive to watch by Forbes, The Wall Street Journal and has been featured in several "40 under 40" lists. She received the Stevie Award for Lifetime Achievement in Business; she has been recognized by the National Italian American Foundation with the Special Achievement Award in Business; Fast Company Magazine named her a "customer-centered leader"; and she is a noted speaker as well. She serves on the Board of Directors for Gilt Groupe and Open Table.

Peluso received her master's degree in economics, philosophy and politics from Pembroke College at Oxford University where she was a Thoroun Scholar, and her bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. She lives in New York with her husband, Marc, and their two children, Auden Grace and Cole Hudson.