# Elena Gomez

> Elena Gomez is a seed investor at Toast (San Francisco) backing Software and CRM. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Toast](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toast)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elena-gomez-56b47a/

Elena Gomez is a seed investor at Toast in San Francisco focused on Software and CRM. Gomez has served as our Chief Financial Officer since May 2016. From July 2010 to April 2016, Elena Gomez served in senior finance roles at salesforce.com, inc., a software company, including Senior Vice President Go To Market Distribution from July 2015 to April 2016, Vice President Sales and Support and Marketing Finance from June 2011 to June2015, and Senior Director Marketing and General and Administrative Finance from July 2010 to June 2011. Prior to that she held finance roles at Visa Inc., a financial services company, and The Charles Schwab Corporation, a brokerage and banking company. Elena Gomez holds a B.S. in business administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 100% |
| CRM | 1 | 50% |
| Training | 1 | 50% |
| Consulting | 1 | 50% |
| Non Profit | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HumanQ | HumanQ offers executive level skills at every level of the organization for accelerated growth and impact through intimate group coaching. | $2M | Seed | Aug 31, 2022 |  |
| Givebutter | Givebutter is a product-led company that develops an operating system for nonprofit fundraising. It was founded in 2016 by Ari Krasner, Liran Cohen, and Max Friedman. | $7M | Seed | Jun 27, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ardent Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ardent-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kindred Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kindred-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Toast

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Toast is an all-in-one point-of-sale and restaurant management platform for businesses in the foodservice and hospitality space. As a cloud-based system built specifically for restaurants, Toast offers advanced functionality including tableside ordering, quick menu modifications, real-time enterprise reporting, online ordering, and labor managementon an easy-to-use interface. The company powers successful restaurants by combining point of sale, front of house, back of house, and guest-facing technology with an unequaled commitment to customer success. It enables the community of restaurateurs to delight guests and thrive.Toast was founded on 2011 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

5 contacts available at Toast.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aman Narang | Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder, and Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aman-narang-2 |
| Chris Comparato | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-comparato |
| Elena Gomez | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elena-gomez |
| Maria Loughlin | VP of Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maria-loughlin |
| Steve Fredette | President, Co-founder & Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steve-fredette |

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## FAQ

### What does Elena Gomez invest in?

Elena Gomez invests primarily in Software, CRM and Training startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Elena Gomez last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Elena Gomez closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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