McKenzie Parks

McKenzie Parks is the Head of Figma Ventures at Figma, where she leads the corporate investment unit that was originally established in 2022. Prior to joining the design software company, she served as the Director of Business Operations and Strategy at AppOmni starting in 2023. Earlier in her career, Parks worked as an Associate at Costanoa Ventures, where she acted as a board observer for AppOmni beginning in 2021. In her current capacity, she oversees strategic investments in various early-stage technology companies, recently participating in funding rounds for startups such as Graphite, an AI coding assistant that raised a $52 million Series B, and Wordware, an artificial intelligence development tool. Her professional background combines venture capital investing and startup operations with a primary focus on enterprise software, generative artificial intelligence, and SaaS application security.