Dana Oshiro is a General Partner at Heavybit who has personally launched more than 50 developer-first startups and designed Heavybit's go-to-market accelerator and 800-person mentorship network from inception. She's known for her DevRelCon SF talk on the defensibility and value of developer communities, which frames developer communities as strategic moats rather than just marketing channels and is frequently cited in Web3 and DevRel discussions.

• Focuses heavily on the intersection of artificial intelligence and developer infrastructure. She is particularly interested in tools that move beyond the hype to solve real operational problems, such as platforms that allow teams to delegate complex end-to-end tasks to AI agents.
• Deeply invested in the developer tool ecosystem, specifically cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and software reliability. She consistently champions startups that improve technical workflows, such as services that provide better visibility into cloud outages or automation for mobile app testing.
• Prioritizes community-led growth and open source business models. She frequently highlights the importance of building a movement around software products, praising companies like Netlify for turning community engagement into commercial success and promoting tools that help measure community impact.
• Offers tactical support for technical founders navigating the business side of startups. She actively shares resources on practical skills like fundraising and sales forecasting, including distributing templates to help engineers build effective pitch decks.