About
Donna is CEO of Yiftee, a consumer internet startup selling local gifts such as lattes, lunches, beers, cupcakes and flowers, to celebrate life's moments or say "thanks!" Yiftee drives foot traffic to local merchants when friends pick up their gifts. Before Yiftee, Donna was CEO of BigTent, a website where trusted groups connect online that grew to over 1M moms. Donna was a Venture Partner at Mohr, Davidow Ventures for almost nine years, helping startups in many industries. Prior to MDV, Donna was VP of Marketing at Clarify Inc., a successful enterprise software startup that she helped build from zero to $100M revenue and was listed on the NASDAQ. Donna teaches Global Entrepreneurial Marketing in the School of Engineering at Stanford University and is a former board member of the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose.
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 2 investors at Yiftee are tracked.
- • 3,360 investors hold the CEO role in VCSift. Donna Novitsky is one of them.
- • 166 investors are based in Redwood City, California, United States.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
Investment Focus
- Location
- Redwood City, US
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