Lorenzo is the Managing Director of Gaingels and a co-founding chairman of StartOut, two of the leading groups dedicated to support and elevate LGBTQ+ leaders in the venture startup ecosystem. He is also a Tony-Award and Drama Desk winning Broadway producer and the co-creator and lead producer of Allegiance, the Broadway musical.

Lorenzo previously co-founded startups Powerset, which was acquired later on by Microsoft. He is also an investor, board member, and advisor for startups such as Figure Eight (now Appian), Weights & Biases, CrowdMed, Famo.us, Gobble, Just, and Lucid, and many more. He's an outspoken LGBT advocate and was named one of the most influential LGBT people in tech in 2014 and 2018 by Business Insider.

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Connect with Lorenzo

Gaingels (https://gaingels.com/)

StartOut (https://startout.org/)

Allegiance (https://allegiancemusical.com/)

LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorenzothione/)

Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lorenzosfnyc)

Twitter (https://twitter.com/thione)

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