| Halle Tecco | |
| Education: | Case Western Reserve University, BS Harvard Business School, MBA Johns Hopkins University, MPH |
| Occupation: | Founder, Natalist Founder, Rock Health Founder, Techammer |
Halle Tecco is the founder of Natalist, adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, founder and former CEO at Rock Health, and an angel investor and philanthropist.
Tecco earned a BS from Case Western and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where she launched Rock Health as a student.[1] She received her MPH at Johns Hopkins University with a concentration in Women's and Reproductive Health.[2]
In 2006, Tecco founded a non-profit, Yoga Bear, which connects cancer fighters and survivors with online access to yoga classes designed for those undertaking treatment.[3]
In 2007, Tecco co-founded Techammer with her husband. In 2017, they invested $10,000 in Bitcoin in 2013 and made $250,000 which they donated to cancer research.[4]
In 2019, she founded Natalist, a reproductive health company focused on fertility and pregnancy products.[5] Previously, she founded digital health venture fund Rock Health, where she was CEO until May 2016.[6] Before that, Tecco worked in corporate finance and business development roles at Apple and Intel.[7]
Tecco was named one of San Francisco Chronicle's Most Powerful Women in Technology (2014),[8] Goldman Sach's Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs (2013),[9] and Forbes 30 under 30 (2013).[10]
Tecco is married to Jeff Hammerbacher, cofounder of Cloudera.[11]