Leah Solivan: Founder of TaskRabbit and Precedent.vc
From Trailblazers by Erica Wenger
May 5, 2026 · 59 min
About this episode
Leah Solivan discusses her journey as the founder of TaskRabbit and her current role in venture capital.
This week, we chat with Leah Solivan! Leah is the founder of TaskRabbit , the pioneering on-demand marketplace that helped redefine the future of work and laid the foundation for what we now know as the gig economy. As CEO for eight years, she scaled TaskRabbit into an international business operating in more than 40 cities before overseeing its successful acquisition by IKEA in 2017. Today, Leah continues to build and back world-changing companies as Managing Director of Precedent.vc, General Partner at Fuel Capital, and founder of The Precedent Collective. Across her investing career, she’s supported more than 150 companies spanning consumer technology, marketplaces, hardware, education, and retail, including companies like Nanit, Pacaso, Our Place, Good Dog, and Upwards. Before founding TaskRabbit, Leah began her career as a software engineer at IBM, where she worked on products like Lotus Notes and Domino, building the technical foundation that would later shape her journey as a founder and investor. Leah is also a passionate advocate for diversity in technology and entrepreneurship, proudly representing her Latina heritage and speaking globally on topics like the future of…
People in this episode
Host: Erica Wenger
Guest: Leah Solivan
Topics covered
- entrepreneurship
- technology
- investment
- gig economy
- diversity in tech
Keywords
- TaskRabbit
- Leah Solivan
- venture capital
- gig economy
- diversity in tech
Sponsors
Brex, RocketReach, Gusto, OpenPhone, Athena
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: TaskRabbit, IKEA, Precedent.vc, Fuel Capital, The Precedent Collective, IBM
Products: Lotus Notes, Domino
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