Today is international women’s day. There are many great initiatives going on to help raise visibility for this important day, including #StartWithEight, an initiative to encourage male VCs to meet with more female entrepreneurs, which we wrote about here.
In celebration of international women’s day, I wanted to highlight a few female VCs in their 20s and 30s who entrepreneurs and other VCs should know — but may not because they are earlier in their careers — and should be looping in to their deal flow.
I know and admire each of these VCs and think they are terrific investors. If any entrepreneur wants an introduction to any of them, let me know. Apologies if I missed anyone who I’m friends with (age cutoff, notwithstanding) — in fact, please let me know if I’ve missed you and I’ll make sure to add you to the list!
Boston
- Payal Agrawal Divakarin, .406 Ventures
- Natalie Bartlett, General Catalyst
- Eveline Buchatskiy, OneWay Ventures
- Monique Guimond, The Engine
- Paulina Hill, Polaris
- Galit Krifcher, Battery
- Lily Lyman, Underscore
- Anna Palmer, XFactor
- Sophia Popova, Summit
- Elizabeth de Saint-Aignan, Jump Capital
- Parul Singh, Founder Collective
LA
- Britt Danneman, Alpha Edison
- Effie Epstein, Sound Ventures
- Dani Haber, 3L Capital
- Leah Volger, Bonfire
NYC
- Seema Amble, Goldman Sachs Growth
- Hayley Barna, First Round
- Lisa Cuesta, NextGen
- Nisha Dua, BBG
- Merrit Hummer, Goldman Sachs Growth
- Nimi Katragadda, Box
- Melody Koh, NextView
- Divya Nettimi, Viking Growth
- Aubrie Pagano, XFactor
- Nicole Sanchez, XFactor
- Caitlin Strandberg, FirstMark
- Ellie Wheeler, Greycroft
- Liz Whitman, XFactor
SF/SV
- Medha Agarwal, Redpoint
- Erica Brescia, XFactor
- Ooshma Garg, XFactor
- Yael Gilboa, DBL Partners
- Kanu Gulati, Khosla
- Christine Kang, General Atlantic Partners
- Anna Khan, Bessemer
- Jessica Mah, XFactor
- Lisa Marrone, August Capital
- Maya Noeth, TCV
- Yasmin Razavi, Spark Growth
- Kimmy Scotti, 8VC
- Kathleet Utecht, Core Innovation
These are just a few off the top of my head. Feel free to add your favorites in the comments!