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On this episode of The First Close, we interview Noramay Cadena and Shayna Harris, co-founders and managing partners of Supply Change Capital. Supply Change Capital invests in early-stage companies at the intersection of food, culture, and technology, and focuses on three verticals: food and ag tech; ingredient tech; and culturally appealing brands. They have invested […]

On this episode of The First Close, we interview Katie Shea, co-founder of Divergent Capital alongside her partner Lucy Wang. Katie and Lucy started angel investing together in 2019 while Katie was a partner at K50 Ventures/Kairos and Lucy was with 11.2 Capital. Katie moved into venture following a career as a founder, operator, and […]

Our guests on this episode of The First Close are Jenna Bryant and Jordan Noone. Jenna and Jordan are co-founding partners of Embedded Ventures, a VC firm based in Malibu, California. Launched in 2020, Embedded Ventures invests in pre-seed and seed-stage companies focused in space operations, digital engineering, and advanced manufacturing. To date, Embedded Ventures […]

Our guests on this episode of The First Close are Ivan Alo and LaDante McMillon, co-founding general partners of New Age Capital. New Age Capital is a thesis-driven, seed-stage venture capital firm investing in technology and tech-enabled companies founded and led by Black and Latinx entrepreneurs. Ivan and LaDante met as students at Boston College, […]

On this episode of The First Close, we interview Anna Raptis, founder of Amplifica Capital, an early-stage fund based in Mexico and investing in women-led companies across Latin America. Anna is originally from Australia, and has long been focused on purpose-driven work. Anna is a chartered financial analyst and spent much of her career in […]

In this episode, we interview Ariana Thacker, founding general partner of Conscience VC, a pre-seed fund investing in companies operating at the intersection of science and consumer products. With Conscience VC, Ariana has made it her mission to fund B2C companies driving scientific breakthroughs. The first in her family to graduate from college, Ariana left […]