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Jessica Straus

Jessica Straus is a Brand & Content Marketing Director for Carta. Jessica is a Kauffman Fellow and an MBA in Design Strategy. Leveraging her background in VC, policy, and tech, she is dedicated to bringing transparency and diversity to private markets.
The First Close Podcast, Supply Change Capital

Supply Change Capital invests in early-stage companies at the intersection of food, culture, and technology.

The First Close Podcast, Divergent Capital

Divergent Capital invests in pre-seed companies that are commercializing unique technological and scientific innovations.

The First Close Podcast, Embedded Ventures

Embedded Ventures is a pre-seed and seed-stage VC firm investing in companies focused in space operations, digital engineering, and advanced manufacturing.

The First Close Podcast, New Age Capital

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

The First Close Podcast, Amplifica Capital

Amplifica Capital is an early-stage fund based in Mexico and investing in women-led companies across Latin America.

The First Close Podcast, Conscience VC

Conscience VC is a pre-seed fund investing in companies operating at the intersection of science and consumer products.