​Less than 1% of investment dollars goes to women of color founders yet they are the largest group of emerging founders. Only 1.4% of all assets being managed globally are managed by women or people of color (Knight Foundation). We seek to change the funding trajectory for women of color across the founder and venture ecosystem and we think diversifying the LP base is key to do that!

​Seed to Harvest Ventures is hosting a virtual panel to showcasing women of color (WOC) who are investors (aka LPs) in funds.

​We’ll be speaking to 3 WOC investors to share their personal stories on how they joined the space, the trials and tribulations involved, and how one can become more involved and/or become an LP themselves. We’ll have 15-minutes at the end of the event for a live, audience Q&A. This event will be moderated by Lahari Rao of Good Chai Communications.

​This panel is part of a larger campaign that will include: social media, virtual panels of women of color LPs, and a dinner series. More details to come.

​Bring yourself and any questions you have! We're excited to see you there. This event is geared towards women of color, but all are welcome to attend.

​Get to know our panel

​Lahari Rao, Moderator

​Lahari Rao has spent the last 12+ years at companies like General Mills, McKesson, Meta/Facebook, LendingClub, Pinterest, and Gusto, before founding Good Chai Communication and Digital Media. In her tenure, Lahari has become an expert in storytelling, people programs, and change management. She works with clients on how to create targeted communication strategies that align with the business, to drive impact and results. Good Chai can lead communications for brands, organizations, individuals, and companies, as well as event strategies, hosting/emceeing, social media content, live workshops on communications, PR, editorial work, and podcast coaching. 

​Outside of work, Lahari's passions are equity, podcasting, home design, her golden retriever, and a good bowl of cereal. She is a lifelong learner, creative, and question-asker. 

​Fay Wells, Panelist

​Fay is an investor, advisor, and experienced technology and operating leader who excels at cultivating strong relationships, and leveraging data to drive better business development, partnerships, strategy, marketing, and growth outcomes for start-ups and market leading companies–both in the US and internationally.  

​She is passionate about investing in and creating more opportunities for the underestimated and overlooked, particularly founders of color and women.

​Fay mentors start-ups–for Techstars and independently–and has held leadership roles with Amazon, Uber, Facebook, Netflix, Technicolor, The US Tennis Association, and ESPN, where in addition to business development, she was a two-time FIFA World Cup correspondent.  

​She has authored work published by the Washington Post, ESPN, IBM, Dartmouth Magazine, and a case study she co-taught with Tuck Professor Kevin Keller.  She’s also guest lectured at Tuck, NYU, and San Diego State University, and spoken about some of her work on NPR, NBC and The Tavis Smiley Show.

​Fay has an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, an MEd from the University of Georgia, and an AB from Duke University.

​Eva Cruz

​Bank executive with more than 20 years of corporate experience, I currently lead several highly skilled teams specializing in modeling and analytics at Truist Bank, the seventh largest bank in the U.S. with more than $500Bn in assets. Prior employers include Bank of America, Fannie Mae, American Express, Ally Financial, TD Bank and ConocoPhillips.

​Born and raised in the city of Santiago, Dominican Republic, I was the first woman to graduate from the Electronics Engineering program at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra. Shortly thereafter, I received a research assistantship to pursue graduate studies at Virginia Tech, where I received a Ph.D. and MS in Mining and Minerals.

​Since 2019, I have participated as LP in several venture capital funds as well as a local angel investing group with the goal of diversification, and to support women and underrepresented founders.

​Kimberly Marshall, Panelist

​Kimberly Marshall is an investor and advisor for high growth companies and funds, operating at the intersection of innovation, scaling and ESG to help companies scale more effectively and efficiently. 

​As a senior advisor to Goldman Sachs’ Launch With GS team, Marshall helped design and execute a $1B investing strategy grounded in the data that diverse teams drive returns.  Previously, at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Marshall developed the edtech investing strategy for higher education and future of work startups. Prior to Gates, Marshall spearheaded strategic growth initiatives across product, operations and policy at Uber, contributing to their growth from 19 to over 400 markets. Marshall began her career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley and private equity at Macquarie Capital.

​Marshall earned undergraduate degrees in Economics and French from Harvard University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Marshall serves on the Perez Art Museum Miami Board of Trustees, Miami Dade Innovation Authority Board, Black Angels Miami Founding Board, and is a member of the International Women’s Forum.

​Seed to Harvest Ventures

​STH is a US based pre-seed/seed stage fund that invests in women of color building software companies. We invest in women of color because we believe investing in them will change the tech ecosystem AND doing so is also an unprecedented financial opportunity. Victoria Kennedy and Isabelle Seale are product and design leaders with over 12 years of experience building products and have advised early stage companies that have gone on to raise over 37M pre-series A collectively.