Each Portfolia thematic venture capital fund is led by a specialized team of highly sophisticated venture capitalists. They source top entrepreneurial companies from around the country, manage the investment diligence process, and finalize and manage the 8-12 investments from investment to exit, in each the fund. Portfolia Partners are world-class investors, domain experts, and company builders.

Private equity & angel investor with focus in 
health, fitness and longevity    

Founding Partner, Moxie Capital 

12 corporate boards    

Co-Chair, SF Women Corporate Directors

Bodil (Bo) Arlander

Active Aging & Longevity Fund

Belvedere Tiburon

Kansas City, MO

Co-Founder, Women’s Capital Connection; Former VP, Hallmark Cards

Victoria Barnard

Rising Tide Fund

Kansas City, MO

Founding Member, Healthtech Capital

Angel Capital Association Life Sciences Syndication Group Chair

Advisor, One Health Group

Life Science Angels

Berkeley Angel Network

Dr. Faz Bashi

FemTech I and II Fund

San Francisco Bay Area

Angel investor and strategic advisor

Former SVP/GM, Western Union

Former VP, Citicorp Global Payments

EIR, First Flight Venture Center

Angel Capital Association

Elaine Bolle

Active Aging & Longevity Fund

Chapel Hill

Partner at Climate Impact Capital

20 years experience in engineering, investing, and implementing sustainable energy solutions

MBA from Rice University

Masters in Engineering Management from The University of Alberta

Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from City College of New York

Fatimah Bello

Green & Sustainability Fund

Houston

Investor and Startup Advisor Focusing on Frontier Technologies in Food and Agriculture

Former Investor Gemin8 Ventures

Food & AgTech Lead Global Women in VC

Investor Committee Chair, Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs

MBA from University of Chicago

ALM Masters, Harvard

Milena Bursztyn

Food & AgTech Fund

Los Angeles

Los Angeles

MD - Supply Change Capital

Board Member - Homeboy Ventures Fund

Board Member – Housing Authority Commission of LA

CoFounder – LatinxVC

MIT: MBA, MS, BS

Noramay Cadena

Rising America Fund

Los Angeles

Jackson, WY

Former CFO - Investments

Hillspire LLC (Eric Schmidt Family Office)

Amber Caska

Consumer Fund

Jackson

Boston

Member, Astia

Noted Economist

Pipeline Grad

Invested in 30+ companies

Barbara Clarke

Rising Tide Fund, Enterprise Fund, FirstStep Fund

Boston

Silicon Valley

Managing Director, GE Ventures

Corporate enterprise investor

Lisa Coca

FirstStep Fund

Saratoga

Co-Founder and CEO of Lifewise CHM (Clinical Home Modifications)

Chairman Emeritus & Principal of Corridor Group Holdings, LLC

Multiple private companies boards

Co-Founder, Women's Capital Connection

Katheen (Kathy) Dodd

Active Aging & Longevity Fund

Kansas City

Washington/NYC

MD – GenNx 360 Cap Partners, MD-RLJ Equity Partners, Partner-Parish Capital Advisors

Penn; Harvard Business

Daphne Dufresne

Rising America Fund

St. Louis

BGI, Founder and CEO;

Prosper Women Entrepreneurs, Founder & Managing Partner

Jennifer Ehlen

FirstStep Fund

St. Louis

Kauffman Fellow

Veteran investor in technology, food & beverage, CPG, and healthcare; 20+ years leadership and operations experience

Board of Advisors, Bill Munday School of Business

Leadership Committee, Austin 50/50 Women on Boards

Former Executive Director of Central Texas Angel Network

Claire England

FemTech Fund, Food & AgTech Fund

Austin

Director of Investments, Plum Alley Investments

Former CEO of Advanced Potash Tech

Former Corporate Lawyer for top NY Law Firms

Startup Consultant and Advisor

Board of Advisors Streamline Integrated Energy (SIE)

LLM NYU School of Law

MBA from IBMEC (Brazilian Capital Markets Institute)

Beatriz Franco

Food & AgTech Fund

New York City

CEO and Co-Founder of ExplORer Surgical

Vice President, Park Lane Ventures

Healthcare Associate, Hyde Park Angels

Consultant, Bain & Company

Kauffman Fellow

Jennifer Fried

FemTech I and II Fund

Chicago

Boston

Venture Partner, Converge Venture Partners

Lisa Frusztajer

Enterprise Fund

Boston

Houston

Founder-BA International, Houston Angel Network, TX Medical Ventures

London Business School; Berkeley

Juliana Garaizar

Rising Tide Fund, Consumer Fund, Rising America Fund

Houston

Founder and Partner, The 22 Fund

Board Director, Applife Digital Solutions, Inc.

Board Director, California State University-Dominguez Hills, Philanthropic Foundation Endowment

Executive-in-Residence, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)

Founder, We Are Enough non-profit

MBAs from UC Berkeley and Columbia University

Tracy Gray

Green & Sustainability Fund

Los Angeles

Co-founder and Managing Director

at Supply Change Capital

Board Seats on Sourcemap, Sitka Salmon Shares, and Doselva

Former Chief Growth Officer of Farmer’s Fridge

Recognized as a Trailblazer by Chicago Fair Trade

MBA from MIT

Fulbright Scholar

Shayna Harris

Food & AgTech Fund

Chicago

Portland

Co-founder and GP, Portland Seed Fund

Prolific seed investor, multiple high-value exits

Chair, Tiger 21 Portland

Boards:

Angel Capital Association, Lumen

Named a top person to know in Portland ecosystem by Inc

Angela Jackson

FirstStep Fund
Portland

Founding CEO, One City Health Services

Venture Partner, Phoenix Venture Seeds Fund

Healthcare investor with deep experience integrating health tech

Kauffman Fellow, NEA

Dr. Christina Jenkins, MD

FemTech I Fund, Active Aging & Longevity Fund, Medical Advisor FemTech II Fund

New York

Florida

CEO, Go Beyond Network

Prolific early stage investor

Bethann Kassman

Rising Tide Fund, Consumer Fund, FirstStep Fund

Naples

Chicago/San Fran

MD – GE Ventures, MD – Agile Equities, Intellectual Ventures, Arch Ventures

Univ of Chicago; PhD

Karen Kerr, PHD

Rising America Fund

Chicago

New York City

Former CEO of hello products

Former CMO of Godiva

Former Head of Global Brands at Pfizer Consumer Healthcare.

Advisory board member, Springboard Enterprises

Advisory board member, The New York Fashion Tech Lab

JD/MBA Stanford, BA Princeton

Lauri Kien Kotcher, JD

FemTech II Fund

New York

Former Partner at Braemar Energy Ventures

Led investments at 3i Venture Capital Group

Former portfolio strategist at

Lucent Technologies and Bell Labs

PhD from University of Colorado, Boulder

MS from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, BS from Lanzhou University

Kauffman Fellow

Jiong Ma, PHD

Green & Sustainability Fund

New York

San Francisco

Biotech executive and venture capitalist

California Life Sciences Institute, Chair Emeritus

Nola Masterson, MSc

FemTech I and II Funds

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco

Managing Partner, Lamson Partners

Angel Investor

Manthi Nguyen

Rising Tide Fund, Consumer Fund, Enterprise Fund

San Francisco Bay Area

New York

Chair-Tiger 21, Pipeline Angels, Angel Capital Assoc Board of Directors

Brown; JD, NYLS

Lorine Pendleton, JD

Rising America Fund

New York

Founded and exited numerous healthcare companies

Angel investor and board member for multiple companies

Co-Founder, Mentis Neuro Rehabilitation

Investor/Former Board Member of Inception/Aspire Fertility

Chantell Preston

Active Aging & Longevity Fund

Houston

New York, Texas

Stanford University School of Medicine, Former Chair of the Department of OB/GYN

Dr. Mary Lake Polan, MD, PhD

FemTech Fund

New York

Partner, Culterra Capital

Partner, Better Food Ventures

20 yrs. food & tech investment, M&A execution and strategy experience

10 yrs. advising food & tech start-ups, investors and institutions

Recognized as restaurant tech innovator in NRN’s annual “Power List”

MA from Università di Scienze Gastronomiche in Parma, Italy

Brita Rosenheim

Food & AgTech Fund

New York

San Francisco

Founder, Makeda Capital

Rachel Sheinbein

Rising Tide Fund, Enterprise Fund

San Francisco

Medical Director, Maven Clinic

Co-Founder, OB Best Practice

Medical Advisor, Flex, Bobbie Baby

Founding Member, Womxn’s Health Collaborative

Dr. Jane Van Dis

FemTech II Fund

Rochester

New York

General Partner, Astarte Ventures

Tracy Warren

Active Aging I & II Fund

New York

Former General Counsel of GE Ventures

Deep expertise in energy, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, software and media.

Attorney at Paul Hastings specializing in M&A, private equity, venture capital and securities law

Member, General Counsel Advisory Board of the National Venture Capital Association

JD from Georgetown University Law School

Kelly Warrick, JD

Green & Sustainability Fund

Connecticut

Washington, DC

Managing Principal, Brickworks Advisors; Co-Founder, WomenAngels

Wendee Wolfson

Rising Tide Fund

Washington, D.C.

 

Recognized by Forbes as one of the Top 50 female futurists globally

Fund: Active Aging & Longevity II

Maddy Dychtwald

Active Aging & Longevity II Fund

Partner at OY Group

Former Executive-in-Residence at Insight Venture Partners

Exited Entrepreneur

Founding member of Dreamers//Doers

Mentor with Bid Idea Ventures, SAP .io, WeWork Labs, Halo incubator and the Larta Institute

Olga Yermolenko

Green & Sustainability Fund

New York City

 

Entrepreneur

Investor

Best-Selling Author

Fund(s): Active Aging & Longevity, FemTech Fund II

Sonia Arrison

Boston

Partner, Catalyst Health Ventures

Healthcare and Life Sciences Executive

Darshana Zaveri

FemTech Fund

Boston

 

-President & Chief Executive Officer of Safe & Green Medical

-Partner at Goodwin Procter LLP

-Board of the Columbia Law School Alumni Association

FemTech III Fund

Anna Nakayasu Portfolia Fund Leader

MD from the University of Tokyo, School of Medicine

MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business

Fund: Active Aging & Longevity

Anna Nakayasu

Active Aging & Longevity II Fund

San Francisco