Juliana Garaizar

Fund(s): RisingTide, Consumer and Rising America
Location: Houston

Juliana is a Board Member of the Angel Capital Association, a Lead Investor of the Portfolia Consumer Fund, Rising Tide Fund and Rising America Fund. A Kauffman Fellow, Juliana is an Advisory Board Member of Sanara Ventures in Israel, the Succes Europe Fund in France, the University of Houston Cougar Venture Fund and the Houston Diversity Fund. Juliana was the Director of the Texas Medical Center Venture Fund, the Managing Director Houston Angel Network and of the Sophia Business Angels network in France. A London Business School MBA, Juliana helped found the Galata Business Angels in Istanbul, WeAngels in Chile and Crecer+ in Spain. Previously Juliana managed Antipolis Innovation Campus, the Business Innovation Centre in the French Riviera, as well as several International Projects funded by the European Commission. She started her career in Singapore: first as an International Trade Consultant for the Trade Commission of Spain in a broad range of industry sectors and then as a Project Manager for the Asia Technology Office of Citigroup, leading projects at international level in Europe, Latin America and Japan.