Brittney Gavini from Pivotal Ventures on how Pivotal is reimagining the world for women in the US, how it maximizes both returns and impact, and how it underwrites emerging managers
🎤 THIS WEEK ON BEYOND THE CAP TABLE: Jen speaks with Brittney Riley Gavini, venture investor at Pivotal Ventures. Brittney Riley Gavini’s work focuses on driving capital to overlooked people and problems by making venture capital more equitable and effective. She has over a decade of experience focused on early-stage innovation, as an operator, investor, and LP. For the last five years, Brittney has been at Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company founded by Melinda French Gates
Pivotal Ventures expands opportunity and accelerates equality in the United States through high-impact investments, partnerships, and advocacy. Pivotal Ventures focuses on areas where social progress has stalled—and where the organization can have the biggest impact.
In this episode, we touch on:
💡 Why she started Founderkind to help early stage entrepreneurs take the leap to start a business
📘 The case for investing in emerging managers and how to underwrite them before they have historical fund data
❤️How Pivotal Ventures is reimagining the world for women in the US and why they believe the care economy is the place to start
🎤 …and so much more.
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Catch up on Season Two:
Jen has been joined by experts for riveting conversations on the state of and how to impact the future of venture. See below for highlights and links to listen!
Allison Baum Gates from SemperVirens (Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
Priyanka Jain from Evvy (Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
Jeremiah Gordon from CapitalG (Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
Charles Hudson from Precursor Ventures (Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
Mariela Salas from SomosVC (Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
Roxanne Petraeus of Ethena (Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
Shannon O’Leary from the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation (Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
Sonia Kastner of Pano AI (Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
Claude Grunitzky from Equity Alliance (Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
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