2021 New Venture Competition Judge

WMY47 Conference

Brittany Davis

GENERAL PARTNER

Backstage Capital

 


Brittany Davis is General Partner at Backstage Capital where she brings her experience sourcing early-stage ventures for investment, conducting diligence, and managing an investment pipeline. Prior to working at Backstage, she has led many organizations in sourcing and evaluating early stage deal flow. Brittany was a principal for #ANGELS, where she sourced companies and contributed to the #TheGapTable initiative. She was a Manager at Village Capital where she analyzed opportunities and created investment recommendations in the fintech, education, health, food/agriculture, and energy sectors. Before that, she founded an ecommerce startup, Runway Technologies, while completing an MBA at Harvard Business School. She gained experience supporting entrepreneurs as an Associate at Techstars and as a Mentor at Startup Jamaica, built a solid foundation in finance working at Bank of America Merrill Lynch for 5 years, and received her BS in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

As a result of being a founder, then investor and Harvard MBA, Brittany has a unique perspective and ability to speak to the economic opportunity of investing in diverse founders and building diverse teams. She has also been featured on stages around the globe, speaking in Australia, Ireland, and across the USA.

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