Early Stage Venture Capital Investing and Lessons Learned from Entrepreneurship with Jenny Lefcourt

02/04/21 • 49 min

Jenny Lefcourt is a General Partner at Freestyle Capital, a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture capital firm. As an entrepreneur, operator, board member, advisor and investor, Jenny has worked in and around tech companies for the past 20 years. Jenny is a co-founder of the AllRaise, a nonprofit initiative dedicated to accelerating the success of female founders and funders towards a more prosperous and equitable future.

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Alifia Doriwala is a Managing Director and Partner at RockCreek, a leading global investment management firm that applies data-driven technology and innovation to investing. Alifia is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee, co-CIO on multi asset class portfolios and is involved in portfolio management, asset allocation and investment decisions across alternative and traditional asset classes. An active investor, she sources, directs, and manages relationships with top-quartile public and private investments on behalf of endowments, foundations, and pension funds. Building on a life-long interest in advancing mission-oriented work, Alifia integrates impact, ESG, and diverse investment opportunities across various portfolios managed by RockCreek.

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