Ciara Gumsheimer

Investment Associate

2023 - Current

Project A is one of the leading early-stage tech investors in Europe with offices in Berlin and London. In addition to $1bn assets under management, Project A supports its portfolio companies with a platform team of over 140 functional experts in key areas such as software and product development, business intelligence, brand, design, marketing, sales and recruiting. The venture capital firm was founded in 2012 and has backed more than 100 startups. The portfolio includes companies such as Trade Republic, WorldRemit, sennder, KRY, Spryker, Catawiki, Unmind and Voi. I spend most of my time looking into Logistics & Supply Chain and Climate.

Cohort Mentor

2023

Community Lead

2022 - 2023

Baby vc is a bootcamp for those who aspire to join the venture capital community. We organise a 9-week programme during which a group of aspiring VCs meet those who make venture capital, learn what it takes to break into VC, and get first-hand insights into the investment process from sourcing to post-investment support. I supported the expansion of baby vc into Germany and was Community Lead on the team organising the first German bootcamp 🇩🇪

Teaching Assistant

2023 - 2023

Part of the teaching team of the class "ENGIN 183c - Designing Startups to Transform Society". This course teaches entrepreneurship through the lens doing good while doing well. We explored how for-profit ventures can be designed to do well (valuations and ROI), and also do good – helping communities to become self-reliant, prosperous while confronting inequality, global climate change, food insecurity, climate change, social justice and other problems. Responsible for class coordination and grading.

Founder

2021 - 2022

A weekly newsletter all about the journeys of young startup founders

Next Generation Women Leaders 2022

2022 - 2022

Investment Team

2022 - 2022

Supported the team in our investments in Growblocks and Bene Bono (Hors Normes)

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

2021 - 2021

Circula is an automated app to manage expenses and employee benefits such as meal vouchers that saves about 70% process costs in accounting. Worked on: - Customer Support: Responded to 600+ email and chat requests over the first 4 months - Customer Success and Account Management: Onboarded and managed 14 customers with a total value of 2500€MRR - Pricing: Analysed past pricing performance and competitor pricing to issue suggestions for new pricing model to increase recurring revenue - Automations: Used no-code/low-code tools, such as Integromat and Airtable, to automate recurring processes

Investment Banking Summer Analyst

2019 - 2019

Debt Capital Markets