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Claire Biernacki

Principal at BBG Ventures

New York, New York

Overview 

Claire Biernacki is currently a Principal at BBG Ventures in New York, where she has made significant contributions as a Senior Associate before. With an MBA from Columbia Business School and experience at firms like Pomona Capital and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, she brings a strong background in finance and investment to her role focusing on sectors like Digital Health, FinTech, and the Future of Work.

Work Experience 

  • Principal

    2023 - Current

  • Senior Associate

    2020 - 2023

    BBG Ventures is an early-stage fund backing big ideas that will reshape the way we live. One of the most active investors in female founders in the US, BBGV focuses on female founders who intuitively understand the dominant consumer, enabling them to transform the collective or individual lived experience of the 99%. Female founders are poised to do giant things. We’re here to give them that first, crucial investment. We look for companies that drive systems change, create 10x better consumer solutions, or address new buying behaviors across some of the biggest categories of consumer spending that are ripe for reinvention: Health and Wellbeing, Future of Education and Work, Climate Friendly Products and Platforms, Overlooked and Emerging Consumers.

  • Fellow

    2018 - 2020

    The InSITE Fellowship is a highly competitive leadership development program comprised of graduate students at top universities. InSITE Fellows and alumni make up a global network of entrepreneurs and leaders in technology and venture capital.

A highly competitive leadership development program comprised of exceptional graduate students at top universities

  • MBA Intern

    2019 - 2019

Studs is a piercing studio meant to appeal to a conscious millennial and Gen-Z customer.

Raised $23,000,000.00 from Thrive Capital, G9 Ventures, Spark Capital, Lerer Hippeau and First Round Capital.

  • Summer Associate

    2019 - 2019

  • MBA Intern

    2019 - 2019

Koio Collective is a consumer goods company that offers calf-skin leathers and hand-finished footwear for gents and ladies.

Raised $11,060,000.00 from Brand Foundry Ventures, Founders Fund, Acton Capital, Winklevoss Capital, Simon Kinberg, Brand Foundry Ventures, Acton Capital and Miles Teller.

  • MBA Intern

    2018 - 2018

  • Senior Associate

    2015 - 2018

Over the last nineteen years, Pomona's guiding principle has been to gain the benefits of private equity investing while mitigating risk.

  • Leveraged Finance Group Analyst

    2013 - 2015

  • Portfolio Management Summer Analyst

    2012 - 2012

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey is an investment bank to manage and grow their company.

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