De'havia Stewart
Investor at Serena Ventures
Atlanta, Georgia
Overview
Work Experience
Investor
2023 - Current
$100M+ Early Stage venture firm founded by, world class athlete, Serena Williams.
Serena Ventures focuses on investing in early-stage companies.
ATL Chapter Lead
2022
Investor
2022 - 2023
Anthemis is an early stage venture firm that specializes in FinTech with $1.5BN+ in AUM
Board Observer
2022 - 2023
Project Admission works directly with the live event industry to provide unique monetizing features and opportunities around the life of the ticket, adding value and simplifying the commercialization of live events.
Creating a more connected experience for the buying, selling, and distribution of tickets.
Raised $12,320,000.00 from Anthemis, Raptor Group, Flyover Capital, Scrum Ventures, Lofty Ventures, Coughdrop Capital, Charmides Capital, Anthemis, High Alpha and NOMO Ventures.
Investor
2020 - 2022
$100M+ Venture Fund by Softbank with a mission of investing into outstanding Black, Latinx, and Native American founders at the seed and Series A.
Open Opportunity Fund is a venture capital arm of SoftBank Group.
Investment Committee
2021 - 2022
The BLK Foundation is a public charity dedicated to supporting African-American communities, businesses, and entrepreneurs through equity-free grants.
Emerging GP Program Lead (Volunteer)
2021 - 2022
Help spearhead All Raise's emerging manager program that helps women GPs with guidance and resources.
All Raise is a nonprofit on a mission to accelerate the success of female founders and funders to build a more prosperous equitable future.
Raised $15,000,000.00 from Silicon Valley Bank, Sequoia Capital, Pivotal Ventures, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Reid Hoffman Foundation, Silicon Valley Bank and Pivotal Ventures.
Investment Committee
2020 - 2022
Serve on the investment committee of the student run venture fund that helps students at HBCUs gain more venture investing experience while providing black founders with pre-seed capital
Executive Producer & Podcast Host
2020 - 2021
Drive the creative direction for the Divergent Unicorns podcast - from creating the vision, purpose, identifying guest, developing marketing materials, and producing audio. Divergent Unicorns is a Startup and Venture Capital podcast created to give advice and provide actionable steps to people that have been typically underrepresented (Black and Latinx) in fields related to Technology, Startups, and Venture Capital.
HBCU.vc is a not-for-profit organization connecting and equipping the next generation of black and brown tech innovators and investors.
Raised $250,000.00 from MetLife Foundation.
Senior Strategy Analyst
2020 - 2020
Clients include 95 of the Fortune 100 and over 75% of the Fortune 500. Recognized as a high performer with an early promotion.
Strategy Analyst
2019 - 2020
Assist senior leaders of large corporations with developing their strategic vision to help drive revenue growth, cost savings, and innovation. Project experience includes the following: - Merchandise Strategy Transformation for a $10B+ Retailer - M&A Merger of Equals Framework Strategy Assessment for a $60B+ Financial Services transaction - Digital Strategy Transformation for a $52B+ Consumer Based Goods company - Operating Model Strategy for the Sales organization of a $20B+ Telecommunications company - Program Management for the development of a new platform for a $5B+ Financial Institution
Accenture Ventures is a venture capital firm arm of Accenture, delivers innovative solutions with strategic partnerships and investments.
BiV Fellow
2020 - 2020