Francesca Whitehead

Vice President - Investment Team

2022 - Current

Closed transaction experience: - SolarCycle, series A and infrastructure financing (solar panel recycling) - Soly, series B (pan-European solar, batteries, & home energy management installation) - Purpose Green, series A (one-stop shop for all types of commercial real estate's decarbonization retrofitting) - Woltair, series A and working capital facility (heat pump procurement and installation marketplace) - nZero, series A (carbon accounting) - Ever/Body, series C (D2C expert provider of Botox and fillers) - HeyDay, series C (expert facials & personalized treatments) Board member: Solarcycle, Assembly Board observer: Soly, Woltair, nZero, EcoCart, HeyDay, Sun Day Car Wash - Moved to London and started our European climate tech practice, and deployed EUR 30M into 3 companies within the first 12 months - Solo manager of our legacy retail fund

Co-Founder

2019

We are a global community of 100+ pre-GP professionals seeking to support impact solutions across all stages to build a more sustainable and equitable tomorrow. https://www.northstar-collective.org/

External Speaking Engagements

2018

Growth Equity Investor - Climate Tech

2021 - 2022

Closed transaction experience: Oyster series C (digital PEO), Trove series D (B2B resale), Pivot Bio series D (synthetic nitrogen replacement), ProducePay series B (fintech for growers) Board observer: Sunfolding, Trove, Pivot Bio

Private Equity Associate - Global Impact

2018 - 2020

- Closed transactions & board observer: Graduation Alliance (Growth buyout of a dropout recovery platform)

Investment Banking Healthcare Coverage Associate

2018 - 2018

Investment Banking Leveraged Finance Analyst

2016 - 2018

Presented New Story to the Goldman Sachs partnership committee and won 2nd place out of ~70 applications globally in the GS Analyst Impact Fund competition and secured a $75K grant for New Story and an additional ~$30K in funding from select partners

Investment Banking Structured Finance Summer Analyst

2015 - 2015

Summer Intern

2014 - 2014

Waitress/Bartender

2012 - 2013

Sales Assistant

2011 - 2011

Member of the team that opened the flagship store in Hong Kong