Jennifer Soltis
Mentor-in-Residence at VentureWell
Atlanta, Georgia
Overview
Work Experience
Mentor-in-Residence
2024 - Current
Aspire is a five-week in-depth, hybrid program that prepares startups for investor engagement. Investor-mentors work one-on-one with startups to simulate due diligence conversations and integrate feedback into deal room materials in real time. This program aims to prepare startups to raise equity investment.
Venture Well invests in ventures that are emerging from the university environment, make use of proprietary technology.
Raised $5,750,000.00.
Vice President, Global Engagement
2021 - 2024
Gray Matters Capital is a pioneering impact investor with $170M portfolio focused on entrepreneurial markets in the global south.
Director - coLABS
2018 - 2024
Promoted by CEO to build and lead fgender-focused impact investment portfolio to support women and girls. Selected to increase awareness and establish presence for global impact investments in new markets. Led international $5M portfolio in sectors including Agri-tech, health, and livelihoods spanning across 9 countries in 4 continents. Ticket size: $100K to $250K. Reached 5.6M+ underserved communities and yielded ~$10M in follow-on investments.
Senior Program and Research Officer
2010 - 2018
edLABS is Gray Matters Capital’s early stage education.
Program Associate, First Light Ventures a fund
2010 - 2013
Associate
2008 - 2010