Katie Reiner

Partner

2024 - Current

Principal

2020

Investment include: Tia, Sollis Health, Little Otter, Spark Advisors, Lili, Durable and more

Investor

2018

Torch Capital is a New York-based early-stage venture fund launched in 2018 investing in companies using technology to solve chronic pain points of both consumers and consumer companies. We invest across all layers of the consumer stack including consumer-facing platforms, consumerized B2B tools, and the underlying infrastructure layers powering the consumer ecosystem. We invest in founders who are customer obsessed, and we provide them with expertise on marketing, go-to-market strategy, product, brand building, and customer acquisition to help them identify, nurture, and scale their consumer bases and build defensible moats at scale. We have a proven track record of investing early in some of the most disruptive consumer technology companies including: Ro (Roman), Zocdoc, Acorns, Tia, Sweetgreen (NYSE: SG), Digital Ocean (NYSE: DOCN), Compass (NYSE: COMP), alongside several strategic exits to the likes of Robinhood, Unilever, Walmart, and SpaceX.

Consumer Investment Associate

2016 - 2018

Lead Edge Capital is an innovative, multi-stage growth equity firm that offers entrepreneurs flexible capital and extensive domain expertise via its Limited Partner Network, a global advisory group of leading executives, entrepreneurs and dealmakers. Lead Edge has invested in leading software and internet companies including Uber, Alibaba Group, Marketo, Ensighten, BlaBlaCar, Mindbody, and Refinery29. Lead Edge is based in New York and manages over $800 million in assets.

Co-Founder

2014 - 2016

Companion is peer-to-peer safety app that allows you to virtually walk friends and family members home.

Digital Product Management Intern

2015 - 2015