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Kirsten Suddath

GP at Next Frontier Capital

Boulder, Colorado

Overview 

Kirsten Suddath is a General Partner at Next Frontier Capital in Boulder, Colorado, with a strong background in venture capital and entrepreneurship. She has held leadership roles in various organizations, including serving as President of the University of Colorado Leeds MBA Alumni Board and as a Partner and Co-Founder at Rendezvous Ventures. Kirsten has made successful investments in companies like Optera during her career.

Work Experience 

  • General Partner

    2021 - Current

  • Senior Associate

    2021 - 2021

    Our focus is to partner with mission-driven, talented entrepreneurs to build US Mountain-west technology companies of impact, utility, and value.

  • Board Member

    2022

  • Board Member

    2022

Optera platform tracks emissions upstream and downstream in a company’s supply chain.

Raised $25,739,379.00 from Massive, Valo Ventures, AngelList, Stout Street Capital, Engage, NEXT Frontier Capital, Mucker Capital, SaaS Ventures, Overture VC and Blackhorn Ventures.

  • Board Member

    2022

BioSqueeze specializes in bio mineralization applications to support the oil and gas industry.

Raised $7,400,000.00 from Valo Ventures, NEXT Frontier Capital, Riverstone Holdings and Zero Infinity Partners.

  • Member

    2019

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.

  • President Emeritus, Board Member

    2021

    The University of Colorado Leeds MBA Alumni Board’s mission is to engage and serve MBA Alumni, cultivating a community that enhances the value of the Leeds MBA Degree.

  • President

    2020 - 2021

  • Vice President

    2019 - 2020

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2019

  • Mentor

    2019

  • Entrepreneur In Residence

    2019 - 2019

Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.

Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.

  • Senior Associate

    2019 - 2021

    Blackhorn invests in entrepreneurs who are improving resource efficiency with science and engineering-based market solutions.

  • Investment Consultant

    2019 - 2019

Blackhorn Ventures is an early stage venture firm that invests in companies using cutting edge engineering to improve resource productivity.

  • Partner and Co-Founder

    2019 - 2020

  • Vice President Of Finance and Operations

    2016 - 2019

    Early founding team member with responsibility over Operations, Finance, Admin, and HR. flytedesk is the technology that powers college media. Our automated ad buying platform allows advertisers to reach 20m students across media types—print, digital, outdoor, social, radio—on campus.

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