Lolita Taub

General Partner at Ganas Ventures

GP
2022 - Current
Ganas Ventures invests in pre-seed and seed Web 2 and Web 3 community-driven startups in the US and Latin America. 🦄 Our portfolio includes Latitud, Around, Shappi, Masa, Leadsales, Papaya, Storybook, Ask Alex, The Swarm, Chptr, and Distribute. 👊🏽 Invest in Ganas: https://bit.ly/GanasLPInterest 💰 Apply for funding: https://bit.ly/GanasInvestment 🐦 Twitter: @ganasvc 🔗 Website: ganas.vc

LP
2019
Operator Collective brings together as limited partners 100+ of tech’s most sought-after operators, investors, and founders from diverse backgrounds to invest in and accelerate the next generation of b2b tech. https://operatorcollective.com/

Venture Partner
2019
NextGen Venture Partners is taking the first network-driven approach in venture at scale. The Venture Partner network is made up of 1,000+ top operators and founders from across the country who are passionate about investing in and nurturing early-stage startups/founders. NextGen harnesses the collective insights and connections of the Venture Partner network to better source, invest in and support an exceptional portfolio of companies. Thesis: NextGen strives to invest in potentially category-defining companies that have demonstrated strong customer interest in their product. Investing $750k - $2M, in U.S. based seed-stage companies. We are industry agnostic with a focus on B2B SaaS, digital health, next-generation commerce. https://nextgenvp.com/

Enterprise Fund Investment Partner
2017
Investments: NextShift Robotics, Juvo, Parrable, b.well, Voxeet (acquired by Dolby), 4Degrees, Rhombus Systems The Portfolia Enterprise Fund focuses on transformational opportunities in the business, B2B and general tech category. Media, data, artificial intelligence, communications, security, management tools, health and education platforms – all provide opportunities for transformation in our work lives and hold strong potential for outsized returns. We leverage and benefit from the technology expertise and networks of our full investment community to identify top entrepreneurial companies from around the country.

VP of Corporate Development
2019 - 2022
Catalyte uses AI and data science to build technology workforces for the world’s most progressive companies. We believe aptitude is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. We use predictive analytics to identify individuals, regardless of background, who have the innate potential and cognitive ability to be great software developers. With our technology and proprietary talent transformation program, we solve the most persistent challenge in IT today: creating a ready-to-hire workforce that is diverse, affordable and sustainable. Recognized by 60 Minutes, Bloomberg, Business Insider, Fast Company, The New York Times, Wired, McKinsey and others, Catalyte is one of the fastest growing providers of software engineering services in the US. www.catalyte.io

Co-Founder and General Partner
2020 - 2021
The Community Fund is a $5 million early-stage fund that invests in community-driven companies through an investment partner team. We believe that companies with community at the center of all that they do will become unicorns and produce outsized returns. thecommunity.vc

Principal and Director of Strategic Initiatives
2018 - 2019
Investments: Unomi, Snapstays, Optimal Solar, Lorals, Lacquerbar, Adventurely, Dressmate, Hale, Locus Mobility, WhoseYourLandlord, Please Assist Me, TresseNoire, Vitae London, Trim-It, Tambua Health, Gal-Dem, Afrocenchix, Naturalicious, Foodstand, CrowdFreak, Gildform, Bippy, Alerje, Healthy Roots Backstage Capital is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in the best startups led by underrepresented founders. We've invested in 100 companies to date. Personal Accolades · Medium's Top Venture Capital Writer, Award · Berkeley's and 500 Startups VC Unlocked Deal Camp, Certificate · All Raise Venture Capital Champions, Candidate · Named a Mover & Shaker by Fortune's Most Powerful Women

IBM Watson AI XPRIZE Mentor
2017 - 2018
The IBM Watson AI XPRIZE is a $5 million AI and cognitive computing competition challenging teams globally to develop and demonstrate how humans can collaborate with powerful AI technologies to tackle the world’s grand challenges.

Venture Capital
2017 - 2017
K Fund is a €50M early stage VC firm that, with an entrepreneur-centric philosophy, aims to fuel the evolution of the Spanish startup ecosystem by investing in the best and brightest entrepreneurs and tech companies in the region.