Meagan Loyst
Founder & CEO of Gen Z VCs
London Area, United Kingdom
Overview
Work Experience
Monthly Columnist
2024 - Current
Writing a monthly column for The Times' Business section (online & in-print) sharing strategies to help founders and businesses reach Gen Z, often tying in the power of social media and creators. [First dedicated Gen Z expert in the Business section]
CEO & Founder
2020
CEO & Founder of Gen Z VCs, a global collective of 20,000+ Gen Z VCs, founders, angel investors, startup enthusiasts and aspiring VCs. Check out our website here (genzvcs.com) to join the Slack community and check out our various initiatives ranging from Gen Z VCs Beta Club, Job Board, Mentorship Program, Startup Marketplace, and more.
Board Member, Advisory Board
2021
Selected by Girls Who Invest to pilot our first Advisory Board member position to represent the voice of all GWI alumni (650+) who are early in their careers in asset management.
Alumni Representative, Advisory Board
2020 - 2021
Represent the voice of GWI alumni on the Advisory Board, working to bridge the connection between senior industry leaders and 500+ alums in the Girls Who Invest community Won GWI’s “Rising Star” Award in March 2021
Co President, Alumni Council
2019 - 2020
Founding co-President of GWI's first Alumni Council, leading a group of 20 women to create stronger connections for our alumni community of 350+ women in asset management -- Accomplished the following 2019 Council-led Initiatives: Creation of the Mentor/Mentee Program & matching process Creation of Regional Events in Summer / Fall Creation of a Lessons Learned Document utilizing quotes from Alumni for incoming scholars Creation of Mock Interview workshops/pairings to prepare scholars and alumni for recruiting cycles Organized On-Campus Information Sessions for 2020 applicants 2020 Alumni Conference & Leadership-led Sessions
Girls Who Invest is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women in portfolio management.
Raised $2,000,000.00 from Apollo Opportunity Foundation.
Associate
2021 - 2022
Analyst
2020 - 2021
Early-stage (Seed/Series A) investing at Lerer Hippeau, focusing on consumer, digital media, e-commerce, emerging tech, and enterprise software.
Growth Equity
2018 - 2020
Growth Equity, Technology Team
General Atlantic is a private equity firm that provides capital and strategic support for growth companies.
Private Equity Analyst
2017 - 2017
Growth Equity, Financial Services / FinTech
Private equity firm investing in banking, financial technology, and specialty finance.
Analyst at J.P. Morgan Asset Management
2017 - 2017
Financial Sponsors Group within Global Wealth Management
J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corporation provides commodity risk management solutions in both the physical .
Scholar
2016 - 2016
Girls Who Invest is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women in portfolio management.
Raised $2,000,000.00 from Apollo Opportunity Foundation.
Investment Analyst
2016 - 2016
Event-Driven Hedge Fund, Consumer/Retail Team & Distressed Debt
Intern
2015 - 2015
HTx Services is an information technology company providing ATM and infrastructure services