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Milena Bogdanova Bursztyn

Investor at Newtype Ventures

Los Angeles, California

Overview

Work Experience

  • Principal

    2022 - Current

    Newtype Ventures is an early-stage generalist venture fund supporting and investing in diverse teams with at least one underrepresented minority founder.

  • Investor

    2021

    Portfolia's dedicated Food & AgTech Fund invests into tech-driven companies improving how America’s food is created, produced, packaged, delivered and shared.

  • Food & Agtech Lead

    2020

    Women in VC is the world’s largest global community for women in venture capital to connect, collaborate, and create new opportunities where I lead the Food & Agtech group.

  • Investor Committee Chair

    2020

    Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs is a volunteer-managed, locally organized non-profit organization connecting nearly 14,000 Harvard alumni from across the University and throughout the world. I lead the SoCal Investor Committee to develop the Harvard investor-entrepreneur network.

  • Investor

    2019 - 2021

    Germin8 Ventures is an early-stage, purpose-driven venture capital firm that believes in the power of technology to fix the global food system.

  • MBA Product Intern

    2018 - 2019

    Product experimentation and platform optimization.

  • Product Manager

    2017 - 2018

    TMW is an evidence-based early childhood education initiative working on closing the achievement gap through research and technology.

  • Head of Growth Strategy & Ops

    2015 - 2017

    ScoreBeyond (now part of LinkedIn) is the #1 mobile test prep app seamlessly delivering on-demand, data-driven test prep and tutoring to millions of students around the world.

  • VP of Business Development

    2014 - 2015

    SideChef is an online platform for the culinary community that provides step-by-step recipes and smart kitchen appliance integration to help everyone cook and feel more confident in the kitchen.

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2010 - 2014

    Oliovera is a specialty gourmet food retail concept working directly with olive growers in California to bring the freshest, highest quality olive oils to consumers.

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