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Monique Woodard

Founding Partner & Managing Director at Cake Ventures

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Monique Woodard is the Founding Partner & Managing Director at Cake Ventures in San Francisco, California, with a strong background in start-ups, product management, and e-commerce. Highlights of her career include founding Black Founders and serving as an Innovation Fellow at the San Francisco Mayor's Office of Civic Innovation.

Work Experience 

CV

Cake Ventures

  • Founding Partner & Managing Director

    2021 - Current

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Silvernest

  • Board Member

    2018 - 2020

Silvernest is a room-matching service that pairs aging homeowners with roommates and tools for long-term home sharing.

Raised $5,640,000.00 from Moderne Ventures.

silvernest.com

Lightspeed Venture Partners

  • Venture Scout

    2018 - 2019

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500 Startups

  • Venture Partner

    2016 - 2018

500 Global is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders building fast-growing technology companies.

Raised $2,271,999.00 from Abu Dhabi Financial Group.

500.co

Black Founders

  • Co-Founder

    2011 - 2017

    Founder of a community of startup founders — an organization dedicated to entrepreneurship and inclusion.

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San Francisco Mayor's Office of Civic Innovation

  • Innovation Fellow

    2013 - 2013

    As one of the first Innovation Fellows for the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation, I worked on helping a city at the epicenter of innovation use technology to transform workforce and other government services. During my fellowship term, I wrote the resolution on broadband and unlicensed spectrum which was adopted at the US Conference of Mayors and contributed to the City’s early strategy around municipal internet access.

Education 

Investments 

Aster

Pre Seed

Total funding: $2M

Eli

Seed

Total funding: $6M

Eli Health

Seed

Total funding amount not yet available

Culina Health

Seed

Total funding: $10M

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