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Vera Baker

Mentor at Paris Techstars Sustainability Accelerator at Techstars Sustainability Paris

Paris, Île-de-France

Overview

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2024 - Current

    4P Capital is a Next Generation Asset Manager investing in Climate, Health, and Education - at the intersection of fast, valuable growth and positive outcomes for humanity. The firm’s unique approach lies in the focus on commercial success, combining strategic marketing, brand-building, and sales enablement to drive value, growth, and equity faster. Headquartered in Frankfurt and Paris with presence in Berlin and New York, 4P Capital is on a mission to deploy and multiply global capital in building a more resilient future. For the Next Generation.

  • Angel Investor-Atomico Angel Programme 2021-2024

    2021

    Investing in early-stage startups in Europe through Atomico Angel Programme since 2021. Current portfolio of 25+ Pan-European startups. More: https://medium.com/atomico/introducing-the-atomico-angel-programmes-third-year-45ca77cfbeda

  • Mentor @ Paris Techstars Sustainability Accelerator

    2023

  • Operator Network

    2020

    January Ventures invests early and opens doors for the founders of the future.

  • Venture Partner

    2022 - 2023

    Unconventional Ventures Fund I is a 20M€ VC fund investing in startups in the pre-seed and seed stage led by diverse founders in Europe building scalable impact tech companies. We focus on companies creating solutions in Climate and Sustainability, Health and Femtech, Education and Fintech.

  • Advisor

    2021 - 2023

  • Founder

    2020 - 2023

    For Colored Girls Who Tech is a weekly newsletter for underrepresented founders highlighting entrepreneurship and venture capital in the tech ecosystem. Every week, subscribers receive curated must-read content on the tech scene in the USA, Europe and Africa highlighting women-led businesses, funding opportunities and (virtual) events.

  • Venture Partner

    2021 - 2023

  • Investment Advisor

    2021 - 2023

    The Jua Fund is an early-stage, pan-African Venture Capital fund investing capital and community into a new generation of African Entrepreneurs.

  • Director I Paris Chapter

    2020 - 2022

    The Founders institute is the world's largest pre-seed accelerator. Since 2009, over 4,500 companies have gone through our accelerator. These founders have built businesses in over 75 countries and raised over 850 million in funding. Today, our portfolio companies are worth an estimated $35 billion.

  • Venture Capital Fellow

    2020 - 2021

  • Virtual Summer Program Participant

    2020 - 2020

    A curriculum of webinars and mentoring sessions, delivered by industry-leading venture capitalists for individuals from underrepresented groups.

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