Ep. 354 Behind The VC Curtain With Venture Capitalist, Renata Merino

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Renata Merino, a Latina Emerging Fund Manager raising a $30M Health and Wellness venture capital fund investing in pre-seed and seed stage female founded startups.  Renata is former 25 year operator, serial entrepreneur, former investment banker, a merit scholar from Chicago Booth and is a graduate and student athlete of Bowdoin College. She is a model, motivational speaker and recently conducted her first TEDx.  She is the founder and CEO of Blazin Babes, a 9 year female founder community helping female founders launch and scale their startups.  Renata has been featured in the national press including Fitness, Prevention and Women’s Health magazines on the topics of health and the power of community. She is a single mother with two teenage children and relishes in her early morning HIIT workouts as she eats, sleeps and breathes her investment thesis.  www.sheangelinvestors.com  https://sociatap.com/renatamerino   Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn