Erin Moore at Pivotal Ventures recently noticed Monique Woodard, founder of Cake Ventures, for her sharp investment strategy and ability to raise $17 million. Woodard focuses on aging, demographic shifts, and women's power while backing strong founders in those spaces.
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Who surprised you recently? Who has surprised me recently? I mean, I think, you know, one that's maybe just top of mind because she just announced her, her close of her fund is, you know, Monique Woodard at Cake Ventures. Her focus on her strategy from the moment that, you know, we met her now several years ago at Pivotal has just been razor sharp and clear on what she is executing towards with her different layers of the cake, you know, aging, Rise of a New Majority and the Power of Women, and just continuing to refine that and back great founders building in that space. You know, I think she also brought a great group of institutional LPs to the table. But one thing I really respect about where she landed with this fund was that, you know, she said, I want to just get to work. I want to just get to investing. And her fund size, I think she's going to punch above her weight. Yeah. You know, she closed on $17 million, but I'm just Really looking forward to seeing where she takes that portfolio.