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November 20, 2023 | Tom Ballard

Monique Villa joins Beyond Ventures

She'll be a Senior Investment Advisor, while also reconnecting with the all-volunteer team at Build In SE.

If you are wondering where Monique Villa has landed, the former Chief Investment Officer at Launch Tennessee has provided the answer.

Monique Villa

In a social media post, she wrote, “I am thrilled to join Beyond Ventures as a Senior Investment Advisor. Beyond Ventures is a venture capital and philanthropy strategy firm advising investors including Pivotal Ventures, the investment and incubation company founded by Melinda French Gates. In this role, I will be examining alternative financing strategies for caregiving and wealth inequality. An extra special thanks to the inimitable Lara Jeremko for creating this opportunity! If you are building/investing in the U.S. caregiving market, I would love to add you to my outreach list as I get started.”

Beyond Ventures is a Los Angeles-based venture capital and innovation advisory firm founded by Jeremko.

In addition, Villa said that she is “reconnecting with my incredible colleagues at Build In SE, an all-volunteer team passionate about ecosystem building in the Southeastern U.S. This region is growing rapidly and we want to bring meaningful resources to startups and investors choosing to build here.”


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