Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Adela Jamal, Mike Lipton, and Sebastian Barriga.
Adela Jamal is an MIT Sloan MBA graduate, angel investor, advisory board member, and General Partner & Co-Founder of Milemark Capital. Adela is also a deeply passionate and active DEI and women’s advancement leader.
Adela’s journey in tech, entrepreneurship, and finance has been unique, with a special emphasis on diversity for the last two decades. Adela’s career has spanned several verticals and sectors in the tech and finance world, including operating an early-stage Silicon Valley tech company with a VC, working at a prominent startup accelerator in Silicon Valley, and working at Fortune 500 companies. Prior to earning her MBA and co-founding Milemark Capital, Adela was Executive Director at Sony Pictures, where she led strategic projects for Sony Pictures and the wider Sony family. And, in parallel, she led impactful initiatives across the globe, such as being Co-President for the Women in Technology group, championing initiatives in India, Japan, and the US.
Adela currently serves as a board member of an early-stage health tech company, mentor for female founders at Northeastern University, Steering Committee member at AllRaise, and Board Member of MIT's AMITA organization.
Milemark Capital is a VC firm focused on early stage, tech, and AI-enabled startups led by diverse teams out of the MIT/Harvard ecosystem.
Mike Lipton is an entrepreneur and engineer with expertise in building businesses from zero-to-one. He founded his first company in 2009 and has founded 3 in total. These companies span a variety of industries and technologies including IoT, robotics and marketing technology. He built his latest venture, named Luster, from the ideation stage up to $35mm in revenue with on-the-ground operations in 35 countries, across 6 continents. During his time at MIT as a Sloan Fellow, he mentored dozens of first time entrepreneurs and is a coveted authority on business building. He is an advisor to four pre-seed companies and serves MIT as a volunteer mentor at the Sandbox Innovation Fund, DesignX and 100k Competition.
Sebastian Barriga, Investor with The Carlyle Group as Director in the $358M inaugural fund for Spanish speaking South America. Board member on all six investments (Hermes, Expertia, Inca Rail, G&N Brands, Atracciones Coney Holding, Liderman Holding), with experience installing and supporting C-Suite management teams in the design and execution of strategy. Previously Vice President in Investment Banking with Citigroup in New York. Operating experience as CFO of a publicly traded company in Brazil. Angel investor in 14 startups, including six US AI-enabled companies. Advisory Board member for the Sloan Visiting Fellows Program at MIT. Sloan Fellows MBA degree from MIT and BBA-Finance degree from The University of Texas at Austin.
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