KIRSTAN BARNETT

Invested in 50+ founders with two IPOs, 5 favorable acquisitions.

“Kirstan is a rock.”  Ajanta Adhikari, Founder Ionate Inc.

I HAVE 20+ YEARS of operational start-up and scaling, financing, management and strategy experience. I was CoFounder of a fintech startup, and before that was instrumental in building a world-class competitor in a cut-throat asset management market.  As a member of the senior management team, I played key strategic roles on distressed debt investment teams, managed the outside Board of Directors, handled HR matters, and launched projects on risk, valuation, operations, governance and cybersecurity.  I built the legal, regulatory and compliance teams from scratch to a team of 10+, and directed everything from investor negotiations to investment transactions, and handled everything from high stakes litigation to media affairs.

I have an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School, a JD from Georgetown Law School and a BA from the University of New Hampshire, which recognized me in its Alumni Entrepreneur Hall of Fame.

I ALSO FOUNDED SHEGIVES.  Named a #SOGOOD Award Finalist by BostInno and featured in the Boston Globe for its innovative model, SheGives is a platform to introduce donors to a portfolio of highly vetted, high impact nonprofits.  SheGives founders are a cohort of Boston’s most accomplished women in finance, healthcare, biotechnology, venture capital and technology who together have made grants of almost $1m.  SheGives.  Smart Women.  Smart Giving.

I believe in service to others, and 10% of my profits goes to nonprofits, including SheGives and the nonprofits its supports.