Elena de Lara
Elena de Lara is an Investment Manager at SEED with over six years of experience in investing and startup operations across Europe. She has worked in investment banking, private equity, and startup operations in London and Berlin.
What Elena can write
TheVentureCity writes $100K to $10M checks, larger than 5% of firms in the atlas.
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- investment banking and private equity
- Zapp · led international expansion
- early-stage fund in Berlin
- SEED · Investment Manager
- TheVentureCity · Investment Manager, SEEDNow
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Who is Elena de Lara?
Elena de Lara is an Investment Manager at SEED with over six years of experience in investing and startup operations across Europe. She has worked in investment banking, private equity, and startup operations in London and Berlin.
How much does Elena de Lara invest?
Elena de Lara invests through TheVentureCity, which writes checks of $100K to $10M at seed, series a.
How do I pitch Elena de Lara?
Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Elena in the subject. A warm intro from a founder TheVentureCity backed works better.
What did Elena de Lara do before TheVentureCity?
investment banking and private equity; led international expansion at Zapp; early-stage fund in Berlin; Investment Manager at SEED.
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