Monique Woodard
Monique Woodard is the Founder and Managing Director of Cake Ventures, investing in pre-seed and seed stage companies in North America. She has over 15 years in technology as an entrepreneur, operator, and investor.
What Monique can write
Cake Ventures writes $100K to $1M checks, larger than 5% of firms in the atlas.
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- Cake Ventures · Founder and Managing DirectorNow
- Speak Chic
- Black Founders2011
- 500 Startups · Venture Partner
- Lightspeed Venture Partners · Venture Scout
- SoftBank · Advisor
- Cake Ventures · Founding Partner and Managing DirectorNow
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Who is Monique Woodard?
Monique Woodard is the Founder and Managing Director of Cake Ventures, investing in pre-seed and seed stage companies in North America. She has over 15 years in technology as an entrepreneur, operator, and investor.
How much does Monique Woodard invest?
Monique Woodard invests through Cake Ventures, which writes checks of $100K to $1M at pre-seed, seed.
How do I pitch Monique Woodard?
A warm intro from a founder Cake Ventures backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.
What did Monique Woodard do before Cake Ventures?
Speak Chic; Black Founders; Venture Partner at 500 Startups; Venture Scout at Lightspeed Venture Partners; Advisor at SoftBank.
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