VMG Partners

Carle Stenmark works at VMG Partners, where he began by working with consumer product brands before moving to VMG Technology. He leads a vertical within the firm focused on consumer technology, working with entrepreneurs on new routes to market and technology-enabled consumer experiences. He grew up in the Park Hill area of Denver.

Indy Guha is a member of VMG Partners. He previously helped scale the commerce technology company Signifyd, where he worked with brands and retailers on their commerce infrastructure and launched the company's ecosystem conference. Born in Kolkata, India, he has lived in San Francisco for 15 years.

Eliza Becker works with consumer brands at VMG Partners. She studied Neuroscience in college, where she also played Division 1 field hockey.

Alisa (Williams) Carmichael is a member of the team at VMG Partners, where she works with entrepreneurs to help their companies grow. She spent part of her upbringing living in Germany, Mexico, Canada, Michigan, and Wisconsin, as her father's career with General Motors involved frequent relocations.

Allen Sha is a member of the investment team at VMG Partners, where he works with high-growth, founder-led consumer businesses. He focuses on partnering with founders and management teams to support their growth, approaching projects by first understanding the broader problem and thesis before building out frameworks and analysis.

Alona Esposito works on the finance team at VMG Partners. A first-generation American with French and Italian heritage, she holds dual citizenship and speaks French and Italian conversationally.

Amanda Tiab is a member of the VMG Partners team who grew up in Orange County and San Diego, California, the daughter of Egyptian immigrants. Before her current role, she spent about a year and a half as a barre instructor at Barre3 in Menlo Park. She is drawn to consumer products and brands, including snacks and makeup, and to products that help women feel more confident.

April Hill works at VMG Partners. The profile is a personal Q&A focused on her running, Ironman participation, and personal influences rather than her professional role or investment activity.

Becca Florman is a member of the team at VMG Partners, where she works with founders and leaders of consumer brands. She grew up in Orange County, California, and is drawn to San Francisco.

Bianca Ingato is the fund accountant at VMG Partners, where she works across the full lifecycle of portfolio company investments, from initial investment through sale and returns to investors.

Blake Roshkoff is a member of the VMG Partners team. He grew up in a food-centered household, with a father who runs a market research firm and a grandfather who ran a packaged food business, and developed a strong interest in cooking and hosting.

Brianna Rizzo is a Talent Partner at VMG Partners. She works with founders and their teams to understand their vision and company cultures and helps connect them across the firm's portfolio and ecosystem. She highlights VMG's commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as a reason she joined the firm.

Carter McKeon is a Senior Associate at VMG Partners.

Dhruv Bansal is a member of VMG Partners' Catalyst team, which invests at the intersection of consumer behavior and technology. He attended a science and technology high school and studied technology and its intersections in college, giving him a quantitative orientation. He is the child of immigrant entrepreneurs from India who built a company together.

Emily Eisenbarth works in compliance at VMG Partners, a private equity firm. She studied business administration with a finance emphasis and spent the first 15 years of her career at a traditional investment management firm, focusing on client service, operations, and compliance in largely client-facing roles.

Emily Gratch works on the Talent team at VMG Partners, where she connects candidates with the firm's portfolio companies to support their hiring and growth goals. She was raised in a suburb outside Philadelphia, played basketball at the collegiate level, and previously spent four years living in San Francisco.

Erin Odisio Jones works in investor relations at VMG Partners, with roughly 15 years of experience in finance. She studied a mix of Politics, Economics, International Studies, and French at UC Berkeley and entered finance during the period following the financial crisis. Her role focuses on building relationships with investors and developing community within the industry.

Irenne Ighodaro is an investor at VMG Partners focused on consumer investing, which she views as a combination of analytical and creative thinking. She grew up in London, England, and Lagos, Nigeria, and studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the University of Oxford. Her work centers on scaling consumer brands into lasting businesses.

Jennifer Hwang is a member of the team at VMG Partners, where she works with consumer brands and takes satisfaction in seeing portfolio companies' products reach retail shelves. She grew up in a family of five, with a small-business-owner mother and a civil-engineer father, and describes a lifelong love of learning drawn from varied childhood pursuits.

Jeremy Levy works in finance/investing at VMG Partners. Before entering finance, he worked at a lacrosse events company running tournaments across the Midwest. Outside of work he enjoys lacrosse, snowboarding, and woodworking.

Jonathan Kerstein, a Baruch College alum and co-founder of Gizer and the Baruch Venture Club, has seed-to-buyout investing experience and focuses on early-stage frontier tech like AI and deep tech.

Jose A. Bermudez is a co-founder at a stealth-stage company. His background includes work in investor relations, platform development, and consumer business strategy, with experience in growth initiatives, mergers and acquisitions, and operational management.

Karina Shea grew up working in her parents' two restaurants, an experience she credits with building her work ethic and communication skills. She studied French as part of her B.A., interned in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and spent a year as an au pair in Tours, France, later returning to France to earn a master's degree in hospitality.

Kelly Mauch is a member of the VMG Partners team. She previously worked on Bain's Nordic team.

Lindsey Stiles is a long-time employee at VMG Partners. She grew up in San Mateo and references her involvement in the firm's work on brands such as Pirate Brands.

Lucinda Liu is a member of the team at VMG Partners. She grew up in Canada and China, attending an international school before studying at USC, where she founded and single-handedly ran an apparel brand during her sophomore year selling game-day merchandise.

Lucy Huang works at VMG Partners, where she is known for organizing the firm's volunteer days. Her early work experience includes a customer service role at Boudin at the Wharf before college.