About
Alicia Robb is the Founder and CEO of Next Wave Impact and Managing Partner of two early-stage venture funds. She is Research Director at Cruelty Free Investing and a Research Fellow at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and previously spent over a decade as a Senior Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation, with prior economist roles at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Small Business Administration. She holds an MS and PhD in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has authored several books on entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial finance.
Invests in
Climate TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechImpact & Social Good
Colleagues at Portfolia
Amber Caska
Venture Fund Partner at Portfolia
Anastasia Bottos
Investor at Portfolia
Angela Jackson
Venture Fund Partner at Portfolia
Anna Nakayasu
Venture Fund Partner at Portfolia
Barbara Clarke
Venture Fund Partner at Portfolia
Beatriz Franco
Venture Fund Partner at Portfolia
Bethann Kasman
Venture Fund Partner at Portfolia
Bethann Kassman
Fund Partner at Portfolia
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Alicia Robb work?
- Alicia Robb is Founder and CEO of Next Wave Impact; Managing Partner at Portfolia.
- What does Alicia Robb invest in?
- Alicia Robb invests in Climate Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good.








