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Aurelia Flores

Investor

Director at Virginia Venture Partners

McLean, Virginia, United States

About

Aurelia Flores is Investment Director of Virginia Invests at Virginia Venture Partners, where she manages fund screening, selection, portfolio construction, and program operations for the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation's fund of funds initiative. As a senior member of the VIPC Investment Office, she leads outreach to venture capital fund managers, conducts due diligence and financial analysis, and negotiates investment agreements. She brings over two decades of experience in the startup and venture ecosystem, prior corporate acquisition experience at a Fortune 500 company, and holds a BA from Colorado College and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.

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Experience

  1. Virginia Venture PartnersInvestment Director, Virginia Investscurrent2023 — presentHerndon, Virginia, United States
  2. Athena Digital Media GroupCo-Founder / General Partnercurrent2017 — present
  3. Citrine AngelsCo-Founder / Board Member2018 — 2025Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  4. New Markets Venture PartnersVenture Partner2021 — 2023
  5. Pipeline AngelsInvestor / Mentor2016 — 2022Washington D.C. Metro Area
  6. LeidosAssistant General Counsel2001 — 2016
  7. PowerfulLatinas.comFounder and Host2007 — 2014
  8. Luce ForwardAssociate1998 — 2001
  9. Fulbright AssociationInternational Fellow1997Mexico City, Mexico

Education

  1. Stanford Law SchoolJ.D., Law1993 — 1996
  2. Colorado CollegeB.A., Sociology1988 — 1992

Skills & more

Legal Document Preparation3Financial Analysis3Deal Execution3Deal Sourcing6Due Diligence5Fund of Funds (FOF)4Early-stage Startups2Media Relations21Social Media18Public Relations10Program Management7Social Networking5
+12 moreStrategic CommunicationsMarketing CommunicationsLeadership DevelopmentCopywritingSocial Media MarketingOnline MarketingMarketingCopy EditingWordpressFacebookPublic SpeakingStrategic Planning

Languages English · Spanish

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From Aurelia's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford Law School68

Steve AbbottPartner, Capital Markets at Sapphire VenturesMichael KlaykoOperating Executive at Marlin Equity PartnersSandy MillerInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Tim HsiaFounder at Context VenturesRenataCo-founder at Renegade PartnersShawn ConwayManaging Partner and COO at Questa Capital

+ 62 more

Also attended Colorado College20

Peter AdamsFounder and Managing Partner at Rockies Venture Adviser, LlcJamie DaudonPrincipal at The Westly GroupVaughn BlakePartner at Blue Bear Capital PartnersPete HudsonManaging Director at Alta PartnersChris HechtInvestor at Silversmith Capital PartnersMaggie EdmundsInvestor at SUPPLY CHANGE CAPITAL

+ 14 more

Shared employers

Also worked at New Markets Venture Partners10

Mark GrovicInvestor at New Markets Venture PartnersRobb DoubCo-Founder and General Partner at New Markets Venture PartnersJuan ZavalaPartner at New Markets Venture PartnersSneha KasugantiPrincipal at New Markets Venture PartnersBecky SpezzanoVice President of Finance and Operations at New Markets Venture PartnersMark ChernisOperating Partner at New Markets Venture Partners

+ 4 more

Also worked at Pipeline Angels10

Azin Radsan van AlebeekCo-Founder & General Partner at Emmeline VenturesNoelle HutchinsSenior Associate at Omega FundsLorine PendletonFounder & Managing Partner at 125 VenturesTanya WhiteOperating Advisor at Elsewhere PartnersMaria TolerFounding and Managing Partner at SteelSky VenturesSilvia MahInvestor at Ad Astra Ventures

+ 4 more

Also worked at Leidos9

Mike BoeraMajor General USAF (ret.) at NEW VISTA CAPITALParker HinshawFounder at Bootstrap Venture PartnersCJ HinshawInvestment Partner at Bootstrap Venture PartnersSeth HinshawInvestment Partner - Controller at Bootstrap Venture PartnersJohnathan BuddInvestor at Matter Venture PartnersJim ReaganChief Executive Officer at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

+ 3 more

Colleagues at Virginia Venture Partners

Alex Euler
Senior Director at Virginia Venture Partners
Anthony Obi
Jr., Senior Associate at Virginia Venture Partners
Dustin Dunbar
Senior Associate at Virginia Venture Partners
Frank Taylor
Senior Associate at Virginia Venture Partners
Marco Rubin
Senior Director at Virginia Venture Partners
Tate Beasley
Associate at Virginia Venture Partners
Tom Weithman
Managing Director at Virginia Venture Partners

Network5

Elizabeth Wills Chou
Partner at New Markets Venture Partners
Jason Palmer
General Partner at New Markets Venture Partners
Juan Zavala
Partner at New Markets Venture Partners
Mark Grovic
Investor at New Markets Venture Partners
Robb Doub
Co-Founder and General Partner at New Markets Venture Partners

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