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Aury Cifuentes

Investor

Principal at How Women Invest

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Aury Cifuentes is a Principal on the Investment Team at How Women Invest, where she has led over six investments in women-led startups across seed to Series B stages. Previously, she invested in commerce, fintech, health, and AI companies at Plug & Play Ventures and held a manager position at Bloomberg in New York. At How Women Invest, she leads founder community initiatives including fireside events, the VC Trailblazer dinner series, and founder roundtables.

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Experience

  1. How Women InvestPrincipal (Investment Team)current2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Plug and Play Tech CenterVC Associate (Plug & Play Ventures and Future Commerce Fund)2022 — 2024
  3. 2045 CapitalVC Investment Fellow2021
  4. Bloomberg LPTeam Leader/Manager2018 — 2021New York, New York, United States

Education

  1. The College of New JerseyBachelor of Science - BS, Economics2014 — 2018

Skills & more

Product ManagementBusiness AnalysisBusiness PlanningOnline PresencePresentation SkillsGrowth InitiativesBusiness StrategyVenture CapitalNew Market GrowthWorkable SolutionsValue PropositionsTechnically Oriented
+12 moreResearch SkillsData AnalysisDeal SourcingAngel InvestingEarly Stage InvestmentBusiness DevelopmentStartupsEarly-Stage StartupsInterpersonal SkillsMultitaskingAttitude ChangeStrategic Planning

Languages English · Spanish

  • Startup School Aspiring Founders — Y Combinator
  • Women's Entrepreneurship — eCornell
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®) — Scrum Alliance
  • Venture Deals Statement of Accomplishment 2019 — Kauffman Fellows
  • Bloomberg Market Concepts — Bloomberg

From Aury's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended The College of New Jersey12

Megan SteeleController at FinTech CollectiveDonna LittlePartner, Chief Financial Officer, & Chief Compliance Officer at Long Ridge Equity PartnersJayson PunwaniManaging Director, Head of Venture at AbingworthElias CanPrincipal at Grishin RoboticsDan MatthiesManaging Partner, Catalyst Fund at ReactionVictor L. ArenaAssociate at Gunderson Dettmer

+ 6 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Plug and Play Tech Center70

Antonio GrifoniAssociate at P101 VenturesJon ChuExperts | Venture Partner at 212Yang TranPartner at Zero Prime VenturesNayoko WicaksonoVenture Partner and Analyst at ArtesianGabriel Rosenthal GilInvestment Associate at Valor Capital GroupHerston Elton PowersFounding Managing Partner at 1982 Ventures

+ 64 more

Also worked at 2045 Capital1

Carmen PalafoxFounder & General Partner at 2045 Ventures

Also worked at Bloomberg LP81

Eric WagnerVP of Research and Data at Redpoint VenturesVivek GopalanInvestment Team at 8VCAndrea GurnariInvestor at Moonfire VenturesArpan PunyaniCo-founder and General Partner at Garuda VenturesNick AlbaneseVP, Research & Strategy and Investment Associate at The Westly GroupNaimish PatelChief Growth Officer at Red Cell Incubation

+ 75 more

Colleagues at How Women Invest

Anne Myong
Operating Partner at How Women Invest
Brittany Feehan
Investor Relations at How Women Invest
Carmen Palafox
Founder & General Partner at 2045 Ventures
Christina Bui
Limited Partner Advisory Council at How Women Invest
Cindy Worthington
Investor Relations Advisor at How Women Invest
Erika Cramer
Managing Member and General Partner at How Women Invest
Julie Candelon
Brand/Marketing Advisor at How Women Invest
Julie Castro Abrams
Managing Partner at How Women Invest