About
Cat McDonald is a Partner at AlbionVC, which she joined in 2018, focusing on investments at the intersection of technology, markets, and geopolitics, including cybersecurity, digital risk, defence, energy, and financial infrastructure. She previously worked at Goldman Sachs in New York and London, and holds a degree in Economics from Harvard University. She writes a weekly newsletter, Venture Geopolitics, on how venture funding shapes control over critical technologies and infrastructure.
Invests in
CybersecurityDefense TechEnergyFintech
Experience
- AlbionVCPartnercurrent2018 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Goldman SachsAssociate, Investment Banking2015 — 2018New York, United States
- EG JewelleryFounder2007 — 2015Suffolk, England
- Goldman SachsSummer Analyst, Investment Banking2014New York, New York, United States
- Thayer Street PartnersSummer Analyst2013New York, United States
Education
- Harvard UniversityEconomics
Skills & more
Economics12Finance8Retail1Time Management2Data Analysis4Private Equity1Business Strategy1French2English2Leadership1Stata4Microsoft Office5
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Also attended Harvard University1,171
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Shared employers
Also worked at Goldman Sachs1,186
Josh KushnerFounder & CEO of Thrive CapitalFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmNiki PezeshkiGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index Ventures
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Also worked at Thayer Street Partners2
Colleagues at AlbionVC
Adam Chirkowski
Investor at AlbionVC
Agnese Palermo
Senior Marketing Associate at AlbionVC
Andrew Elder
Deputy Managing Partner at AlbionVC
Christina Theilgaard
Head of IR & Institutional Fundraising at AlbionVC
Christoph Ruedig
Investor at AlbionVC
Dave Wascha
Operating Partner at AlbionVC
David Grimm
Investor at AlbionVC
Ed Lascelles
Investor at AlbionVC
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Emil Gigov
Partner at AlbionVC
Jane Elizabeth Reddin
Partner, Platform & Talent at AlbionVC
Leigh Brody
Investment Manager at AlbionVC
Nadine Torbey
Investor at AlbionVC
Robert Whitby-Smith
Investor at AlbionVC
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