Heather Matranga
InvestorManaging Director at Village Capital
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
About
Heather Matranga designs decision tools and alternative investment models—leading a peer-selection Family of Funds approach and experimenting with revenue-based financing—to reduce bias against women and overlooked founders.
Invests in
AgTechClimate TechEdTechFintechFoodTechHealthtech
Experience
- Village CapitalVice President and Managing Director, Impact Investmentscurrent2021 — present
- Village CapitalSenior Director, Strategic Innovations2019 — 2021
- Village CapitalSenior Manager, Vilcap Innovations2019
- Village CapitalManager, Emerging Markets2015 — 2018Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- Volunteers of AmericaBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- LessonbeeAdvisory Board Memercurrent2022 — present
- IssueVoterAdvisory Board Membercurrent2021 — present
- FEMAAttorney Advisor2014 — 2015Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- FEMASpecial Assistant to the Deputy Administrator2011 — 2014Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- FEMAPresidential Management Fellow2010 — 2011
- StartingBlocSocial Enterprise Fellow2015New York City Metropolitan Area
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)Presidential Management Fellow- Human Rights Law Section2011Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- TransAfrica ForumSummer Legal Intern2009Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- Erie County Bar Association's Volunteer Lawyer's ProjectSummer Legal Intern2008Buffalo-Niagara Falls Area
Education
- University at Buffalo School of LawJ.D., International Law and Legal Studies2007 — 2010
- Virginia Commonwealth UniversityBachelor's Degree, International/Global Studies2003 — 2007
Skills & more
Relationship Building1Communication1Leadership3Policy Analysis15Policy7Government6Federal Government5Public Policy7Project Management3International Development2Immigration Law2International Law2
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NonprofitsPoliticsLegal WritingLegal ResearchOrganizational DevelopmentOperations ManagementFundraisingLanguages Spanish
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Same school
Also attended University at Buffalo School of Law2
Also attended Virginia Commonwealth University9
Nina MahmoudpourGeneral Counsel & Chief of Staff at Type One VenturesBruce SeidelDirector, Investments & Capital Allocation at eGateway CapitalSteve WogenInvestor at HLM Investment PartnersRicco MendesVentures & Finance at StartUp HealthErica SnowExecutive Assistant at Updata PartnersLiam LewisPrincipal at Intelligence Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Village Capital41
Ulili OnovakpuriManaging Partner at Kapor CapitalGray RobinsonPartner at Congruent VenturesBrittanyInvestor at Backstage CapitalBryson HearneAssociate at ResilienceVCLewam KefelaPrincipal at Partech VenturesKavon BadieSenior Associate at Mighty Capital
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Also worked at IssueVoter1
Colleagues at Village Capital
Allie Burns
Investor at Village Capital
Alyssa Padron
Program Manager at Village Capital
Ana María Aristizábal
Director, Head of Education and Workforce Development Investments at Potencia Ventures at Village Capital
Audrey Mate
Senior Program Manager, Africa at Village Capital
Brittney Riley
Investor at Village Capital
Cali Simmons
Senior Investment Analyst at Village Capital
Christine Aquino
Head of Team & Organizational Development at Village Capital
Costanza Beltrame
Director of Business Development at Village Capital