Fundraising Fox

Kara Nortman

Investor

Managing Partner at Monarch Collective Β· General Partner at Upfront Ventures

Los Angeles

FoundedMealogic (fka Territory Foods)Seedling Holdings

About

Kara Nortman is Managing Partner of Monarch Collective, an investment platform focused on women's sports, and a co-founder of Angel City Football Club. She previously spent eight years as a Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures and nearly seven years at IAC, where she co-headed M&A and later ran Urbanspoon and Citysearch as SVP and General Manager. Earlier in her career she worked at Battery Ventures, Microsoft, and Morgan Stanley, and she holds an AB in Politics from Princeton and an MBA from Stanford.

Invests in

ConsumerHealthtechMedia & EntertainmentRetail TechSaaSSports Tech

Experience

  1. Monarch Collective LLCManaging Partnercurrent2023 β€” presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
  2. Angel CityFoundercurrent2019 β€” presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
  3. All RaiseWhatever it takescurrent2017 β€” present
  4. Upfront VenturesPartner2014 β€” 2022Santa Monica CA
  5. P.S. XO / MoonfryeCEO2013 β€” 2014Los Angeles
  6. UrbanspoonSVP Consumer2009 β€” 2013Greater Los Angeles Area
  7. IACVP M&A2006 β€” 2009
  8. Battery VenturesSenior Associate1999 β€” 2006
  9. MicrosoftIntern2003
  10. Morgan Stanely Capital PartnersAnalyst1997 β€” 1999

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of Business2002 β€” 2004
  2. Princeton UniversityAB1993 β€” 1997

Skills & more

Leadership44Strategy28Digital Media31Corporate Development65Venture Capital53Mergers7E-commerce43P&L responsibilityLocal Advertising6Product Launch9Product Development24Marketing Strategy30
+3 moreMergers & AcquisitionsP&L ManagementStrategic Partnerships

From Kara's professional profile.

Same school

Shared employers

Deals Β· 3

Seedling HoldingsBoard seat

via Upfront Ventures Β· filed Nov 2016 Β· $8M raise

Stem Disintermedia, Inc.Board seat

via Upfront Ventures Β· filed Apr 2016 Β· $4.5M raise

Mealogic (fka Territory Foods)Board seat

via Upfront Ventures Β· filed Feb 2016 Β· $3.9M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Monarch Collective

Network3

Investors connected to Kara in public investor directories β€” a warm-intro map.