Kara Nortman
InvestorManaging Partner at Monarch Collective Β· General Partner at Upfront Ventures
Los Angeles
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
- Monarch Collective LLCManaging Partnercurrent2023 β presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
- Angel CityFoundercurrent2019 β presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
- All RaiseWhatever it takescurrent2017 β present
- Upfront VenturesPartner2014 β 2022Santa Monica CA
- P.S. XO / MoonfryeCEO2013 β 2014Los Angeles
- UrbanspoonSVP Consumer2009 β 2013Greater Los Angeles Area
- IACVP M&A2006 β 2009
- Battery VenturesSenior Associate1999 β 2006
- MicrosoftIntern2003
- Morgan Stanely Capital PartnersAnalyst1997 β 1999
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of Business2002 β 2004
- Princeton UniversityAB1993 β 1997
Skills & more
+3 more
Mergers & AcquisitionsP&L ManagementStrategic PartnershipsFrom Kara's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,187
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Also attended Princeton University474
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Shared employers
Also worked at All Raise46
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Also worked at Urbanspoon2
Also worked at IAC27
+ 21 more
Also worked at Battery Ventures113
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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.




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