Where does Meaghan Gamboa work?

Meaghan Gamboa is Associate, Investments at Acumen America.

What check size does Meaghan Gamboa write?

Meaghan Gamboa typically writes checks of $500 – $2M.

Where did Meaghan Gamboa go to school?

Meaghan Gamboa studied at Columbia University (Master of Science - MS); Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Political Science); Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca (Spanish Language and Culture Studies).

Meaghan Gamboa

Investor

Associate, Investments at Acumen America

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $500 – $2M checks · typically $500

About

Supports the investment team on sourcing, diligence, and portfolio operations. Previously an investment analyst at Precursor Ventures and worked at SVB.

Experience

AcumenInvestorcurrent2025 — present
Harvard Business ReviewHarvard Business Review Advisory Councilcurrent2024 — present
Precursor VenturesInvestment Analyst2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
Silicon Valley BankAssociate2021 — 2022Palo Alto, California, United States
MaC Venture CapitalSummer Associate2019Los Angeles, California
The Exchange.Cannes Film Festival2019Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
Goldman SachsSummer Analyst2018
Congressional Black Caucus FoundationStudent Delegate2017Shanghai, China

Skills & more

Public Speaking3Machine LearningSupervised LearningLooker (Software)Software Business Analysis1Valuation1Capitalization table and waterfallDCF ValuationLeveraged Buyouts (LBO)Financial ModelingB2B SoftwareStartups

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Data ScienceR (Programming Language)Financial AnalysisSQLPython (Programming Language)Venture CapitalMicrosoft OfficeResearch

Languages English

Recalc Finance Accelerator — Recalc Academy
VC University — University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

From Meaghan's professional profile.

Colleagues at Acumen America

Amon Anderson

Managing Partner at Acumen America

Carlyle Singer

President, Acumen at Acumen America

Catherine Casey Nanda

Managing Partner at Acumen America

Jacqueline Novogratz

Founder & CEO, Acumen at Acumen America

Lily Brown

Associate, Partnerships & Operations at Acumen America

Maya Makkawi

VP, Partnerships & Operations at Acumen America

Miriam Rivera

Cofounder, Managing Director at Ulu Ventures

Noramay Cadena

Co-Founder and General Partner at SUPPLY CHANGE CAPITAL

Frequently asked questions

Who is Meaghan Gamboa?: Supports the investment team on sourcing, diligence, and portfolio operations. Previously an investment analyst at Precursor Ventures and worked at SVB.
Where does Meaghan Gamboa work?: Meaghan Gamboa is Associate, Investments at Acumen America.
What check size does Meaghan Gamboa write?: Meaghan Gamboa typically writes checks of $500 – $2M.
Where did Meaghan Gamboa go to school?: Meaghan Gamboa studied at Columbia University (Master of Science - MS); Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Political Science); Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca (Spanish Language and Culture Studies).

Same school

Also attended Columbia University726

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing Partner Chris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen Horowitz Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Gabriella GiglioHR & Executive Talent at General Catalyst Scott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)

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Also attended Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University17

Floyd H. GriffithManaging Partner at Little Bristol Partners Shila Nieves BurneyManaging Partner at Zane Venture Fund Livi GrantInvestor at MaC Venture Capital Hassan MuhammadSeae Ventures Fellow at Seae Ventures Sydney HolnessInvestment Associate at Collab Capital Arian SimoneCEO at Fearless Fund

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Also attended Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca3

Emke GoijensOperations & Communications at Heran Partners Jorge BarónInvestor at Adara Ventures Ines KljucarAdvisor at Equity Alliance

Shared employers

Also worked at Harvard Business Review22

Vinnie LauriaFounding Partner at Golden Gate Ventures Paulina SzyzdekPrincipal at E12 Venture Capital, Llc John ColemanCo-CEO and Board Member at Sovereigns Capital Venture Jonathan BermanBoard Member at Factor[e] Ventures Eran GiladManaging Partner at Scopus Ventures Management, Llc Cihat CengizPrincipal at DvH Ventures

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Also worked at Precursor Ventures9

Aliya LakhanInvestor at SUPPLY CHANGE CAPITAL Charles HudsonManaging Partner at Precursor Ventures Ashtan JordanPrincipal at Precursor Ventures Mia FarnhamPrincipal at Precursor Ventures Marina GirgisPrincipal at Precursor Ventures Sydney HolnessInvestment Associate at Collab Capital

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Also worked at MaC Venture Capital13

Danny BrownInvestor at MaC Venture Capital Dela AdedzeInvestor at MaC Venture Capital Livi GrantInvestor at MaC Venture Capital Marlon NicholsInvestor at MaC Venture Capital Michael PalankInvestor at MaC Venture Capital Charles D. KingGeneral Partner at MaC Venture Capital

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Also worked at Goldman Sachs1,505

Josh KushnerFounder & CEO of Thrive Capital Sarah GuoFounder & General Partner of Conviction Fred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of Nudge Matt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at Paradigm David VélezFounder & CEO of Nubank Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of Kalshi

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