Nathalie is a Partner at Known. She is an investor, author, educator and retired global tech entrepreneur. She makes personal investments in startups out of her family office, 0³, and prior to that via BRAVA Investments, a gender lens investment firm where she served as CEO. She is the author of the 2018 book LEAPFROG, The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs (Penguin Random House, Tarcher Perigee), named by Book Authority as one of the “Best CEO Books of All Time.”
As part of her work as a champion of women, communities of color and the planet, she co-founded the trade organization for Builder Capitalism, a long-view, alternative asset class to Venture Capital. Today, Nathalie serves as a Venture Partner at Connectivity Capital Partners, as an advisor for Vote Run Lead, FullCycle, and HOPE (Hispanas Organized for Political Equality) and previously as an advisor to Goldman Sachs’ Launch with GS Black and Latinx Cohort, WOCstar Fund, and Accion Opportunity Fund.
During her career in tech, Nathalie was involved in launching and growing a multinational business (with Lionbridge, NASDAQ: LIOX) into a $100 million operation in 30+ countries within six years. Nathalie launched her first tech startup at the age of twenty and is the co-founder of Entrepreneurs@Athena at the Athena Center for Leadership Studies of Barnard College at Columbia University. In 2015 she stepped in as CRO of PowerToFly, to help grow what is now the fastest growing online hiring platform for women in tech. In support of her efforts to make reproductive healthcare more accessible and affordable, she serves on the board of Cadence OTC, the National Institute for Reproductive Health and until 2023, with The American Medical Association’s Center for Health Equity. In 2019, she was honored with Schneps’ inaugural Women of Wall Street Awards for her influence in banking and finance, and was named among People Magazine’s most powerful Latinas.
