JB

Jenn Burka

Principal @ FTW Ventures | Food & AgTech Investor | Yale SOM MBA

New Haven, Connecticut

Education

Work Experience

  • Board Director

    2024

2024

  • Seed Investor

    2024

  • Board Director

    2023

  • Seed Investor

    2023

2023

  • Seed Investor

    2023

  • Principal

    2022

    Investing in seed stage food and agtech opportunities I lead our investments in climate tech, supply chain, personalized nutrition, and restaurant/retail tech Please submit your start-ups here - https://www.ftw.vc/contact

2021 - 2022

  • Board Observer

    2021 - 2022

2021 - 2022

  • Senior Associate

    2021 - 2022

    Evolv Ventures is a $100M venture fund backed by KraftHeinz Corporation to invest in early stage technology companies disrupting the food and retail industry. We focus on Series A and B investments across Food Tech, Health and Wellness, Supply Chain AI and Automation, the Future of Retail, Climate and Sustainability, and Emerging Consumer Products and Services.

  • Venture Fellow

    2020 - 2020

    Amplifyher Ventures is a Seed stage venture capital fund backing visionary founders with diverse teams focused on outstanding female leaders. The fund is based in New York and invests in Seed - Series A stage companies nationwide.

2020 - 2020

  • MBA Venture Intern

    2020 - 2020

    Equal Ventures is a seed stage venture fund that backs the founders and businesses that are disrupting legacy markets. Evaluated investment opportunities in closed-loop e-grocery, virtual kitchens, and energy efficiency in commercial office space; developed thesis and framework leading to an investment in an energy efficiency start-up Led a data-driven bottoms-up analysis of trends in the CPG industry for an internally developed, direct-to-consumer house of brands start-up, resulting in list of 14 product categories to beta test