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Monica Black

Partner at Resolute Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Education

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2023

    Resolute Ventures is a venture capital firm that leads pre-seed and seed stage financings. Our portfolio includes AppZen, Bark (NYSE: BARK), Beyond, Color Genomics, Greenhouse, Hello Heart, Opendoor (NASDAQ: OPEN), and Whoop. Our mission is to build and enable a peer network of Resolute Founders who: share a certain entrepreneurial spirit and energy; are driven by a need to work on things that matter; are unafraid to dream big; are founders whom we think have a better chance than most to actually achieve those dreams; and who believe being connected to a group of like-minded founders will help them succeed.

2022 - 2023

  • Partner

    2022 - 2023

    Fractal is a venture studio that starts vertical software businesses.

2019 - 2023

  • Founder

    2019 - 2023

    Function is an investor syndicate, connecting South Florida’s private wealth community with early stage technology investment opportunities. Portfolio includes Constrafor, Galatea Bio, Hemlane, Kushki, Leapfin, Pod Foods, Seek AI, Stashpad, and Truv.

Self

2018 - 2023

  • Angel Investor & Advisor

    2018 - 2023

    Angel investor and advisor to startups and VC firms including Runa HR, Vimcal, Rime, Aprende, Blanket, Knight Foundation, TheVentureCity, and Chingona Ventures.

  • Scout

    2020 - 2022

    Venture scout for Lightspeed Venture Partners, focusing on pre-seed and seed stage companies. Scout check portfolio includes Arrive, Blanket, Mymo, Pacto, Sawa, Seek AI, and Vinco.

  • Principal

    2016 - 2018

    Venture investor for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative focusing primarily on education. Portfolio included Andela, AltSchool, Bridge International Academies, Brightwheel, BYJU's, Ellevation Education, MasteryConnect, Newsela, Raise.me, Sawyer, Varsity Tutors, and Volley Labs.

2015 - 2016

  • Enterprise Account Manager

    2015 - 2016

    Worked closely with leading education technology companies to ensure they had seamless data connections and instant login access with the largest school districts in the country. Leveraged SQL and data visualization tools to build customer-facing data dashboards. Owned relationships with organizations such as NWEA, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Instructure, DreamBox Learning, MasteryConnect, Learning.com, Learning A-Z, Edmentum, and myON.

  • Private Equity Associate

    2011 - 2013

    Worked with portfolio companies and executed investments in the education, gaming, mobile payments, and media sectors. Portfolio companies included Blackboard (original deal team, acquired MoodleRooms), Univision, ZeniMax Media, Galileo Global Education (original deal team, acquired IEU in Mexico), and Miller Heiman (original deal team). Board observer for Blackboard, Univision, Galileo Global Education, and Miller Heiman.

  • Private Equity Associate

    2010 - 2011

    Executed private equity and credit investment opportunities and worked with portfolio companies in a wide range of sectors, including technology, government services, chemicals, and gaming. Executed $65M add-on acquisition of Escalate Retail, a multi-channel retail software vendor, for RedPrairie, a supply chain management company.

2008 - 2010

  • Analyst, Mergers & Acquisitions

    2008 - 2010

    Advised and assisted clients in all aspects of M&A execution across a range of industries, including media, sports, chemicals, real estate, energy, healthcare, and financial institutions. Subset of deals include: Advised Tribune on $845M sale of the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field and its stake in CSN Chicago Advised Cablevision on the spin-off of its Madison Square Garden business Advised Air Products & Chemicals on its $5.9 billion hostile takeover bid for Airgas Advised J.P. Morgan on its acquisition of RBS Sempra's commodities trading business