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Meagan Loyst

Founder & CEO of Gen Z VCs | Forbes 30 Under 30, 2023 & 2022 LinkedIn Top Voice | Gen Z Speaker & Creator (200K) | Oxford

London Area, United Kingdom

Work Experience

2024

  • Monthly Columnist

    2024

    Writing a monthly column for The Times' Business section (online & in-print) sharing strategies to help founders and businesses reach Gen Z, often tying in the power of social media and creators. [First dedicated Gen Z expert in the Business section]

2020

  • CEO & Founder

    2020

    CEO & Founder of Gen Z VCs, a global collective of 20,000+ Gen Z VCs, founders, angel investors, startup enthusiasts and aspiring VCs. Check out our website here (genzvcs.com) to join the Slack community and check out our various initiatives ranging from Gen Z VCs Beta Club, Job Board, Mentorship Program, Startup Marketplace, and more.

  • Board Member, Advisory Board

    2021

    Selected by Girls Who Invest to pilot our first Advisory Board member position to represent the voice of all GWI alumni (650+) who are early in their careers in asset management.

  • Alumni Representative, Advisory Board

    2020 - 2021

    Represent the voice of GWI alumni on the Advisory Board, working to bridge the connection between senior industry leaders and 500+ alums in the Girls Who Invest community Won GWI’s “Rising Star” Award in March 2021

  • Co President, Alumni Council

    2019 - 2020

    Founding co-President of GWI's first Alumni Council, leading a group of 20 women to create stronger connections for our alumni community of 350+ women in asset management -- Accomplished the following 2019 Council-led Initiatives: Creation of the Mentor/Mentee Program & matching process Creation of Regional Events in Summer / Fall Creation of a Lessons Learned Document utilizing quotes from Alumni for incoming scholars Creation of Mock Interview workshops/pairings to prepare scholars and alumni for recruiting cycles Organized On-Campus Information Sessions for 2020 applicants 2020 Alumni Conference & Leadership-led Sessions

2020 - 2022

  • Associate

    2021 - 2022

  • Analyst

    2020 - 2021

    Early-stage (Seed/Series A) investing at Lerer Hippeau, focusing on consumer, digital media, e-commerce, emerging tech, and enterprise software.

2018 - 2020

  • Growth Equity

    2018 - 2020

    Growth Equity, Technology Team

2017 - 2017

  • Private Equity Analyst

    2017 - 2017

    Growth Equity, Financial Services / FinTech

2017 - 2017

  • Analyst at J.P. Morgan Asset Management

    2017 - 2017

    Financial Sponsors Group within Global Wealth Management

2016 - 2016

  • Scholar

    2016 - 2016

2016 - 2016

  • Investment Analyst

    2016 - 2016

    Event-Driven Hedge Fund, Consumer/Retail Team & Distressed Debt

2015 - 2015

  • Intern

    2015 - 2015