Rachel Springate

Founding General Partner

2017

Partner Founder

2016

Muse Capital is a female led, seed stage Venture Fund investing in North American Consumer Tech with a focus on underserved markets. Sectors of focus include the future of women's health, motherhood, parenting, fintech, wellness, sustainability, entertainment and media. The founding partners are ex operators with deep expertise in Business Development, leveraging a 30 year network of international decision makers across F500's, Sports Teams, Influencers and highly strategic capital creating transformational value for their founders.

Founder/Director

2013 - 2016

Muse Entertainment is a company focusing primarily on creating high-level business development and major strategic partnerships for start up companies in the entertainment space, leveraging an international network of decision makers at the highest level. We provide a hands-on incubator approach - Muse Entertainment is able to fast track and introduce select companies to these decision makers and broker major strategic partnerships that transform the growth and development of our clients. Since our inception we have garnered groundbreaking deals for our clients with Fortune 500 companies; connected clients with celebrity ambassadors to spearhead global campaigns; connected clients with global brand managers for major campaigns; introduced a client to major investors and board members; transformed a clients website and sales; provided ongoing business development and business changing partnerships for a music technology company; to name a few. example: Rachel worked with Dubset Media Holdings to help build out their strategic investment, celebrity ambassadorships and integrations into Spotify and Apple Music.

Global Head of Corporate Business Development

2007 - 2011

I previously ran the Corporate Business Development team globally at Quintessentially - the leading luxury lifestyle group. I work within the concierge/lifestyle management business of the group with offices in 46 cities worldwide. My focus is working with companies/brands that have a need to provide VIP clients and customers with a unique VIP offering, leveraging Quintessentially's global network and established exclusive relationships to create an unrivaled offering. Current clients include luxury fashion and lifestyle brands, airlines, car manufacturers, property developers, resorts, recruitment companies, banks, law firms, travel companies, sports teams/agents, gaming etc. With access to over 100,000 HNW individuals across the globe through the private members club of our concierge business - the relationships developed create opportunities for both customer acquisition and retention.

Head of Events and Joint Ventures

2005 - 2007

Superbrands commissons independent research to identify the UK's leading brands. Researchers speak to hundreds of experts and thousands of consumers to determine each year's 'Superbrands' and 'Coolbrands'. The results appear as annual 'Top 500' lists online and in the national media I spent 2 years working as Head of Events and Joint Ventures at Superbrands. During this time I built strong relationships with a diverse range of major brands including; Chanel, MTV, Sony, Virgin and Microsoft to the British Airways London Eye, Cobra Beer, Aston Martin and Campari to name but a few.