Jenny Fielding is one of the most active global pre-seed investors, having invested in 300+ companies as the first money in. As the cofounder and Managing Partner of Everywhere Ventures, Jenny has built a thriving community of 500+ founders and operators who help source, diligence, and invest in the next generation of startups across 3 core verticals: money, health, and work.

Prior to launching her own fund, Jenny spent 7.5 years as the Managing Director of Techstars where she invested in a portfolio of companies with a current market cap over $10B. Jenny is a 2x founder, a lawyer by training, and an adjunct professor at Columbia University, her alma mater, and Cornell Tech. 

Melissa Fensterstock is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor focused on frontier technology in areas like next gen compute, space tech, and brain-machine interfaces. She brings a unique mix of scientific and business expertise, with a passion for developing and commercializing early-stage innovations.

Melissa has enjoyed an extensive career as an operator. As CEO of Landsdowne Labs, Melissa transformed an academic concept into a market-ready product, securing venture funding, an NSF grant, and a global corporate partnership, while also contributing to child-safety legislation. Her career spans leadership roles across biotech, consumer products, and therapeutics commercialization spin outs from institutions like Columbia and Johns Hopkins University.

She serves or has served as an Executive in Residence at Johns Hopkins, Columbia, and Yale University. She holds a BS from Johns Hopkins and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Eastin Rossell is a Venture Director at HearstLab, where she leads investments in early-stage, high-growth startups. HearstLab is an early-stage investor focused on supporting women-led startups through capital, hands-on operational support, and access to Hearst’s global network. With over a decade of experience in venture investing and financial analysis, Eastin has evaluated thousands of companies, helping identify and support promising entrepreneurs. 

Before joining HearstLab, she held investment roles at CoBe Capital and Delphin Investments, focusing on market analysis, sourcing, and due diligence. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Tulane University. 

 Alex joined AVP in 2016, focuses on growth stage investments in enterprise software, and is based in New York. He has been lead partner on AVP’s investestment in Contrast (enterprise software in cybersecurity), Gladly (AI-powered customer service), Lessonly (enterprise software in workplace training), and Strider (enterprise risk management and data security), among others.

Prior to AVP, Alex was a Principal at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), where his investments included Braintree (online and mobile payments) and Box (enterprise collaboration SaaS). Previously, Alex invested in enterprise software, fintech and Internet companies at Silver Lake, 3i and FTV Capital. Alex held also operating roles at Microsoft and Trilogy, and was a management consultant at Monitor Group. Alex holds an MS in Engineering and AB in Economics from Stanford, and received an MBA from Harvard. 

Adam has 30 years of executive experience in technology, finance, and entrepreneurship, and is currently the Head of Business and Corporate Development for CloudKitchens. He built and launched his first company while in college (outsourced software testing), worked in management consulting for Integral, at Morgan Stanley in the technology corporate finance group, and as a portfolio manager at two hedge funds, at one point managing a $350m discretionary long short strategy (Galleon Group and Rose Lane Capital).  In entrepreneurship, Adam has been the CEO of an education technology company called Exploros, the COO of APDS which sold education technology to the corrections market and was a founder and the head of business for Descartes Labs, where he secured $100m in contracts and helped grow the company to over 100 people before its sale in 2022.  Adam attended Harvard College and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.