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Investor profile

Gayle Jennings O'Byrne

Co-Founder and General Partner, WOCstar Fund

About

Gayle Jennings O'Byrne is a former 17-year JPMorgan executive who helped invest over $30 billion in community development initiatives and now applies that Wall Street experience to early-stage tech investing for women of color founders through WOCstar Fund. She has built an integrated ecosystem around founders that includes capital, media production (including the VCs Off the Record podcast), and education, while bringing a Hollywood storytelling lens to venture capital through her film production background and emphasis on narrative craft as a due diligence tool. Gayle Jennings O'Byrne is a former 17-year JPMorgan executive who helped invest over $30 billion in community development initiatives and now applies that Wall Street experience to early-stage tech investing for women of color founders through WOCstar Fund. She has built an integrated ecosystem around founders that includes capital, media production (including the VCs Off the Record podcast), and education, while bringing a Hollywood storytelling lens to venture capital through her film production background and emphasis on narrative craft as a due diligence tool.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Sectors
Media
FinTech
Food
Ag
Climate
Diversity focus
Under-represented founders

Investment details

Avg check size$50K - $1M
Can lead rounds
No
Geographies
USA