E12: Mercedes Bent on Transitioning from Wall Street to Startupland

Listen to our conversation with Mercedes Bent, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners on their consumer investing team.

This interview is part of Harvard Ventures Black Lives Matter fundraising and education efforts. All the proceeds from the sponsored segments of this podcast episode will be donated to organizations aiming to create equal opportunities for the advancement of Black entrepreneurs and investors in startupland.

We at Harvard Ventures stand in firm solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement, and we recognize as a community of builders with tremendous privilege to be studying at Harvard we have a responsibility to use all our platforms to demand justice for all victims of racially motivated violence and be active leaders in shaping the changes we want to see in startupland, in America, and in our world.

Next week, we will be launching our AMPLIFY series in collaboration with the Yale Entrepreneurial Society. Together, we have mobilized 10 universities across the country to host weekly virtual speaker events featuring the experiences, creations, triumphs, hardships, and learnings of Black entrepreneurs, executives, and investors.

AMPLIFY mission statement: http://tinyurl.com/amplifymission
Join the AMPLIFY mailing list to stay updated on our events: http://tinyurl.com/amplifymail (open for everyone to join!)

This is the first of many ongoing initiatives Harvard Ventures is committed to working towards to uplift underrepresented groups in startup land. So special thank you again to Mercedes for joining us and to all of you for listening, donating, and sharing.

Additional resources for BLM donations: https://tinyurl.com/HVBLMDonations