Meet the Advisors to Human’s Spring Cohort
We are thrilled to have these five specialized investors and operators as advisors to our inaugural Humans in the Wild cohort: Amit Bansal, Richard Kerby, Abby Miller Levy, Katie Shea, and Anna Whiteman. The entrepreneurs in our first cohort are tackling a wide range of categories in health and wellness including physical health, mental health, women’s health, skin care, nutrition, and sleep.
Venture Capital is a team sport, where investors have the opportunity to work together to support entrepreneurs on their journeys. In the New York ecosystem, we’re lucky that venture is so collaborative. We at Human Ventures spend a lot of time with other funds’ portfolio companies and we always appreciate when other investors spend time with ours.
Meet the Advisors
Amit Bansal—Amit is a part of the founding team at Digitalis, a venture capital firm that invests in solutions to complex problems in human and animal health. His current investments include The Mighty, Aunt Bertha, and NuPerfect. Amit is also a member of the NYU Innovation Fund’s Healthcare Advisory Board and on the Board for the Fund For Public Health NYC.
Richard Kerby — Richard is Co-Founder and General Partner at Equal Ventures, investing in founders tackling legacy markets. Richard is a seasoned venture investor, having led earlier stage investments at Venrock including 6Sense, Amino Apps, Beckon, Burner, Luxe Valet, and Salsify and later stage opportunities at Institutional Venture Partners.
Abby Miller Levy — Abby focuses on transforming the quality of living for Older Adults at Primetime Partners. Abby has a unique lens on health and wellness through her previous roles including President of Thrive Global and SVP of Strategy and Growth at SoulCycle.
Katie Shea — Katie is a Partner at Kairos, investing in early-stage technology companies solving problems for the everyday consumer. Katie has spent her career working with technology and internet startups as an entrepreneur, growth marketer, and investor.
Anna Whiteman — Anna leads early growth investments in digitally powered consumer brands at Coefficient Capital. Anna’s investing experience has spanned from growth stage consumer at VMG Partners to early stage consumer technology at Tribeca Venture Partners, lending a unique perspective to the complex challenges of modern omnichannel brand building.
About Human Ventures
Human Ventures is a business creation platform. We go beyond the business model and seek opportunities to build Model Businesses with ambitious founders who are innovating around human needs. By unlocking access to a powerful network of founders, investors and corporate partners, we are creating a blueprint for the future of business to be built on purpose.
If you are interested in learning more about the Humans in the Wild program, reach out to Elise King, the Program Director who is leading the program alongside Evan Cohen and the Human Ventures team.
