Renata has spent the past decade bridging the finance and social impact sectors, having held roles in microfinance, investment banking, social enterprises, and venture capital. Renata is currently an investment manager at Pivotal Ventures, a Melinda French Gates company, where she backs women-led venture capital funds and makes early-stage investments within the care economy.
Previously, she was part of the New Capitalism Project, an initiative to coordinate and guide philanthropic investment. Prior to that, Renata was an investor at Nairobi-based KawiSafi Ventures, where she invested in the clean energy space.
A proud Toigo alumna of Ecuadorian descent, Renata is passionate about increasing access to capital for diverse GPs and founders and building a bench of future capital allocators who reflect the changing demographics of the US. She holds a BA in International Relations and French from Tufts University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
