Chestnut Street Ventures

Chestnut Street Ventures has helped us to think big and find creative opportunities to boost our value creation. They've been a great partner to navigate through growth challenges and prepare ourselves for later, bigger rounds to enable us to execute our long term vision of becoming the leading eyecare player for Latin America.

Chestnut Street Ventures has been an incredible investment partner that not only provided the financial resources we needed to grow, but also jumped in the trenches with our team to make critical connections. Their support has been invaluable as they've joined us on our journey.

At a time when research has made it unequivocally clear that women entrepreneurs face particular difficulties in raising funds, Chestnut Street Ventures is shining a light on a progressive path forward – demonstrating their commitment and vision to advancing women.

The team at Chestnut Street Ventures are the perfect vc partner – super smart, incredibly well-connected and lightning fast responsive...the connection to the broader universe of other Alumni Ventures funds makes the network even more powerful.

As an investor in Chestnut Street Ventures, I have had the opportunity to participate in some exciting early stage companies led by Penn Alums. The co-investors have included a group of elite venture capital funds that I would not have had access to as an individual investor.

As a member of the Investment Committee, I’m reviewing incredibly innovative deals and engaging with a powerful Penn Alum network. Penn entrepreneurs are transforming the world and, the Investment Committee is helping to make that happen.