Meet the Leadership Team
The Beyond Capital Ventures team is embedded in our target markets, establishing deep relationships with founders, accelerators, co-investors, and more. 70% of our team is physically located in India and East Africa.
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General PartnerDallas and London
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Venture Partner
Sacramento
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General PartnerDallas and London
Investment Team
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Venture Partner
Sacramento
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Venture Partner
Sacramento
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Venture Partner
Sacramento
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Venture Partner
Sacramento
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General PartnerDallas and London
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Venture Partner
Sacramento
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Venture Partner
Sacramento
Meet the Team
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Christophe de Montille
SENIOR INVESTMENT ASSOCIATE
Nairobi, Kenya
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Pooja Monga
INVESTMENT ASSOCIATE
New Delhi, India
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Eleanor Parks
SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR
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Jamie Kokot
CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER
Eva Yazhari
General Partner
Dallas, Texas
Eva is the Co-Founder and CEO of Beyond Capital. Eva has 16 years of experience in investing for social impact. She was previously a Vice President at EnTrust Capital Inc., a fund of hedgefunds, where she specialized in due diligence and portfolio construction. Eva is also an angel investor, the founder of The Conscious Investor, co-host of The Beyond Capital Podcast, and author of ‘The Good Your Money Can Do.’
Patricia Chin-Sweeney
Venture Partner
Nairobi, Kenya
Patricia is the Founder of I-DEV International (and I-DEV Africa), an investment advisory firm supporting frontier market startups on capital raise, innovation and growth strategy. She has advised startups and investors in East Africa for over 8 years. Previously, Patricia worked in M&A and corporate strategy for the Environmental Financial Consulting Group. She holds a BA, Barnard College; MBA in Global Business and Social Innovation, NYU Stern.
Nicholas Java
Venture Partner
Sacramento, California
Nicholas is Director at Tyton Partners, a strategy consulting and investment banking firm focused on education. Previously, Nicholas was COO of Breaker, a leading youth initiative to build management skills. He holds a MBA, Columbia Business School; MA, International Business, Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs; BA, Johns Hopkins; 6 years, US Army.
Matt Raimondi
Director of Social Impact
New York City, New York
Matt is Director at Sustainalytics, a leading impact investment and ESG advisor. Matt previously worked at BSR, a corporate responsibility consultancy and in other international investment and microfinance organizations, including Inter-American Development Bank and Kiva.org. He holds a MBA from IESE-Navarra and BS from Santa Clara University.
Pooja Monga
Investment Associate
New Delhi, India
Pooja Monga is an Investment Associate at Beyond Capital focused on Indian investments. Prior to this, Pooja worked in Innovative Finance Advisory at KOIS, a global impact finance firm preceded by as Manager at Invest India, Government of India. She has experience across startup scaling, government partnerships, blended finance advisory and investment management. She holds a Masters degree from the London Business School and a Bachelors degree from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.
Steven Brandt
Investment Fellow
Columbus, Ohio
Steven is a Fellow with Beyond Capital who supports the operations and investment teams. He spent 10 years in the Air Force before joining the team and worked on the contract and finance teams of major aircraft acquisitions. He also supported the innovation branch of the Air Force for 3 years, conducting R&D projects and working closely with defense tech startups and investors in defense tech. He hold a B.A. in Political Science and French from the United States Air Force Academy, MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School, and an MSC in International Business from the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies.
Christophe de Montille
Senior Investment Associate
Washington, D.C.
Christophe de Montille is a Senior Investment Associate focused on African investments. Christophe previously worked as a management consultant for 10 years and supported clients with their portfolio management, capital planning, and governance. Christophe holds a M.B.A. and M.A. from George Washington University and a B.A. in Economics, Political Science, and Philosophy from Vanderbilt.
Isabelle Schmidt
Operations Associate
Brooklyn, New York
Isabelle joined the Beyond Capital team as an Associate in early 2023. She holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Northeastern University, where she was heavily involved with the university's Social Enterprise Institute and impact investing groups. While in college she completed internships for Boston Consulting Group, Sorenson Impact Center, and Wellington Management, across recruiting, investing, and impact management roles respectively. Prior to Beyond Capital she provided investment and operations support for SV LATAM Capital, a San Francisco-based early-stage investment firm focused on Latin America.
General Partner Advisors
Rama Kannan
Bangalore, India
Rama is an experienced coach and mentor. Rama has more than two decades of experience in strategy and marketing in both the corporate and development sectors in India and the Asia Pacific region. She has been a mentor on the UNITAR Fellowship for Afghan civil servants. Rama serves on the boards of two companies as independent director. She also mentors social businesses and teaches Social Entrepreneurship.
Samuel Mugoya
Nairobi, Kenya
Samuel leads syndications at the African Development Bank. He has 10+ years of capital markets experience as an executive at the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank and the African Export Import Bank. Previously, Samuel had a 20-year career with Uganda Commercial Bank and Royal Dutch Shell Group. He has managed high-performing teams in executing landmark transactions and projects.
Paula Mariwala
Mumbai, India
Paula was one of the first venture capitalists in India, with 25+ years of experience working and investing in tech companies in India. She is the Managing Director of Seedfund, and co-founder & President of Stanford Angels India. Paula sources, evaluates and mentors start-ups. She is also an advisor to SDG philanthropy platform, Social Impact platform iDoBro, Massive Fund Incubator, and is a founder of KREA University.
Ajaita Shah
Jaipur, India
Ajaita Shah has over 15 years of entrepreneurial experience operating businesses in rural India through microfinance, distribution, marketing, and gender inclusive business models. She is the founder of Frontier Markets, a Beyond Capital Fund portfolio company. Ajaita received the Forbes 30 Under 30, Digital Women of the Year award and serves on the Board of Frontier Innovations Foundation and SHINE Invest.
Expert Advisory Council
At Beyond Capital Ventures, we are proud to leverage our Expert Advisory Council, composed of supporters of the First Fund, with expertise to advise and mentor portfolio companies across a range of sectors.
Shirin Hund, MD
Dr. Shirin Hund is a Harvard-trained internal medicine physician who is passionate about medical education and systems improvement. She has combined her clinical acumen with her expertise in analyzing complex health organizations to improve clinical outcomes and hospital metrics. She is an alumnus of the Harvard Macy Institute for Medical Education and is a prolific researcher in the field of cancer immunology.
Kenneth Youngstein
Kenneth is the founder and CEO of Biocom, a specialist medical communications and education agency. Biocom is a leading innovator in the use of cutting edge technologies and behavioral medicine to further the communication between the healthcare industry, providers, and patients. Biocom has been used to train doctors, nurses, pharmacists and others on how to communicate with patients to improve the quality of care.