Deborah Benton

Founder & Managing Partner
Before transitioning to investing, Deborah held several executive-level roles, including President and COO of Nasty Gal and COO at ShoeDazzle, an online women’s subscription footwear company. Earlier in her career, Deborah was EVP of Inside Sales and Operations at Teleflora and also worked in management consulting before moving into an operational role at eToys during the early rise of e-commerce.

Investor scope

Investment criteria breakdown.
Investment stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Target regions
USA
Investment ranges
$500K - $1M
$1M - $3M
Focus areas
D2C

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