Francesca Whitehead
Vice President - Investment Team at Fifth Wall
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Vice President - Investment Team
2022 - Current
Closed transaction experience: - SolarCycle (solar panel recycling) - series A (co-lead), AssetCo equipment financing (solo investor), and convertible note (co-lead) - Soly (pan-European solar, batteries, & home energy management installation) - series B (co-lead) - Purpose Green (one-stop shop for all types of commercial real estate's decarbonization retrofitting) - series A (lead) - Cyclic Materials (rare earth materials recycling) - series A (non-lead) and series B (non-lead) - Icon (3D printing home builder) - series D - AssemblyOSM (multi-storey modular construction in NYC) - convertible note - Woltair (heat pump procurement and installation marketplace) - series A (co-lead) and working capital facility (solo investor), convertible note (co-lead) - nZero (carbon accounting) - series A (co-lead) - Ever/Body (D2C expert provider of Botox and fillers) - series C - HeyDay (expert facials & personalized treatments) - series C Board member: Solarcycle, EcoCart, Assembly Board observer: Soly, Woltair, nZero, HeyDay Other actively managed positions: Icon, Clarity AI, Cambio, Ascend Elements, Cyclic Materials, Aescape, Everbody, Blank Street - Moved to London and started our European climate tech practice, and invested in 3 companies within the first 12 months - Manage all the day-to-day operations/interactions/requests for our legacy retail fund - Directly involved with 2024/2025 fundraising process and continue to manage those LP relationships
Fifth Wall is a venture capital firm that focuses on technologies for the global real estate industry.
Co-Founder
2019
We are a global community of 100+ pre-GP professionals seeking to support impact solutions across all stages to build a more sustainable and equitable tomorrow. https://www.northstar-collective.org/
External Speaking Engagements
2018
Growth Equity Investor - Climate Tech
2020 - 2022
Closed transaction experience: Oyster series C (digital PEO), Trove series D (B2B resale), Pivot Bio series D (synthetic nitrogen replacement), ProducePay series B (fintech for growers) Board observer: Sunfolding, Trove, Pivot Bio
G2VP invests in emerging technology companies that digitize traditional industries and drive market transformations.
Private Equity Associate - Global Impact
2018 - 2020
- Closed transactions & board observer: Graduation Alliance (Growth buyout of a dropout recovery platform)
KKR India Asset Finance is a non-banking financial company that provides systemically important Non-Banking services.
Investment Banking Healthcare Coverage Associate
2018 - 2018
Investment Banking Leveraged Finance Analyst
2016 - 2018
Presented New Story to the Goldman Sachs partnership committee and won 2nd place out of ~70 applications globally in the GS Analyst Impact Fund competition and secured a $75K grant for New Story and an additional ~$30K in funding from select partners
Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Investment Banking Structured Finance Summer Analyst
2015 - 2015
Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Summer Intern
2014 - 2014
Waitress/Bartender
2012 - 2013
Sales Assistant
2011 - 2011
Member of the team that opened the flagship store in Hong Kong
Hollister is on a mission to champion confidence & wellness in teens & give grants to change-makers & nonprofits who vibe with us on that.