Jade Lockard
General Member at Black Women in Venture Capital
Atlanta, Georgia
Overview
Work Experience
Early-Stage VC
2024 - Current
VC at emerging Pre-Seed/ Seed Stage Venture Fund.
Founder + Principal Consultant
2023
One of the most fulfilling parts of my career has been helping founders, investors, and ecosystem builders unlock capital, scale their work, and build long-term impact. Whether it's securing funding, forging strategic partnerships, or amplifying underrepresented voices in venture, I’ve always believed that access is the game-changer. That’s why my consultancy isn’t just about venture strategy—it’s also about expanding access. While I post funding opportunities to help founders and organizations navigate capital, I also work behind the scenes advising funds, startups, and accelerators on ecosystem strategy, fundraising, and partnerships. I’ve had the privilege of working with organizations such as UNCF, Amplify4Good, Spelman College, and The Center for Black Entrepreneurship—supporting them in securing funding, building strategic partnerships, and driving innovation in venture and entrepreneurship. I’m open to advisory and fractional leadership opportunities to support: 💡 Emerging fund managers navigating LP fundraising & platform strategy 🚀 Startups & accelerators seeking capital, partnerships & ecosystem expansion 🎯 Corporate venture & innovation teams looking to engage diverse founders and investors If you’re working on something that aligns—or if you know someone who could use strategic guidance in these areas—I’d love to connect. Let’s build something impactful together.
Board of Directors
2023
Board of Directors
2020
Advisory Board Committe Member & General Member
2022
Black Women in Venture Capital (BWiVC) is a private community of Black women investment professionals at every stage of their career. There are 200+ members globally with $92B+ represented under management
Black Women in Venture Capital is a non-profit organization of Black women investment professionals.
Member
2021
World's largest community for women in venture capital, includes 4,000+ investors across 2,200+ venture funds spanning 60+ countries.
Senior Associate
2024 - 2024
Endeavor Atlanta selecting and supporting the region’s fastest-growing entrepreneurs to think bigger, scale-up, and multiply.
Founding Program Director
2021 - 2023
Launched by Nex Cubed, The HBCU Founders Initiative is a nonprofit organization committed to locking arms with entrepreneurs and organizations that share our belief that having a diversity of ideas and perspectives is both the right thing to do and good for business. Through partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), the HBCU Founders Initiative is engaging rising students and alumni across all HBCUs interested in developing solutions that close the wealth gap ranging from increasing access to healthcare, education, and financial services. From the ideation stage to the investment stage and beyond, the HBCU Founders Initiative offers programs, events, resources, and a vast network committed to supporting HBCU founders on their entrepreneurial journeys.
HBCU is a 8-week programs targets early-stage founders who are past the ideation stage and ready to validate a problem and build an MVP.
Investor and Program Manager, HBCU Founders Accelerator
2020 - 2023
Nex Cubed is a global accelerator that invests in diverse founders that are solving problems that matter. We provide early-stage capital, corporate relationships, and access to a global ecosystem that empowers startups, investors, corporates, and governments to bring new technologies to market, help rising companies scale, and provide paths to liquidity – the power of three. http://nex3.com/
Nex Cubed FinTech specializes in accelerating transformative fintech solutions.
Principal Researcher
2021 - 2021
In partnership with UNCF, conducted research on the HBCU tech, innovation, and entrepreneurship ecosystem. Interviewed stakeholders, transcribed interviews and mapped collected data. Since the racial justice uprising in Summer 2020, billions of dollars have been committed to supporting black causes - especially the HBCU tech, innovation, and entrepreneurship ecosystem. But what impact will this support make? Where do we currently sit? What are the strengths of the ecosystem? The opportunities to collaborate? The gaps? The trends? We will discuss the findings at the inaugural State of the HBCU Innovation Ecosystem during the White House HBCU Week in September, and release the final report at the end of 2021.