Lara Jeremko
Founder of Beyond Ventures
Los Angeles, California
Overview
Work Experience
Founder & CEO
2016 - Current
Beyond Ventures is a world-class advisory firm guiding visionaries shaping the future across investment, philanthropy, narrative, and cultural change. We are a team of visionary pragmatists specializing in transformative strategies that blend intellectual rigor, bold creativity, and measurable impact. Launched in 2017, our clients include Pivotal Ventures, a Melinda French Gates company advancing social progress, and Cinereach, a creative studio advancing a more equitable, regenerative, and resilient world. You bring the vision. We sharpen the edge. Harnessing fearless creativity, a playful approach to problem-solving, and the courage to challenge the status quo, we make the journey as exciting as the destination.
Founder & Creative Director
2025
DAMA SUTRA is a slow fashion house rooted in precision, ethics, and sensuality. In a world that distorts power into domination and pleasure into guilt, DAMA SUTRA makes both sacred—and impossible to ignore. In a world that fears contradiction, we revel in it. We awaken both your intelligence and desire. Sharp yet sensual. Commanding yet captivating. Elegant yet subversive. While most luxury brands speak to who you should become, DAMA SUTRA speaks to who you already are—and dares you to reveal yourself fully. Crafted with sensual intent and cultural precision, we turn inner power into outer presence—not just to inspire transformation, but to make it irresistible. The future is yours. Dress accordingly. Arriving Fall 2025.
Interim Strategy Lead
2022 - 2023
Pivotal Ventures is a Melinda French Gates company advancing social progress in the United States. Interim lead for caregiving program strategy across market innovation, investment and policy innovation portfolios.
Pivotal Ventures is an executive office that is involved in incubation and investment services.
Investment Officer
2010 - 2016
Managed a $1.5 billion venture capital fund-of-funds portfolio at UTIMCO, the investment management company overseeing +$35 billion University of Texas System endowment assets. _ • Directed due diligence and investment recommendation for 17 fund investments exceeding $700 million capital commitments. • Advisory board representative for 15+ venture capital and growth equity funds. • Led negotiation of 10+ limited partnership agreements. • Secondary sale portfolio valuation and analysis. • Co-investment due diligence and board observer representation. • Investment sourcing across venture capital, growth equity and emerging technology markets.
Co-Founder & Board of Directors
2013 - 2015
re:3D is a 3D printing manufacturing and R&D company eliminating the cost, scale & environmental barriers to industrial 3D printing. Customers include: NASA, Steelcase, Lockheed Martin, Harvard University GSD, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, Federal Aviation Administration, Nokia, Remington, Duke School of Engineering, CoWatt Energy, among others.
re:3D engages in developing 3D printing technologies, marketplaces, and communities.
Raised $1,703,522.00 from MassChallenge.
Private Equity Analyst | CFIG
2007 - 2009
Private equity fund due diligence, co-investment due diligence, and portfolio monitoring across +$25 billion portfolio of buyout, venture capital, special situations and infrastructure investments. _ Served an institutional client base consisting of state pension plans, corporate pension plans, and family offices.
Credit Suisse Group is a financial services company that advises clients in all aspects of finance.
Transaction Services | Financial Due Diligence Associate
2005 - 2007
Financial Due Diligence: Leveraged Buyout Advisory Assurance: MTV-Viacom