Lisa Burton
Vice President at HearstLab
Austin, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
Vice President
2017 - Current
Pre-seed and seed stage investor in women-led startups innovating across media, data and technology. At HearstLab, I lead our team that evaluates startups for investment, support our Scout network (women executives at Hearst), and helps our portfolio companies across data, UI/UX design, marketing, DevOps, front end development and operations.
Board Member
2025
Vice President, HearstLab
2017
The cable network and TV production division of Hearst Corporation
Board Member
2017
Our platform makes complex time tracking easy. We proudly serve the largest hospital systems.
Raised $9,750,000.00 from Jumpstart Nova, HearstLab and Elevate Capital.
Board Observer
2020
MD Ally develops a telehealth emergency care platform to offer ease of access between public safety practitioners and providers.
Raised $24,500,000.00 from Frist Cressey Ventures, Red & Blue Ventures, Techstars Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Seae Ventures and General Catalyst.
Board Observer
2023
Barometer provides an application that helps companies become accountable for the biases present in their text data.
Raised $2,250,000.00 from BDMI, HearstLab and Knoll Ventures.
Board Observer
2024
EZ Newswire empowers organizations to turn their news into performance. Our AI-enabled platform, exclusive distribution network, and amplification tools make it easy to create, publish, and promote news in premium environments to reach the right audience. From startup to scale-up to S&P 500, the most influential organizations rely on EZ Newswire to communicate smarter.
Board Observer
2023
VRTL is an event services company that enables complete bespoke customization and is fully scalable from essential events.
Raised $20,000.00 from APEX Capital.
Board Observer
2022
Board Observer
2022