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Madeline Darcy
Managing Partner at Kaya Ventures
Los Angeles, California
Overview
Madeline Darcy, a Harvard MBA graduate, currently serves as the Managing Partner at Kaya Ventures and as Co-Chair of the LA Chapter Steering Committee at All Raise. With a background in management consulting and venture capital, she has successfully invested in companies like Moku Foods and Eterneva, focusing on sectors such as Wellness & Fitness and Digital Health.
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2022 - Current
Kaya Ventures is an early-stage venture and advisory firm that backs companies redefining health. Select investments include: AOA, Elektra Health, Ellevest, Eterneva, Emm, Folia Health, Guaranteed, Highlight, Partake, Pollen, Proov, Ounce, Sanzo, Swehl, and Wellen
Young Leaders Circle
2024
The Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle (YLC) includes 300 intellectually curious, motivated, and philanthropic young professionals between the ages of 25 and 40 who support the Milken Institute and its mission.
Co-chair, GP & LP Initiatives; Volunteer
2019
All Raise is here to move money, shift power, and change culture. We focus on supporting women in venture capital get hired, promoted, funded, and be wildly successful in their roles.
All Raise is a nonprofit on a mission to accelerate the success of female founders and funders to build a more prosperous equitable future.
Raised $15,000,000.00 from Silicon Valley Bank, Sequoia Capital, Pivotal Ventures, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Reid Hoffman Foundation, Silicon Valley Bank and Pivotal Ventures.
Managing Director, General Partner
2021 - 2022
(Acquired) CircleUp is a data-insights and investment platform powered by technology. CircleUp Growth Partners, our internal VC fund, utilizes a robust repository of retail intelligence and takes a quantitative approach to investing in world class entrepreneurs. Select investments include: Partake Foods, IQ Bar, Three Spirits, and Jot
CircleUp is an investment platform that provides capital and resources to innovative, early-stage consumer brands.
Raised $253,000,000.00 from Michigan’s state pension fund and Pacific Life.
Vice President
2018 - 2021
Visible Ventures (fka Victress Capital) is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage consumer technology businesses. Select investments include: Daily Harvest, Summersalt, Vincere Health, Rae Wellness, Standard Dose, Lia Diagnostics, Blume, Alyce, WaitWhat, Mented, The NUE Co, and Harper Wilde
Senior Consultant
2014 - 2017
Oliver Wyman is a leading international management consulting firm that combines deep industry knowledge and expertise to create breakthroughs for the organizations we partner with. Focus: • Partnered with clients leading change initiatives across strategy, growth, post-merger integration, organizational design, and operations • Led grassroots initiatives supporting firm culture, including internal training and recruiting efforts. Recognized as Firm Contribution Leader for work across employee resource groups, recruiting, intellectual capital creation, and office culture development
CAVOK is a technical consulting firm that supports the development of manual systems and processes.
Campus Representative
2012 - 2013
Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
Raised $1,170,230,000.00 from KB Securities, Berkshire Hathaway and Microsoft.
Store Operations
2011 - 2012
The Walt Disney Company started as a cartoon studio and evolves into sports coverage and television shows.
Raised $11,000,000,000.00 from Citibank.
Research Assistant
2011 - 2011
Research Assistant
2009 - 2010