Milena Bogdanova Bursztyn
Investor at Newtype Ventures
Los Angeles, California
Overview
Work Experience
Principal
2022 - Current
Newtype Ventures is an early-stage generalist venture fund supporting and investing in diverse teams with at least one underrepresented minority founder.
We are the new standard of venture investing.
Investor
2021
Portfolia's dedicated Food & AgTech Fund invests into tech-driven companies improving how America’s food is created, produced, packaged, delivered and shared.
Portfolia creates investment funds designed for women, backing innovative companies, for returns and impact
Food & Agtech Lead
2020
Women in VC is the world’s largest global community for women in venture capital to connect, collaborate, and create new opportunities where I lead the Food & Agtech group.
Investor Committee Chair
2020
Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs is a volunteer-managed, locally organized non-profit organization connecting nearly 14,000 Harvard alumni from across the University and throughout the world. I lead the SoCal Investor Committee to develop the Harvard investor-entrepreneur network.
Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs is a non-profit organization.
Investor
2019 - 2021
Germin8 Ventures is an early-stage, purpose-driven venture capital firm that believes in the power of technology to fix the global food system.
Germin8 Ventures is a venture capital firm actively investing with domain expertise and strategic backing in foodtech and agtech.
MBA Product Intern
2018 - 2019
Product experimentation and platform optimization.
Product Manager
2017 - 2018
TMW is an evidence-based early childhood education initiative working on closing the achievement gap through research and technology.
Head of Growth Strategy & Ops
2015 - 2017
ScoreBeyond (now part of LinkedIn) is the #1 mobile test prep app seamlessly delivering on-demand, data-driven test prep and tutoring to millions of students around the world.
ScoreBeyond develops a test preparation and examination platform designed to help students prepare for standardized tests.
Raised $6,052,803.00 from Khosla Ventures, Brendan Wallace, StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund) and Otter Rock Capital.
VP of Business Development
2014 - 2015
SideChef is an online platform for the culinary community that provides step-by-step recipes and smart kitchen appliance integration to help everyone cook and feel more confident in the kitchen.
SideChef is an online platform that provides step-by-step recipes for new and amateur cooks.
Raised $7,000,000.00 from V-ZUG, Ilion Capital Partners, KZone, LG Technology Ventures, Electrolux, Empower Investment, Innolead Investment, LG Electronics, Peacock Capital and Ideate Investments.
Co-Founder & CEO
2010 - 2014
Oliovera is a specialty gourmet food retail concept working directly with olive growers in California to bring the freshest, highest quality olive oils to consumers.