Katie Riester
There are too many communities excluded from venture. I wanted to change that.
Katie is a Partner at Felicis and leads Investor Relations. She joined the firm in 2017 and is honored to work closely with Felicis’ Limited Partners. Katie was one of Felicis Ventures’ first investors through her role as Director at SVB Capital.
Katie has been part of the LP community since 2002 and brings more than 15 years of venture fund investment experience to her role. Katie joined SVB Capital in 2005 and was responsible for fund investing as well as team development and fundraising. Katie started her career at Cambridge Associates helping a wide range of institutional clients build and evaluate their private equity programs.
Katie earned her BA in Economics at Colby College and her MBA at Wharton. Katie is a member of several organizations supporting women in Private Equity, has volunteered over 700 hours on San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center’s TALK Line, a crisis line for parents and care givers, and was a member of the SVB Foundation grant committee.
There are too many communities excluded from venture. I wanted to change that.