Kerry Leigh Miller is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Overton Venture Capital, an early stage venture capital firm that invests in ambitious, consumer-focused entrepreneurs who are building exceptional next-generation brands and services. Overton has a pulse on the evolving consumer behavior and as such invests in next generation consumer brands & services at the intersection of commerce & digital influence.
Kerry spent eight years at Goldman Sachs where she joined the investment bank as head of talent and recruiting strategy. During her tenure at the investment bank, Kerry held leadership roles across technology, real estate and finance – acting as a key HR/talent strategy partner to firm leadership. Kerry began her career in management consulting at Willis Towers Watson.
As a philanthropist, Kerry is a 10-year member and grantor of The Natan Fund, a venture philanthropy organization that funds social impact start-ups in Israel and globally. She is a member of JFNA’s National Young Leadership Cabinet, an ambassador to the Jewish Agency’s Board of Governors and is a member of the UN Committee to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Kerry was founding President of ServiceCorps, a national service organization.
Kerry graduated from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School with a degree in Finance and Marketing and earned her MBA degree from Columbia Business School. She was the Georgia high school state champion in the mile run & scored a perfect 800 on the math SAT.
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What You’ll Learn in This Episode
- What Overton Venture Capital is and what they invest in
- What their criteria is for investing
- How to think about investing in early stage companies post COVID-19
- Why Kerry decided to focus on Atlanta
- What Kerry is doing to help change investing in diversity
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