VT WIN HerStory: Jenny Barba, Founder and Managing Partner, Features Capital

HerStory:  Jenny Barba, Founder and Managing Partner, Features Capital
September 7, 2022
5:00pm ET to 6:30pm ET
Zoom | Free

 Join us on September 7, 2022 as Jenny Barba tells her story of how she came to become a venture capitalist and impact investor, and what personally drives her do to this work.

Jenny Barba, MBA, MHSA, is a venture investor with over twenty-three years of experience financing the growth of medical device and healthcare technology innovation. Jenny has executed over $4 billion in capital transactions across thirty lead-managed public and private equity offerings, M&A, and alternative investments.   She and business partner Jeff Chu recently founded Features Capital to invest in transformative innovations that create positive healthcare outcomes, close the healthcare divide, reduce healthcare costs and provide healthcare access to everyone.

Jenny specializes in deal sourcing, portfolio construction, harvesting growth and building management teams in medical technology companies across all stages of development and a broad spectrum of diseases. Jenny has a successful track record fundraising for shareholder value creation, and strategic planning for corporate development, market expansion, commercialization growth and exits. Jenny has a broad network of trusted relationships with senior leaders in venture capital, founders, executives, board members, innovation centers and economic development hubs.

Jenny is a member of Kauffman Fellows Class 26, Trustee of Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital part of Dartmouth Health, Steering Committee Member of the University of Michigan Fast Forward Medical Innovation Hub and the MedTech Collaborative, guest lecturer at University of Michigan and University of Vermont, and advisor to several life sciences startup hubs, including BioUtah. Jenny received her BA in Neuroscience from Colorado College and an MBA and MHSA from the University of Michigan.

Agenda for Zoom Online Event:
5:00pm –  VT WIN intros and meeting guidelines
5:10pm – HerStory: Jenny Barba
5:50pm – Time for Q&A with Jenny
6:15pm – Open Discussion / Wrap Up

As always, there will be time for a discussion and sharing ideas.

Vermont Women’s Investors Network believes strongly in being an inclusive and diverse network.  While we appreciate our male allies, this event is free and open to all WOMEN, no matter their path, life experiences or relationships, to discover and achieve their economic goals in alignment with their values.