Fund Leadership
Our team combines deep experience in
venture investing and founder support
Melissa Bradley
General Partner,
BEA Venture Fund
Christina Whatley
Partner & Head of Portfolio Engagement
Evelysse Vargas
Partner
Maeva Kazandjian
Investment Associate
Melissa Bradley
General Partner,
BEA Venture Fund
- Founder & General Partner of BEA Venture Fund I
- Founder, 1863 Ventures
- Advisor for Reign Ventures, New Voices
- Co-founder of Ureeka (acquired in 2022)
- Member & former co-chair of the National Advisory Council on Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Professor of Practice at Georgetown University
Christina Whatley
Partner & Head of Portfolio Engagement
- Director and Head of Research for Growth Equity, Generation Investment Management
- Private Equity Senior Associate, Hall Capital Partners
- Capital Access Fund Associate, Bank of America Merril Lynch
- Investment Banking Analyst, William Blair & Company
- MBA, Yale School of Management
- BA, Economics and International Studies (Cum Laude), Spelman College
