How Athena Capital’s story began

In the summer of 2020, fintech founder and venture capitalist Isabelle Freidheim reflected on the nascent special purpose acquisition company boom.

Having just  gone through an exit herself when her FinTech company was acquired in 2020, she visualized the typical story unfolding where women were not an integral part of a new financial product — but she wouldn’t accept that.

Inspired by Athena, the embodiment of wisdom and strength in Greek mythology, Freidheim began assembling a formidable group of leaders to create the Athena Council, a group of executives and board members with outstanding execution capabilities brimming with talent and experience that rival any other fund in the market.

The Athena Capital Team

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Isabelle Freidheim
Founder and Managing Partner
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Kirthiga Reddy
PRESIDENT AND PARTNER
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Hayley Chan
General Partner
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Dami Osunsanya
General Partner
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Jennifer Drake
Advisor
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Elena DeVoe
Director
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Catherine Campbell
COO
Randi Zuckerberg
DIRECTOR, ATHENA II

CEO of Zuckerberg Media and current board member of The Motley Fool and Life360. Former radio host of her weekly talk radio show "Dot Complicated with Randi Zuckerberg.”

Randi Zuckerberg
DIRECTOR, ATHENA II
Sharon Brown-Hruska
DIRECTOR, ATHENA TECH II

Economist and Regulator; Former Chief Economist U.S Department of State

Sharon Brown-Hruska
Director, ATHENA TECH II
Trier Bryant
DIRECTOR, ATHENA TECH II

Trier (tree-air) Bryant has 10 years of experience as an officer in the Air Force, formerly at Goldman Sachs. Currently the President of 82VS, the venture studio of Alloy Therapeutic. Co-founder of Just Work with Kim Scott.

Trier Bryant
DIRECTOR, ATHENA TECH II
Dolly Singh
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH II

Former head of talent at SpaceX, former head of talent at Oculus, former head of talent at Citadel, founder of Terra Talent.

Dolly Singh
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH II
Wei Zhang
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH II

Former head of corporate development at Alibaba, former CEO of Alibaba Pictures, board member of Ralph Lauren.

Wei Zhang
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH II
Andrea Tarbox
Advisor, ATHENA TECH II

Has led four SPACs, took public Navitas (NASDAQ: NVTS), Danimer Scientific (NYSE: DNMR) and Kapstone. Former executive vice president and CFO of Kapstone Paper and Packaging, led 5 major acquisitions.

Andrea Tarbox
Advisor, ATHENA TECH II
Minnie Ingersoll
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH, ATHENA CONSUMER, ATHENA TECH II

Co-Founder of Shift (NASDAQ: SFT); founding partner of TenOneTen venture; former Project Manager at Google; 

Minnie Ingersol
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH, ATHENA CONSUMER, ATHENA TECH II

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