Keynote Speakers 2025
BETH FERREIRA
General Partner, Serena Ventures
As an investor and advisor, Beth has focused her investment efforts in founders seeking transformational change, tackling large markets transformed by societal and technological pressures. She recently joined Serena Williams as General Partner at Serena Ventures.
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Beth is also a Venture Partner at FirstMark Capital. Prior, as a Managing Director and General Partner, she led investments in Justworks, EvolutionIQ (acquired by CCC Intelligent Solutions NASDAQ: CCCS), Skylar (Sold to Starco Brands), Workit Health, among others. She also founded and was Managing Partner at WME Ventures, the venture capital arm of the talent agency WME IMG, where she invested in innovative companies such as Glossier, Daily Harvest, Warby Parker (NYSE: WRBY), Within (acq. by Meta) and Masterclass.
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Highlights of her extensive operating experience include Chief Operating Officer at Fab, the marketplace for modern design, where she led the strategic development and expansion of the company’s global operations, supply chain and customer service infrastructure. As the 12th hire at Etsy (NASD: ETSY), Beth led Finance & Operations and played a pivotal role in transforming the company into a lifestyle brand and profitable global e-commerce platform, seeing revenue growth skyrocket during her tenure.
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Early in her career she held roles at The Boston Consulting Group, Union Bank of Switzerland and Flatiron Partners. Beth holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business with concentrations in Finance and Entrepreneurship.