Forbes 30 Under 30 Venture Capital 2025: Meet The Investors Funding A New Generation Of Startup Leaders
The next generation of investors is here. They’re launching funds and backing breakout startups. Building the future of tech.
From AI to startup incubation, here are the rising stars shaping venture capital:
✅ Molly Mielke (Moth Fund, 24) – Raised $6M from Marc Andreessen & Fred Ehrsam. Backed 36 startups, including Infinite Machine and Armstrong.
✅ Michelle Aguinis (Menlo Labs, 29) – Helped launch 8 startups at Menlo Ventures, including Squint.ai.
✅ Emily Cohen (Neo, 26) – Runs the Neo Accelerator, working with 20 early-stage startups per year.
✅ Corinne Marie Riley (Greylock, 29) – Built an early-stage program at one of VC’s top firms.
✅ Rak Garg (Bain Capital Ventures, 28) – Built BCV Labs, an AI accelerator backing Contextual AI & Prophet Security.
✅ Talia Askowitz (Deerfield Management, 26) – Incubating healthtech startups at one of the top healthcare investment firms.
✅ George Easley (Outsiders Fund, 29) – Helping build and fund next-gen startups.
✅ Emily Zhen (Zeal Capital Partners, 28) – Investing in fintech, edtech, and healthcare startups.
✅ Mark Xu (Lightspeed Venture Partners, 24) – Founded a student startup incubator at Harvard. Background in violin, biotech, hedge funds & blockchain.
✅ Alex Sharata (NEA, 29) – Cofounded Fractal, a mobile app security startup acquired in his early 20s.
✅ John Smothers (Scribble Ventures, 28) – Cofounded an ecommerce business that scaled to millions in revenue.
Full list in the article by Forbes here:
https://lnkd.in/egc69iVt
They’re young, they’re bold, and they’re betting big.
