Ariana Lucera is a Senior Associate at the MassMutual Catalyst Fund, investing in early stage (Seed to Series B) Massachusetts based companies with an Impact focus. Ariana enjoys coaching start-ups on ideation/business strategy, capital strategy, and thinking about key metrics and valuation. She brings deep financial expertise with over five years of experience in Investment Management and believes in the necessary intersection of finance and impact. She has a strong interest in companies with scalable impact, industry disruptors and working with under-represented founders to advance racial equality. Clean-Tech, sustainability, and the future of work are some of her favorite areas of focus but she considers herself a generalist with experience across Ag-Tech, Deep-Tech, Ed-Tech, Fin-Tech, Healthcare, CPG, and Software.
Industries
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, Climate & Sustainability
Can help with
- Fleshing out business plan/business model
- Impact Investment Lense (Capital Strategy)
- Market Researching: Sizing market, competitive advantage/landscape
