ABOUT

Leslie Feinzaig is the founder and Managing Director of Graham & Walker, an early stage venture capital fund and community on a mission to reshape the Nasdaq by investing in tech companies founded and led by women.

Born and raised in Costa Rica, Leslie moved to America in 2005 to attend Harvard Business School. Immediately following, she worked under renowned HBS Professor and influential economist Clayton Christensen, helping companies identify and deflect disruptive innovations in their space, and launch their own disruptive businesses. Building on that experience, Leslie spent a decade launching products and businesses across consumer tech, digital entertainment, gaming, ecommerce, and early metaverse.

In 2016, following the birth of her oldest daughter, Leslie launched her first startup. As she attempted to raise venture capital later that year, she started connecting with other women CEOs of tech startups that were on a similar journey. This was the Female Founders Alliance, which started as a 25-person Facebook group, and in five years grew into the most prominent and tightly engaged community for women-founded startups and aligned investors across America.

Leslie has earned multiple accolades for this work. She was named one of Forbes Magazine's Most Powerful Women from Central America, Worth Magazine’s Worthy 100, Puget Sound Business Journal 40 Under 40, Geekwire Impact Awardee, and Seattle Magazine's Most Influential People. Leslie serves on the Boards of the Washington Technology Industry Association, the Girl Scouts of Western Washington, and the Harvard Business School Equity and Entrepreneurship Initiative Alumni Advisory Board. She is also a frequent contributor to Fortune, Fast Company and Techcrunch, where she writes about innovation, venture capital, startups and women in tech.

Leslie has a Bachelor's degree from the London School of Economics and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband and two young daughters, and spends as much time as possible with her family in Costa Rica.