Avantika Daing is a successful business leader, entrepreneur, investor, and managing partner widely known for her extensive experience in brand management, product development, sales, business development, operations, and executive management. She is at the forefront of STEM innovation with a particular focus on investing in gender diverse founding teams in frontier healthcare and deep tech companies. Avantika is currently spearheading the Plum Alley Venture Fund, which has deployed over $50 million in more than 25 private companies, including unicorns, Epibone, Einride, Diligent Robotics, and Aclima, among others. She is a result-oriented individual with an unquestionable institutional grade reputation and grassroots approach.

Avantika Daing is a Northwestern University - Kellogg School Of Management alumna and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from The College Of Wooster. She previously worked at Bristol Myers Squibb, Procter & Gamble, and Rubbermaid, Inc. Avantika has also been a part of successful venture capital-backed startups, including Jopwell, where she oversaw the company's sales and marketing operations. She was Co-founder and CEO of SquareKey.com, a content and curated marketplace e-retailer for the International market. Additionally, Avantika was Senior Global Director of Marketing & Sales and the first commercial employee at Eyetech, Inc, leading them through their successful IPO.

Avantika Daing is a member of the management committee and Managing Partner at Plum Alley Investments, former Director Board Of Directors & Chair of TiE Angel and Pitch Competition at TiE New York, Former TEDx Speaker, former Senior Global Director, Marketing at Bristol-Myers Squibb, and a former Assistant Brand Manager and New Product Innovation employee at Procter & Gamble.