Meagan Loyst

Founder & CEO of Gen Z VCs

Who is Meagan Loyst?

Meagan Loyst is the Founder & CEO of Gen Z VCs, the largest community for Gen Z investors, founders, and operators with over 27,000 members from 80 countries.2 4 She is a trained investor with expertise in technology and consumer trends, and was previously the youngest hire at two top investment funds, General Atlantic ($80Bn AUM) and Lerer Hippeau ($1.5Bn AUM).2 3

Some key facts about Meagan Loyst:

She was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2022 and is a 2x LinkedIn Top Voice (2022 & 2023)2
She has amassed 190K+ followers across social media and has been featured in numerous publications like Business Insider, The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, and Bloomberg TV2 3
She founded Gen Z VCs in November 2020 after sending a cold email to Lerer Hippeau, where she worked as an investor focusing on seed-stage investing in technology, consumer, healthcare and fintech1 3
She is passionate about increasing diversity in VC and asset management, and serves on the advisory board of Girls Who Invest3
She is currently a full-time MBA student at the University of Oxford4

In November 2022, Meagan announced she was leaving her investing role at Lerer Hippeau to focus on Gen Z VCs full-time as the Founder & CEO.5 She has become a go-to expert on next-gen technology and consumer trends, consulting and advising Fortune 500 companies, executives, funds and startups across various sectors.2