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Shari Loessberg
Faculty at MIT Sloan School of Management
Shari Loessberg is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in entrepreneurship, investing, and academia. She currently serves on the Investment Committee at Angel Ventures, a Mexican venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups.16
Professional Background
Academic Career:: Shari is a Senior Lecturer in Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where she has been a faculty member for over 19 years.23 At MIT, she focuses on entrepreneurial ecosystem acceleration and increasing student engagement with emerging and frontier market startups.3
Entrepreneurial Experience:: Loessberg is an experienced entrepreneur and angel investor in established and emerging markets.2 She founded and runs Big World, a strategy firm focused on new ventures in new markets, and co-founded Zeta Networks, an optical networking firm built on MIT technology.4
International Experience:: She spent five years in Moscow as a founding member of Brunswick (now UBS Russia), a financial services firm in the Russian equity market.2
Education
Other Roles and Affiliations
- Member of the Global Advisory Council at Iliad Partners1
- Former director on the Board of Directors at National Financial Partners (NYSE: NFP)1
- Served on advisory boards at Retroficiency, Inc. and ACCION USA: Frontier Fund1
- Chair of the Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra2
- Board member of the International Institute of New England2
Expertise
Shari Loessberg's expertise lies in:
- Venture capital fund formation in emerging markets
- Entrepreneurship in emerging economies
- Corporate governance issues in the United States and abroad
- Advising investment firms and growing startups in various industries2
Her role on the Investment Committee at Angel Ventures allows her to leverage this expertise in evaluating and supporting early-stage startups in Latin America.56
