Lisa Frusztajer
Investor in Residence, The Capital Network
Lisa Frusztajer is an active early stage investor focusing on companies led by under-represented founders. She started investing as a Pipeline Fellow, an LP with Converge Venture Partners and as a Lead Partner with the Portfolia Enterprise Fund. She also invests independently. Lisa is currently Investor in Residence at The Capital Network (TCN), where she built a mentorship program designed to create leadership opportunities for both mentors and mentees, and to address the power dynamic inherent in founder / investor interactions. Lisa speaks frequently on the founder journey and is a certified coach who helps founders to overcome obstacles to growing their businesses and becoming effective leaders. Lisa spent most of her career in technology, working in marketing, finance, engineering and project management. She has served on non-profit boards, mainly for educational institutions, and currently chairs the board for a small Cape Cod library.
