Human Ventures CEO and leadership

Heather Hartnett is the CEO and founding partner of Human Ventures, an early-stage venture studio in NYC that backs and builds industry-changing business. Heather has spent her career in venture capital, technology startups, and philanthropy. She was recently featured in Business Insider as ''the first female-led startup studio in New York City'' bringing a fresh new perspective to the tech scene. Heather also serves on the Leadership Council for tech:nyc. Prior to Human Ventures, Heather incubated companies within a NYC-based venture fund that invests in companies seeking to generate measurable social impact alongside financial returns. 
Heather leads the Human team with a knack for identifying innate talent,
 and a track record of building strong, successful early teams.

Michael Letta is the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Human Ventures. Michael comes to Human Ventures from charity: water where he served as CFO. He was hired by the founder to lead various finance, operations and administrative functions through a rapid expansion of the organization from $9M to $45M in annual revenue; where headcount grew from 20 to 75 employees, and the unique supporter base from 56K to more than 700K. During this same period, collective fundraising efforts brought in more than $175M of both working capital and international investment funding. The latter will help bring more than 6M people in 24 developing countries clean, safe drinking water. Prior to charity: water, Michael led teams at Thomson Media and Deloitte. He's a CPA and holds a BS/BA from The Ohio State University.

Heather Hartnett is the CEO and founding partner of Human Ventures, an early-stage venture studio in NYC that backs and builds industry-changing business. Heather has spent her career in venture capital, technology startups, and philanthropy. She was recently featured in Business Insider as ''the first female-led startup studio in New York City'' bringing a fresh new perspective to the tech scene. Heather also serves on the Leadership Council for tech:nyc. Prior to Human Ventures, Heather incubated companies within a NYC-based venture fund that invests in companies seeking to generate measurable social impact alongside financial returns. 
Heather leads the Human team with a knack for identifying innate talent,
 and a track record of building strong, successful early teams.