#39 Crescent Ridge Partners, Maria Gonzalez on Empowering The Next Generation of Female Investors, Her Journey From Redbull to Partner, and Finding Time To Surf As A Career Oriented Mother

Are you a woman interested in being an investor one day? Today, we'd like to introduce you to a special Baddie, Maria Gonzalez Blanch. Maria is a partner at Crescent Ridge, a female-led VC firm that’s invested in companies such as Nostalgia Coffee, Needed PBC, Walla Fitness software, and many more. Maria previously worked at Bain & Company and held executive roles at a multi-billion Private Equity firm based in the Bay Area and also at other consumer-focused companies such as RedBull. Maria joined Crescent Ridge in 2020, since then, she has invested in 25 companies and joined the board of Kegg Technologies, Verity Packaging. Maria lives in Carlsbad with her husband and two beautiful children.

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