StresswoodGeneral Partner
Sep 2025 — Present
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Earnest Sweat is a General Partner at Stresswood, a generalist Series A firm he is building in the open, and a Venture Partner at Defined. He is Managing Partner of Public School Ventures, a syndicate of more than 1,100 operators, investors and allocators, and co-hosts the Swimming with Allocators and Carry On podcasts. He was previously a Partner at GreatPoint Ventures, where he built the enterprise SaaS strategy, and a Principal at Prologis Ventures, the venture arm of Prologis. He is a Kauffman Fellow (Class 26) and a former board director of BLCK VC.
Earnest Sweat is a General Partner at Stresswood, a generalist Series A firm he is building in the open, and a Venture Partner at Defined. He is Managing Partner of Public School Ventures, a syndicate of more than 1,100 operators, investors and allocators, and co-hosts the Swimming with Allocators and Carry On podcasts. He was previously a Partner at GreatPoint Ventures, where he built the enterprise SaaS strategy, and a Principal at Prologis Ventures, the venture arm of Prologis. He is a Kauffman Fellow (Class 26) and a former board director of BLCK VC.
Career
Public School VenturesManaging Partner
Apr 2023 — Present
A Preacher's KidFounder
Feb 2023 — Present
DefinedVenture Partner
Until Present
Kauffman FellowsFellow, Class 26
Jun 2021 — Jun 2023
GreatPoint VenturesVenture Partner
Oct 2019 — May 2023
BLCK VCBoard Director
Nov 2017 — May 2022
Prologis VenturesPrincipal
Jun 2016 — Sep 2019
The Bridgespan GroupConsultant
2013 — 2014