Monique Woodard founded Cake Ventures to invest in technology companies shaped by demographic change. She previously invested at 500 Startups, scouted for Lightspeed Venture Partners and co-founded Black Founders.

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Monique Woodard founded Cake Ventures to invest in technology companies shaped by demographic change. She previously invested at 500 Startups, scouted for Lightspeed Venture Partners and co-founded Black Founders.

Career

Monique Woodard holds a BA, Political Science from University of Miami.

Founder and Managing Director at Cake Ventures until Present
Venture Partner at 500 Global from 2016 to 2018Invested in early-stage companies in the U.S. and sub-Saharan Africa while the firm operated as 500 Startups.

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cakemix.substack.com

Will it Play in Peoria?

Monique argues that consumer AI needs to solve ordinary households’ problems, using commerce, care and everyday scheduling to show where useful products could earn trust.

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cakemix.substack.com

Artificial Gating vs. Natural Gating

Monique explains how products built around user behavior can reach large markets, contrasting healthcare, household robots and restaurant software with demographic labels that restrict growth.

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Cities Using Capital to Build More Inclusive Ecosystems

Monique describes her city-coaching work with Living Cities, Rockefeller Foundation and Surdna Foundation, and how local teams widened access to capital, customers and business networks.

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