Tasha Seitz has over two decades of venture capital investment experience and is currently a partner and investment committee member at Impact Engine, an institutional investor managing venture capital and private equity strategies that drive positive impact in the areas of economic opportunity, environmental sustainability, and health equity. Impact Engine has been recognized for its leadership in impact investing, being named to the ImpactAssets 50 for five years in a row.
Prior to Impact Engine, Tasha was a partner with JK&B Capital, a technology venture capital firm based in Chicago with over a billion dollars of committed capital under management. As a partner, she was responsible for identifying, evaluating, and making investments in startup software companies, serving on boards of directors, managing growth, coaching and hiring management teams, and exiting investments through sale or initial public offering. Having been part of several technology cycles as a venture capital investor, Tasha has seen the power of the entrepreneurs to create markets and touch people’s everyday lives, and she is a passionate believer in the power of entrepreneurship to make the world a better place.
Tasha is an Adjunct Professor in Kellogg’s Sustainability and Social Impact Program where she teaches a class on Early-Stage Impact Investing and co-leads the New Venture track for the Zell Fellows program. She also serves as faculty for the MBA Impact Investing Network & Training (MIINT) program, an experiential learning program for universities across the globe designed to give business and graduate students a practical, hands-on experience in being an early-stage impact investor.
Tasha currently serves on the board of the Bridges Impact Foundation US, which funds programs including the MIINT and Impact Frontiers that are building the impact investing field. She is a founder and former board chair for the Chicago chapter of Social Venture Partners, a partnership of individuals and businesses who believe in a different approach to philanthropy rooted in hands-on support of grassroots nonprofits making outsized impact in their communities. She has also served as a member of Echoing Green’s Investor Advisory Group.
Her interest in impact investing was originally “sparked” when she traveled to Zambia with Spark Ventures, a Chicago-based nonprofit building partnerships that lift communities out of poverty by focusing on job creation and capacity building to have lasting and sustainable impact. She later joined the organization’s board of directors and served as board chair for several years.
Tasha earned a BA from Wellesley College and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
