CWBS ALUMNAE PANEL & NETWORKING 💙

RSVP to our Alumnae Panel and Networking event featuring CWBS alums working in PE, VC, and IB!

Interested in PE, VC, or IB? Come to our CWBS Alumnae Panel on Wednesday 11/30 at 6 PM in the Broadway Room in Lerner and hear firsthand from CWBS alums working in these industries! Please RSVP to the event and put any questions you have in this Google Form.* We have limited spots, so this event is first-come, first-serve. Our panelists have INCREDIBLE backgrounds and experiences, so please use the form above to submit your thoughtful questions!

* This event will be mandatory for Committee Members to attend. If you cannot attend due to conflict, please fill out this excuse form at least 24 hours before the event.

Panelist Biographies

Zehra Naqvi is a Senior Investment Associate at Republic; speaking to founders is her favorite thing to do. At Republic Zehra also kickstarted Rise: Republic’s founder community, works on Republic’s diverse founder initiatives, and strategic partnerships with accelerators and VCs. She’s a 2x founder, a Columbia alum with a B.A. in Financial Economics & Art History, angel investor, and an experienced operator having worked at over 14 different startups. Ask Zehra all about how to fundraise efficiently or her art historian perspectives published at Yale and UChicago.

Tanvi Gupta is a Vice President at EQT Partners. Prior to EQT Partners, she worked in the M&A investment banking group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York. Tanvi holds a B.A. in Economics-Mathematics and Business Management from Columbia University. While at Columbia, she was actively involved in the CWBS community and Club Zamana. Post college, she is involved with various non-profits, including the Synergist Network (which she recommends anyone interested in a career in investing to look into).

Isabel von Stauffenberg is a Venture Capital Investor at Battery Ventures. She focuses on early- and growth-stage companies across sectors and focus areas within the firm, specifically on Application Software, Consumer, and Infrastructure Software. Prior to Battery, Isabel worked at Sycamore Partners as a summer private equity intern determining potential acquisition targets for the company. At Columbia, where she graduated from in 2021, she served as the CWBS Vice President.