Kathryn Finney

Kathryn Finney is Founder and CEO of Genius Guild and General Partner of The Greenhouse Fund. Genius Guild is a business creation platform that uses the venture studio model to invest in Black entrepreneurs building scalable businesses that serve black communities and beyond. Kathryn’s $10M Greenhouse Fund is a pre-seed venture fund that invests in market-based innovations that end racism. They apply an investment lens that proactively addresses how capitalism has been manipulated to limit, exclude, and defraud Black communities. Kathryn is the former CEO and founder of digitalundivided, a groundbreaking social enterprise focused on creating a world where women own their work. Kathryn started digitalundivided after selling her company, The Budget Fashionista, a lifestyle media company, and she was one of the first black women to have a successful startup exit.