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Based in San Francisco, Monica leads the Growth Equity Team within Private Equity, overseeing the Fund’s venture and growth investments. Growth Equity invests through integrated funds and direct investment strategies, leveraging 20+ partnerships with top-tier GPs and focusing on technologies and innovations. Monica joined CPP Investments in 2019, when she launched the Venture Capital program and was instrumental in establishing CPP Investments’ presence in San Francisco.
Prior to joining CPP Investments, Monica built and led businesses in high growth environments, including Meta, Box, and Starbucks. Most recently, she was Global Director at Workplace, an enterprise business she helped launch at Facebook. Monica spent a decade with McKinsey & Company to start her career across San Francisco and New York.
Monica holds a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
August 10th, 2020 - Just like the rest of the investing world, venture capitalists have had to adjust to rapid change during the COVID-19 pandemic. That includes long-term investors, who are increasingly turning to early stage companies as a source of diversity for their portfolios and a way to access innovation at its source.
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