Deb Kemper is a partner at Golden Seeds Ventures, an early stage venture fund where she invests in enterprise software, advanced materials, and medtech companies. She formerly led the Boston Forum of Golden Seeds, a national angel investor group. Golden Seeds is one of the largest national angel groups with nearly 350 active members and has invested nearly $150mm across 100+ companies. Those companies have gone to raise over $1billion in follow-on capital. Prior to using her expertise to lead Golden Seeds Ventures, she built a portfolio of over two dozen early stage investments via Libra Global Partners, LLC. Her investment focus is high growth companies in the advanced technology, health care, and SaaS sectors. She is a Board Member at Terecircuits, Inc. and is a Board Observer at Day Zero Diagnostics, NopSec, SunRay Scientific and 99Degrees. Deb also serves on the Council of Advisors of USA Girl Scouts Overseas.Deb was a consultant with McKinsey & Company where she served clients in the industrial and healthcare sectors. Her functional experience spans manufacturing, product development, operations and strategy. She has provided leadership support to organizations in China, Peru and the United States.Deb was the founding organizer for TEDxShanghaiWomen in 2012, which was the first TEDxWomen event in mainland China. She speaks at various events on women in leadership and early stage venture investing.Deb earned her MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College where she was named an Edward Tuck Scholar. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Cornell University where she graduated With Distinction and was a member of the Varsity Women’s Crew. She repatriated to the United States in 2013, after living in Peru and China for 8 years.