Lara Jeremko is a strategic investor and advisor with over 17 years experience in institutional investment management and venture capital advisory. She is CEO and Founder of Beyond Ventures, an investment & innovation advisory firm partnering with entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, and artists to advance innovation in longevity, care and consumer wellness. Lara currently advises Pivotal Ventures, the incubation and investment company founded by Melinda French Gates, with a focus on caregiving and longevity innovation. She is also an active angel investor and on the Board of Directors for AI LA, a non-profit furthering the ethical application, and public education of artificial intelligence. Previously, Lara designed and led the XR Education Prize Challenge, an innovation competition funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to immersive education applications. Previously, Lara was an institutional investment officer managing a $1.5 billion venture capital and growth equity fund portfolio at UTIMCO, the investment firm overseeing $35 billion of University of Texas System endowment assets. She was also a co-founder of re:3D Inc., a 3D printing hardware company. Previously, Lara was a private equity analyst at Credit Suisse in New York, NY. Lara graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. from Syracuse University.