Founding / General Partners

Why are we taking the Beyond The Billion Pledge?

Ariana Thacker is the Founding Partner of Conscience VC, an early-stage fund pioneering the intersection of consumer and science. Ariana is a technical investor with a portfolio of 30+ companies alongside leading investors. She graduated with honors from UCLA in chemical engineering, with technical expertise spanning Fortune 500 companies to early-stage start-ups. She is a community leader for diversity, with tenure as President of Society of Women Engineers, Founder of congressionally-recognized philanthropic organization, and 50% of the companies in her broader portfolio led by diverse and female founders. Conscience currently has a portfolio ~80% underrepresented founders.