Vera is the Network Operations Associate on the Platform team at NextView Ventures, based in our New York office.

Vera’s career has spanned multiple industries, all connected by a deep passion for utilizing operational excellence to build and serve communities. Before joining NextView, she was the Program Manager for Techstars’ New York City accelerator program, where she helped founders navigate and grow within the global startup ecosystem.

Prior to Techstars, Vera was the operational lead on a small team that implements resident-informed public space projects in public housing throughout New York. Vera began her professional journey in the nonprofit world at an alternative to jail and bail program in Brooklyn. 

Outside of work, Vera practices as a full spectrum doula, bakes, writes and reads poetry, and is always on the hunt for good live music. She grew up two blocks from NextView’s New York office and now lives in Queens with two of her best friends.