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Himalaya Rao-Potlapally

2023Oregon, US
Himalaya Rao-Potlapally

Himalaya Rao-Potlapally is the Managing Director and GP of The BFM Fund, a seed-stage fund focused on highly scalable Black and diverse-led deal flow across industries, within the United States. Prior to becoming a GP, Himalaya got an MBA and specialized training in Venture Finance and worked in seven different firms as an Associate, Deal Lead, and eventually Fund Manager. As a national leader in demographic-based investing, she has been recognized as one of the Rising Stars in Venture Capital by the NVCA/Venture Forward, a Forty under 40 recipient by the Portland Business Journal, and a VCI Fellow.