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Debra Kemper
(Cornell B.S. '88 CEE) 

Golden Seeds BostonVenture Fund

Deb Kemper is an active angel investor and mentor to early-stage start-up
companies. Kemper is chair emeritus of the a partner at Golden Seeds Venture Fund, focused on investing
in early stage enterprise B2B and medtech companies. She formerly led the
Boston Forum of Golden Seeds, a
national angel investor group. She is also a member of Clean Energy Venture
Group and on the advisory board of Red Bear Angels. Her investment focus is
high growth companies in the clean tech, health care and technology sectors.
She is a board member at Day One Response, and a board observer at DayZero
Diagnostics and 99DegreesCustom. Kemper serves on several non-profit
boards including the Council of Advisors of USA Girl Scouts Overseas. She
was a Prior to
launching Golden Seeds Venture Fund, she built a portfolio of over two dozen
early stage investments via Libra Global Partners, LLC. Previously, Deb was a
consultant with McKinsey & Company where she served clients in the energy,
energyutility, electronics, and health care healthcare sectors. Her functional experience spans
manufacturing, product development, operations , strategy and leadership
development. She has provided leadership support to organizations in China,
Peru and the United States. Kemper earned her MBA from The Amos Tuck
School of Business and strategy. 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 B.S. in engineering from Cornell, Bachelor of Science degree in Civil & Environmental
Engineering from Cornell University where she graduated withWith Distinction and
distinction and was a member of the varsity women’s crew. She spent eight years
Varsity Women’s Crew. She repatriated to the United States
in 2013, after living in Peru and China prior to moving to Boston in September 2013.for 8 years.

 

416 Commonwealth Ave., #103
Boston MA 02215
dkemper@goldenseedsvc77 4th Ave. Lower Level
Waltham, MA 02451-7559
617-586-6033
debgk2008@gmail.com