Stacy Cumberbatch is the Managing Director of Blended Impact Labs, a venture development firm and innovation lab focused on public-private partnerships to power the future of how we invest, earn, and live. She works within the venture capital community alongside public officials and philanthropy to create more inclusive models to foster innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic development. In 2019-2020 she served as a FUSE Executive Fellow, leading the Opportunity Zone strategic plan and ecosystem development for the County of Riverside, California in partnership with the Riverside County Business and Community Services department. She is the Founder of Opportunity Riverside, an initiative to increase investments and economic development in the Inland Empire, CA.
Previously, she served as a Principal at a $33M seed-stage fund and accelerator program where she joined in the launch of the Los Angeles office and led its accelerator program, while also operating as an integral member of the investment committee for 30 early-stage companies. She has over 12 years of corporate and consumer real estate finance experience, and has led teams focused on investor due diligence, loan origination and underwriting at Fortune 1000 financial institutions including First Republic Bank, Colony Capital, and Bank of America. She has underwritten over $1.7B in real estate loan transactions and an additional $5M in venture investment experience.
She serves as an Advisor with the Bixel Exchange SBDC at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and is a Council Member with NationSwell. Stacy holds a Master’s of Science from the University of Southern California in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and a Bachelors of Business Administration from the University of Georgia in Finance.
Email: stacy@blendedimpact.com