Athena SPAC

Accelerating mission-driven companies

Who we are

At Athena, we take businesses we believe in to market with the support of founders, operators, venture capitalists, investment bankers, and Fortune 100 board members.

Funding the future.

We understand that growth and innovation go hand in hand.

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Learn more about Athena’s teams.

Isabelle Freidheim
Founder & Chairman of Athena SPACs

Founder of Athena, venture capitalist and entrepreneur, co-founder & former CEO of Magnifi (acquired by Tifin in 2020)

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Isabelle Freidheim
Founder & Chairman of Athena SPACs
Kirthiga Reddy
President, Athena SPACS

First female partner at Softbank, former head of Facebook India, former board member of WeWork (NYSE: WE), has taken public four companies via SPAC transactions. Founder of Virtualness.

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Kirthiga Reddy
President, Athena SPACS
Anna Apostolova
CFO, ATHENA II

Investment professional with 15 years of experience in investment banking and private equity at JP Morgan and Evercore. 

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Anna Apostolova
CFO, ATHENA II
Sharon Brown-Hruska
DIRECTOR, ATHENA TECH II

Economist and Regulator; Former Chief Economist U.S Department of State

Sharon Brown-Hruska
Director, ATHENA TECH II
Jennifer Carr-Smith
COO & President, ATHENA CONSUMER

Chair of the board of directors of Blue Apron, board member of The Woolworth Group. Former CEO/President of Peapod, Groupon and former COO of JCrew.

Jennifer Carr-Smith
COO & President, ATHENA CONSUMER
Trier Bryant
DIRECTOR, ATHENA TECH II

Trier (tree-air) Bryant has 10 years of experience as an officer in the Air Force, formerly at Goldman Sachs. Currently the President of 82VS, the venture studio of Alloy Therapeutic. Co-founder of Just Work with Kim Scott.

Trier Bryant
DIRECTOR, ATHENA TECH II
Dolly Singh
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH II

Former head of talent at SpaceX, former head of talent at Oculus, former head of talent at Citadel, founder of Terra Talent.

Dolly Singh
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH II
Wei Zhang
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH II

Former head of corporate development at Alibaba, former CEO of Alibaba Pictures, board member of Ralph Lauren.

Wei Zhang
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH II
Minnie Ingersoll
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH, ATHENA CONSUMER, ATHENA TECH II

Co-Founder of Shift (NASDAQ: SFT); founding partner of TenOneTen venture; former Project Manager at Google; 

Minnie Ingersol
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH, ATHENA CONSUMER, ATHENA TECH II
Candice Beaumont
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH, ATHENA TECH II

Chairman of the Salsano Group and Chief Investment Officer and L Investments

Candice Beaumont
ADVISOR ATHENA TECH, ATHENA TECH II
Abby Levy
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH

Managing Partner and Founder at Primetime Partners and Board Member at Thrive Global, Former Senior Vice President of Strategy and Growth for SoulCycle Inc.

Abby Levy
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH
Ciara Burnham
Advisor, ATHENA TECH

Board of Directors for Blend, Fortitude Re, AppHarvest. Former Senior Managing Director at Evercore. 

Ciara Burnham
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH
Jennifer Carr-Smith
Advisor

Former CEO of Diane Von Furstenberg and current Board Member for Big Lots Stores and Fabric

Sandra Campos
ADVISOR,  ATHENA TECH
Kristen Dickey
Advisor, Athena Tech, Advisor, Athena Tech II

20+ years as the Managing Director for BlackRock and current Board Member for Aperture Investors and Marston, Inc. 

Kristen Dickey
Advisor, Athena Tech, Advisor, Athena Tech II
Alexandra Wilkis Wilson
ATHENA TECH, ATHENA CONSUMER

Co-founder of Gilt, GlamSquad, Fitz, and founding partner of growth investment fund Clerisy Capital.

Alexandra Wilkis Wilson
Advisor, ATHENA TECH, ATHENA CONSUMER
Shelley Zhuang
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH

Founder and Managing Partner for 11.2 Capital also an Investor and Board Member at Passage AI

Shelley Zhuang
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH
Devon Pike
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH, ATHENA CONSUMER

Current president for Baggallini and former North American CEO of DeBeers Diamond Jewelers, former president of Givenchy and CMO of Gap.

Devon Pike
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH, ATHENA CONSUMER
Dawn Robertson
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH & ATHENA CONSUMER

Board member at Apparel Group, former President of Old Navy, former CEO of SteinMart.

Dawn Robertson
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH & ATHENA CONSUMER
Nina Vaca
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH

Chairman & CEO of Pinnacle Group, Inc. and founding member of Startup America Partnership

Nina Vaca
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH
Julie Cullivan
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH

Former Chief Technology and People Officer at Forescout, senior executive at FireEye, Autodesk, McAfee, and Oracle. Board member at Axon Enterprises, HeartFlow, Inc and AaDya Security.

Julie Cullivan
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH
Valerie Mosley
 ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH

Board member of DraftKings, Envestnet, Groupon, and Eaton Vance’s family of mutual funds. Former portfolio manager at Wellington. During her 20-year tenure, she served on the firm's industry strategy group.

Valerie Mosley
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH
Chenxi Wang
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH 

Managing General Partner at Rain Capital and Board Member of Fortune 500 Company MDU Resources Group (NYSE: MDU)

Chenxi Wang
ADVISOR, ATHENA TECH 
Investment Areas

FinTech / Cybersecurity / ESG / SAAS Healthcare / Emerging Technologies / Mobility / AI / Automation / Machine Learning

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