INVESTOR, ENTREPRENEUR, CREATOR, COMMUNITY BUILDER, PODCASTER, PUBLIC SPEAKER.

Erica Wenger is the founding General Partner at venture capital firm, Park Rangers Capital. She’s an early stage investor, serial entrepreneur (3x founder, 2nd employee twice), and content creator with a passion to help multi-time founders build world-changing companies.

Her Writings:

Erica Wenger Elephants, Not Unicorns Next Generation Technology Companies

Elephants, Not Unicorns Erica Wenger | Jul 14, 2023

The next generation of great tech companies won’t look like the last.

Erica Wenger Key Drivers Next Generation Technology Companies

Elephant DNA  Erica Wenger | Nov 13, 2023

What are the key drivers of the next generation of great tech companies – and how can we learn to spot them sooner?

Erica Wenger Next Generation Technology Companies

Elephants in the Wild Erica Wenger | Oct 09, 2024

What a triathlon can tell us about the future of startups. It all comes down to a few hours.


Kind Words from Friends:

  • Angela Winegar (VP of Growth at Invisible): “Just had an intro call with [a founder] and she said of the 100+ investor calls I’ve had, Erica was by far the best and most thoughtful.”

  • Omer Rabin (Co-Founder of Anyword): “If you’re making your first steps in a promising early-stage startup and looking for a backer who’s truly founder-friendly, hard-working, and pulling up her sleeves for her young portfolio, hit her up. Trust me.”

  • Brian Yip (Head of Growth at Kudos): “Erica is probably one of the best coworkers l've ever worked with. She's extremely ambitious, executes (she actually "walks the walk" vs. MANY other VCs), and has an incredible sense of ethics & values which is more than welcome in tech.”

  • Adam Delehanty (Founder of Ghost): “Erica Wenger is my favorite person to riff with, arguably in the entire hemisphere… what a blast to watch her fund take off.” 

  • Sydney Thomas (GP at Symphonic Capital): “Love seeing you create your own definition of success instead of relying on old definitions that don’t serve you or reflect the time that we are in, can’t wait to coinvest with you!”

  • Sarah Hinkfuss (Partner at Bain Capital): “Great analysis Erica on how the next generation of great companies will look different than the past: “elephant” companies have a community orientation, pursue purpose-driven growth, have thick skin, and live long!” 

  • Jessica Peltz Zatulove (Founding GP at Hannah Grey): “Great analysis Erica - spot on perspective that this next generation of companies will look, behave, and prioritize differently than the unicorns of the last decade.”


FEATURED IN:

  • Erica Wenger The Information
  • Half of employees at US tech firms think that returning to the office would improve workplace culture - Erica Wenger Business Insider
  • Park Rangers Capital - Erica Wenger The Pitch Show
  • Building elephants, not unicorns; How to think like a modern Marketer; Hiring and retaining employees who act more like founders -  Erica Wenger Femstreet
  • The Roundtable discussions at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 - Erica Wenger The Tech Crunch
  • A fund manager’s secret weapon: an EA - Erica Wenger Signature Block
  • The Differentiation for GPs Nobody Talks About - Erica Wenger Embracing Emergence
  • Recast Capital Announces 2023 Inaugural Cohort for the Accelerate Program - Erica Wenger  PR Newswire