Erica Wenger is a serial entrepreneur with an exit under her belt and a passion to help community-driven founders building at the earliest stages.
Her angel investing track record, founding/operating experience (3-time founder, employee #2 twice), and community building experience (TEDx, national podcast, weekly NYC founder dinners) has sparked a differentiated access point amongst founders looking for a true partner. She currently serves as the GP at Park Rangers Capital where they invest in early software startups that turn their customers into members and their companies into communities or as they like to call them: elephant companies. Her fund has received prestigious funding and honors from the Catalyze Fund Fellowship (funding by Skoll Foundation, Sorenson Impact, JP Morgan Chase), the Recast Accelerate Fellowship (funding by Melinda Gates's Family Office), and execs from influential companies like Google, Anthropic, Scale AI, NYSE, etc. Erica is passionate about bringing transparency to the tech industry, so young and diverse talent know how to build great businesses and get them funded!
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My Childhood Home
Any Broadway Theater in NYC (I see ~40 shows/year)
Central Park in the Peak of Fall
Dodgers Stadium in LA
Joan’s on Third in LA (order the Chinese chicken salad!)
West Side Highway, NYC
Fairmont Princess in Phoenix, AZ (esp around Christmas time)
Sabich Frishman in Tel Aviv, Israel
Talea Brewery in NYC (only female-founded brewery in the state!)
Oxford, England (the whole town is magical!)
MoMA Design Gift Shop
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“Embarrassment is the cost of entry. If you aren’t willing to look like a foolish beginner, you’ll never become a graceful master.” - Ed Latimore
“You may believe that living life to the fullest is seeing every country in the world and quitting your job on a whim and falling recklessly in love, but it’s really just knowing how to be where your feet are.” - Brianna Wiest
“Saving $8 per day = $3000 per year. Reading 20 pages per day = 30 books per year. Walking 10000 steps per day = 70 marathons per year. Never underestimate the power of small habits.”