Teal Willingham oversees Nest¨s U.S. strategy and fundraising activities from New York City, where she is building a network to help unlock business opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors in Asia Pacific and their counterparts in the U.S.
Prior to joining Nest, Teal spent seven years in fundraising, corporate strategy, and operations roles at several venture companies. She was Director of Upgrade Capital, Chief of Staff at Sailthru, and a consultant at RRE Ventures in New York.
Teal previously worked in Asia, where she cultivated a diverse network of institutional and family office investors while working in public company investor relations in Beijing. She began her career in .