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About Investor

Himalaya Rao-Potlapally is Managing Director and Solo GP of The BFM Fund, a seed-stage fund focused on highly scalable Black-led companies in the United States. The fund’s mission is tied to decentralizing wealth across Black families and communities of color, and public investor profiles list its check size range at $50K to $150K. Before becoming a GP, she earned an MBA, trained in venture finance, and worked across seven firms as an associate, deal lead, and fund manager.