Fika with LGBTQ+ venture partner Sam Eshrati: ‘I was expecting people to be more open-minded’

Sam Eshrati, Venture Partner at Identity.vc. Photo: Sam Eshrati
21 feb. 2025
13:00
Already Chief Operating Officer for one of Europe’s biggest startup events, TechBBQ, Sam Eshrati has just become a Venture Partner at Europe’s first venture capital impact fund dedicated to backing LGBTQ+ founders,Identity.vc. Impact Loop got the scoop on his new role for the Berlin-based fund.

This is the latest in our series of Friday ‘fika’ chats, where we enjoy a Swedish-style coffee and cake break with brilliant minds from Europe's impact community.

How is it going so far at Identity.vc?

Great! I actually started being onboarded at Identity.vc in November, but it officially came out just last week that I was going to be a new Venture Partner. Since then I’ve been honored to receive a lot of “inbounds” from a lot of interesting people - people that want to engage in strategy work, mi...

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