Overview

Gender

female

Investor Type

Angel

Investor Stage

Seed

Liz Keen is an Operating Partner – Head of Brand and Communications with ACME. She has more than of 10 years of experience in strategic communications and brand positioning and has worked with some of the world’s leading brands across technology, fashion, and hospitality. As Head of Brand and Communications, Liz manages media relations and brand initiatives for the firm and provides strategic communications counsel and industry connectivity for ACME’s portfolio companies.

Previously, Liz was Head of Brand and Communications for Sherpa Capital and was also a partner at Sherpa Foundry (now Silicon Foundry), a corporate innovation platform. There, she created strategic programming that connected Foundry members (including DreamWorks (acq. by Comcast), Target, Salesforce, and eBay), to the best startups, entrepreneurs, and emerging technology through curated experiences.

Liz previously spent several years in New York City as Senior Director of Communications + Special Projects at Conde Nast where she managed public relations, executive positioning, and global programming across the company’s media properties.

Liz has served as an advisor to multiple startups and as a consultant to William Morris Endeavor/IMG and Equinox, where she oversaw the strategy around the rebranding of Furthermore, their editorial platform and retail business.

Liz received her BA in Public Relations from the University of Southern California.