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CEO & founder of Flat World Partners

Anna-Marie Wascher is the CEO and founder of Flat World Partners, a next generation investment firm focused on forward-looking investment strategies. Anna-Marie is a long-time investor having made successful investments into leading companies such as Neuroderm, Lyft, Andela, and Sweetgreen. She is a venture partner to Aera, a venture fund investing in high growth early stage ventures defined by both purpose and profit, and an advisor to Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute and UrbanX, the incubator founded by BMW to drive capital into smart city technology. Anna-Marie previously served as a Director at Cantor Fitzgerald and started her career with Accenture as a financial consultant in their London investment banking practice as well as supported Accenture’s Socially Responsible business arm.

She holds an MBA from Boston College, graduating with honors with a focus in Corporate Finance and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree (Cum Laude) with a dual major in International Finance and Entrepreneurship from University of Miami.

Anna-Marie is a member of the Milken Young Leaders Circle.