Samatha is a Vice President on the investment team for Evolution Equity Partners. She is responsible for leading new investments across cybersecurity, AI and enterprise software as well as partnering with Evolution’s portfolio companies.
She brings over four years of investing experience with a focus on the cybersecurity market. Samantha has worked on several Evolution’s investments including Protect AI and Torq and serves as a board observer for multiple portfolio companies. Prior to joining Evolution, Samantha was an investor at Turn/River Capital, a growth equity firm based in San Francisco. At Turn/River, Samantha helped evaluate B2B software companies with a focus on the cybersecurity sector.
Samantha holds an Honors degree from Stanford University where she majored in International Relations and International Security with a focus on cybersecurity, and a minor in Technology and Ethics. During her time at Stanford, Samantha authored a thesis discussing principal-agent problems in state-based cyber-attacks which is published in the Stanford Libraries.