Donna Harris

Investor. Entrepreneur. CEO of Builders + Backers. Founder of 1776 / GP, 1776 Ventures. Business Insider Seed 25: top female early-stage investors

📍 Washington, District of Columbia, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 15 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2013𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Member
Jan 2013
The Global Entrepreneurship Network operates projects and programs in 200 countries aimed at making it easier for anyone, anywhere to start and scale a business. By fostering deeper cross border collaboration and initiatives between entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, policymakers and entrepreneurial support organizations, GEN works to fuel healthier start and scale ecosystems that create more jobs, educate individuals, accelerate innovation and strengthen economic growth. Its extensive footprint of national operations and global verticals in policy, research and programs ensures members have uncommon access to the most relevant knowledge, networks, communities and programs relative to size of economy, maturity of ecosystem, language, culture, geography and more. GEN helps celebrate, understand, support and connect entrepreneurs and those who champion them. Learn more at https://www.linkedin.com/redir/suspicious-page?url=genglobal%2eorg or follow us on social media: * Twitter: @unleashingideas * Facebook: unleashingideas * Instagram: @GENhq
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2018
Venture Partner
Sep 2018
Praxis is a venture-building ecosystem with a redemptive imagination, supporting founders, funders, and innovators motivated by their faith to address the major issues of our time.
2017
Founder & CEO
Jan 2017
Builders + Backers invests in ideas and people shaping an entirely different, and better, digital future for all.
2013
Cofounder
Jan 2013
We're a community of entrepreneurs passionate about solving complex problems, revitalizing cities along the Northeast Corridor in the process. We’re more than just a coworking space, and more than just an incubator. By joining 1776, our members can access the knowledge, mentorship, capital, markets, and talent they need in order to scale. Along with offering coworking space, we also offer focused programming, curriculum, community, and expertise to help entrepreneurs grow their business.
early stageInternet
Board Member
Jan 2013
The Global Entrepreneurship Network operates projects and programs in 200 countries aimed at making it easier for anyone, anywhere to start and scale a business. By fostering deeper cross border collaboration and initiatives between entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, policymakers and entrepreneurial support organizations, GEN works to fuel healthier start and scale ecosystems that create more jobs, educate individuals, accelerate innovation and strengthen economic growth. Its extensive footprint of national operations and global verticals in policy, research and programs ensures members have uncommon access to the most relevant knowledge, networks, communities and programs relative to size of economy, maturity of ecosystem, language, culture, geography and more. GEN helps celebrate, understand, support and connect entrepreneurs and those who champion them. Learn more at https://www.linkedin.com/redir/suspicious-page?url=genglobal%2eorg or follow us on social media: * Twitter: @unleashingideas * Facebook: unleashingideas * Instagram: @GENhq
2012
National Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Board Member
Sep 2012
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