Partner
Liz Leahy
Founder & Managing Partner, Purple Sage Ventures
- Firm
- Purple Sage Ventures
- Title
- Founder & Managing Partner
- Role
- Managing partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 4 October 2026
About
Liz began her career as an early employee at The Princeton Review. After working in management consulting, she joined the founding team of Bigfoot Interactive, an early innovator of B2B2C email marketing, built for Fortune 1000 companies. She went on to co-found Section 101, a website platform for entertainment clients. Liz sits on the boards of the Lang Center for Entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School and the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Advisory Group. She is the board chair of the Georgetown Angel Investor Network, serves as the Pitch Coach in Residence at the Columbia Startup Lab and frequent guest lecturer. Before launching Purple Sage Ventures, Liz was involved with several other start-ups as both an investor and advisor.
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