October 2017 - Sydney Paige Thomas

October 31, 2017October 15, 2021

Bodega

I’m really excited to bring you this week’s episode of Be About It.

In this episode, I feature the CEO of Access Bazaar, Julian Rodriguez. I’m so excited that he took time from his busy schedule being in FastCo and running his company to teach me more about the large market he’s tackling – selling to bodegas.

Check it out below + let me know what you think!

October 24, 2017February 11, 2020

How I Hustled My Way Into Venture Capital

I’m so grateful to have been featured on Two Dope Boys’ Podcast to talk about my journey to VC and my experience here. Check it out here and let me know what you think!

October 15, 2017October 15, 2021

Introducing: The Be About It Podcast

Enough with the tech bros. This podcast is dedicated to shining a light on the founders building companies for real people.

Each episode will feature a different founder who is solving major problems of the day like immigration, climate change and more.

Check out this short intro to learn more about my vision for the pod. Click “Subscribe” to stay in the loop for my first real interview coming out soon.

Excited to have you along for the ride!

About Me

Investor & Builder

Sydney is the Founder and General Partner of Symphonic Capital – a venture capital firm that invests in companies closing access gaps around health and wealth for overlooked communities. The launch of her fund was recently covered by TechCrunch. Within it’s first year of launch, the firm has already been recognized for it’s work. Symphonic Capital is a proud member of the inaugural Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Capitalism Power100 List (the “DEIC Power100”).

Symphonic Capital’s investment thesis follows Sydney’s expertise. She has built expertise in this thesis through her investing and policy work over the past two decades. Her investing strategy has yielded companies valued at $100M+.

Sydney is a proven fund builder and investor. Prior to launching Symphonic, she joined one of Silicon Valley’s first Pre-Seed funds and scaled it from a Solo Operating GP with 10 investments to a 3-person team with 400+ investments and $200M+ in AUM.

Prior to her work in tech, she served in the Bloomberg Administration in NYC. Over the course of her tenure, she drafted federal legislation, negotiated a multi-million dollar contract, and received a full-ride scholarship to her business school of choice.

She serves on the Board of Trustees Oakland Museum of California – and art museum dedicated to justice and beauty in the heart of Oakland, a graduate of the prestigious Kauffman Fellows Program and a Venture Partner at The House Fund – a $100M+ Fund created to invest in UC Berkeley backed startups. She is also the founder of the Black Women in VC List – a list she started that sparked change in the Venture Capital ecosystem when she realized she was often the only Black woman in these spaces.

Sydney graduated from University of California Berkeley with her MBA and Duke University with her BA.