De’Havia Stewart is an investor on the team at Serena Ventures, where she assists with sourcing, with diligence, and with portfolio support of early stage startups. De’Havia has a passion and makes an effort to help increase diverse representation in venture capital as she actively supports underrepresented founders and investors. De’Havia began her venture capital career supporting SoftBank’s Opportunity Fund, where she helped invest $100M+ into early stage founders led by underrepresented minorities, which includes investments such as Quicknode ($800M most recent valuation at Series B in 2023), Lula AI (raised $35M Series B in 2023), and Cloverly (raised $19M Series A in 2023).

Prior to venture capital, Stewart worked in strategy consulting at Accenture, in which she assisted Fortune 500 companies with developing their strategic vision across Retail, CPG, Financial Services, and Media & Telecom. De’Havia is a graduate of Florida A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting.