Shila Nieves Burney is the founder and Managing Partner (also cited as General Partner) of Zane Venture Fund. See contact routes.
Shila Nieves Burney is the founder and Managing Partner (also cited as General Partner) of Zane Venture Fund, a seed-stage venture capital firm in Atlanta, Georgia, built after a 20+ year career in operations, nonprofit leadership, and public school administration. Her investment thesis targets pre-seed and seed-stage, industry-agnostic opportunities led by diverse and underrepresented founders, with a geographic focus on the Southeastern U.S. and other underfunded regions. Typical check sizes range from $100,000 to $500,000 at initial investment, with reserves for follow-ons up to $2.5 million, and she often leads rounds given her solo-GP structure. Notable portfolio companies are not publicly named in available sources, though the fund has invested in tech-enabled solutions in fintech, edtech, digital health, and cybersecurity. Burney’s distinctive point of view centers on closing the funding gap for overlooked founders while generating high returns, encapsulated in her mantra “don’t leave founders behind” and the belief that “a good deal is a good deal” regardless of the founder’s background. She was named to Business Insider’s “58 Who Changed
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