CONSULTANT
Monica Wheat is a global ecosystem architect who designs the strategies, partnerships, and capital pathways that help founders, funds, corporations, and communities scale innovation across markets.
Detroit • San Francisco • London • Chicago • Miami • Atlanta • Toronto • LA • Turkey • New York
Tech Startups / Venture Capital
While a great deal of tech startup and venture capital activity is concentrated on the coasts, Monica has 14+ years of experience across the U.S. and globally with an emphasis on emerging markets.
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Monica has run over a dozen tech accelerators, scouted and advised for venture funds, and guided founder strategy, evaluation, positioning, and scaling at the startup, seed, and scale stages. She has special expertise in multi-city programs and initiatives.
Corporate / Org Strategy
Monica has almost 25 years of experience & strategy development in Digital, Product Management, Competitive Intelligence, Design Thinking, and Design Sprints. Her partners and clients have included multinationals (Fortune 10), SMBs, regional leads, non-profits, schools, and public entities.
Ecosystem Development
An ecosystem is an optimized network of connections between key people, resources, and opportunities focused on a single outcome.
Monica has 20+ years of experience developing ecosystems, strategies, and adjacent business economies in cities across the world, pairing ecosystem intelligence with custom pathing to move founders and capital toward results.
Corporate + Startup Partnerships
Monica's corporate career was built on evaluating and building partnerships: giving corporations agile innovation partners and giving startups robust corporate infrastructure.
She has a special focus on internal incubators, investment competitions, and other pilot-to-procurement readiness programs that accelerate product development and reduce risk on the path to scale.
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