VC firms are tapping into college athletic programs and endurance sports to find standout investors

Scale Venture Partners, CapitalG

Maggie Basta's first experience as a teammate came early in life: She grew up playing soccer and was on the soccer team at Harvard University. Today, Basta is an investor at Scale Venture Partners and focuses on AI infrastructure and developer tools. Basta is part of a growing number of venture capitalists around the country who are former college athletes and bringing the lessons they learned from years of playing sports to enhance their investing careers.