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Ida Girma

Ida Girma

Principal·B Capital

San Francisco, CA, USA
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Bio

Professional summary

Ida Girma is a Principal at B Capital focused on early- and growth-stage investments in technology and AI companies. Before B Capital, she was a private equity investor at TCG and worked in consulting at Bain & Company, investment banking at JP Morgan and operations at clean energy finance startup Nithio. Earlier, she helped establish Arabella Advisors' impact investing practice and worked with the United Nations World Food Programme in Ethiopia.

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

Code MetalAxiom

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • B CapitalPrincipal
  • TCGPrivate Equity Investor
  • Bain & CompanyConsultant
  • JP MorganInvestment Banking
  • NithioOperator
  • Arabella AdvisorsImpact Investing
  • United Nations World Food ProgrammeRole in Ethiopia

Education

  • Stanford Graduate School of BusinessMBA
  • Harvard Kennedy SchoolMPA
  • Columbia UniversityBA, magna cum laude

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