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Jenna Bryant

General Partner

Los Angeles, CA

Jenna Bryant
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Jenna's professional experience can be described as unique and diverse, spanning entertainment, design, deep-tech and venture capital. When Jenna, an aspiring actor/dancer, first moved to Los Angeles from Alabama, she started working in recruiting to pay the bills, and unbeknownst to her, it was the start of a tremendously successful career in deep-tech recruiting. Jenna excelled at pairing early-stage startups with the most in-demand engineers in the world, while simultaneously appearing on television shows like Sleepy Hollow and The Detour.

Throughout the past decade as a tech recruiter turned Venture Capitalist, she has invested in and helped build, from the ground up, some of the most notable early-stage startups in the country. Jenna's career began during the rise of Silicon Beach, and she doesn't take for granted that working with unicorns in the making, like Tinder & Snap, was her norm.

Jenna attended Auburn University and California State University, Northridge and received a BS in Apparel Design. She still dances as a creative outlet, and believes that her dual interests in dance and tech challenges the status quo, and embraces the act of pursuing a life and developing a career that is free of restraints. Jenna lives in the greater Los Angeles area with her dog, cats, two goats, and six chickens.

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Jordan Noone

General Partner

Los Angeles, CA

Jordan Noone
PROFILE

In 2015, at 22 years old, Jordan started Relativity Space, which was most recently valued at $4.2B. As Relativity's CTO for five years, Jordan focused on technical direction and engineering design, including: developing printing technology, launch vehicle design, propulsion design, software development, infrastructure development, and government affairs. Jordan also led many Relativity initiatives including: expansion of Relativity's Stargate Factory into the rest of aerospace manufacturing, Relativity's strategy for expanding printing technology off-planet; and the ability of Relativity's factory to flexibly scale to a wide range of rocket sizes.

Jordan has had a lifelong interest in aerospace and began designing and building spaceflight hardware at the University of Southern California. Jordan led USC's Rocket Propulsion Lab and became the first student and youngest individual in the world to receive Federal Aviation Administration clearance to fly a rocket into space.

Jordan has been chosen for '30 Under 30' lists by Forbes, Business Insider, and Inc. Magazine. He received a BS in Aerospace Engineering, and dropped out of a BS in Biophysics, both from University of Southern California. Jordan lives in the greater Los Angeles area and is still involved with USC's Rocket Propulsion Lab advising student members.

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Bill Cramsie

Partner

Los Angeles, CA

Bill Cramsie
PROFILE

Bill joined as Partner of Embedded Ventures in 2023 working to forge new relationships and solidify the institutional presence of Embedded Ventures. Before joining Embedded Ventures, Cramsie sourced and funded over a dozen unique venture investments with an enhanced focus on aerospace and defense for a Los Angeles-based family office. As the youngest Managing Director in firm history, he raised over $300M of institutional capital while overseeing all operational aspects of the investment process.

Cramsie has also worked at Forge Global (IPO March 2022), sourcing and engaging top private company executives while also leading their family office desk and started his career in Silicon Valley at IEQ Capital, a prominent private alternatives investment shop. These roles ignited his interest in private alternatives and entrenched him in the startup and venture capital ecosystems. Cramsie is based in Los Angeles.

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Hannah Eason

Director of Communications

Nashville, TN

Hannah Eason
PROFILE

Prior to joining Embedded Ventures, Hannah was the Artist Relations Director and Project Manager at Ingress Events, a top-tier event management and consulting firm for all types of live events. There she was responsible for the development of events, overseeing all aspects of execution from initiation to completion. Before that Hannah was in artist management at The HQ, running day to day communications overseeing Carrie Underwood's brand partnerships and charitable initiatives.

Prior to joining The HQ, Hannah worked at The Academy of Country Music running the charitable arm, ACM's Lifting Lives. There, she worked closely with top artists and their causes to raise funds by creating and establishing strategic partnerships. Hannah launched her career at one of most successful talent agencies in the world, WME, where she booked fairs and festivals for the entire client roster.

Hannah attended the University of Mississippi and received a BS in Hospitality Administration and Management. She lives in Nashville, TN with her husband and two young kids.

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Vonni Williams

Talent Partner

Minneapolis, MN

Vonni Williams
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Vonni Williams is a Senior Talent Acquisition leader with a decade of experience recruiting at all levels in both startup and large corporate environments. She comes from an in-house recruitment background with brands including Google, Target and The Honest Company, where she was the Head of Talent and helped build their in-house recruitment function from the ground up. Since founding V Talent Search, Vonni has partnered with early-stage clients across various sectors on their talent needs, supporting talent strategy and key searches with a heavy focus on technology. She brings recruiting expertise paired with a keen, intuitive ability to assess talent and organizational needs to support strategic growth.

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Mandy Vaughn

Operating Partner

Long Beach, CA

Mandy Vaughn
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Mandy Vaughn is a long-time advocate for the acceleration of the integration of commercial space technology into National Security systems and missions. After receiving a bachelor's and master's degree from MIT, she was an astronautical engineer and program manager in the U.S. Air Force and later with General Dynamics, working a variety of Space Superiority and other key national security mission areas. She was the first President of VOX Space at Virgin Orbit, offering their small launch vehicle system to the national security sector. She is also the Founder & CEO of GXO, Inc, where she helps mature companies move into the national security market, and is an Operating Partner at Embedded Ventures, supporting their growing portfolio investing in early-stage startups with applications that can serve the Department of Defense.

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