Erin Harkless Moore

Pivotal Ventures

Melinda French Gates founded Pivotal Ventures to accelerate the pace of social progress in the United States where she is impatient with the status quo. Pivotal Ventures expands opportunity and accelerates equality through high-impact investments, partnerships, and advocacy. Erin Harkless Moore leads the fund and direct investment program for Pivotal Ventures. With nearly two decades of investment experience, building and managing customized portfolios for endowed institutions and family offices, Erin is responsible for identifying, investing, and overseeing a diverse portfolio of investments that drive breakthrough innovations and advance women’s power and influence. On a day-to-day basis, Erin is deeply involved in discovering and cultivating relationships with leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, and founders. She has sourced and conducted diligence on investment managers across asset classes, with a particular focus and expertise in private markets and early-stage venture capital. Prior to joining Pivotal, Erin spent 8 years at Cambridge Associates, most recently as a Managing Director. She has extensive experience developing strategies for impact and mission-aligned investments and advising on investment governance best practices. She also writes and speaks frequently on the topics of investing with a social equity/gender equity lens and investing in diverse and emerging managers.