Joelle Kayden

Accolade Partners

Accolade Partners is an alternative asset platform that concentrates in venture capital, growth equity and blockchain fund investments across the technology and healthcare sectors. The firm recently raised more than $1 Billion for three funds of funds. The firm and funds are performance oriented and selectively use emerging managers in their portfolios. Joelle Kayden is the founder and Managing Partner of Accolade Partners. Prior to founding Accolade in 2000, Joelle joined Alex. Brown & Sons in 1982 and served as the first CFO of ABS Ventures, its venture capital affiliate. Subsequently, she joined the Investment Banking Division where she was a Managing Director. Joelle managed the Venture Capital Service Group and served on the firm’s Equity Capital Markets and Investment committees. Joelle holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) and a B.A. from Smith College. She serves on the Board of Trustees of Rockefeller University and the Yellowstone Community Foundation.