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Bronx-raised
operator
for the overlooked genius.
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I didn't come up through venture. Honestly, I didn't even know the industry existed when I started my career. I pivoted from HR, and my first VC role at CapitalG was created for me. There was no blueprint and no predecessor. Just a hunch that venture capital was missing something human and that the deals and the dollars meant nothing without the relationships behind them. That hunch became the through-line of everything I've built since. I don't connect people as a utility — a favor, a transaction, a line item. I connect people because I know the values I want to see exist in the world, and the fastest way there is by putting the right people in the same room. The venture. The writing. The fragrance. Different rooms, same instinct.
WORK
Investing at SignalFire
I lead the Ecosystem function at SignalFire, a $3B AI-native venture firm — a role that, like my first one, didn't exist before I built it. I manage the relationships that make the portfolio move: founders, strategic partners, and labs like OpenAI and Anthropic.
Before this, I built the Community and Business Development function at CapitalG, Google's $7B growth equity fund — also from scratch. When Covid-19 hit, my C-suite communities gave executives at some of the world's best companies a room to think out loud when nobody had a playbook.
TRUSTED BY
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Speaking
Speaking, hosting, and communities I've curated
Sought-after speaker, fragrance journalist, and culture curator known for hosting high-profile book launches that bring together Silicon Valley's top founders and brand CMOs. I regularly design bespoke panel discussions and experiences connecting senior leadership teams with tastemakers, influencers, and community builders. Featured at major brands and conferences for bringing a unique cultural lens to venture capital and helping organizations decode what "culture" means today.
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Philosophy
Three ideas I build on
Beauty, fashion, fragrance, venture, and Black entrepreneurship can read as separate worlds. I move through all of them building the same thing: the relationships underneath.
01
Ready
To collapse the distance between where people are and where they want to be -- room by room, relationship by relationship.
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Set
A world where your zipcode doesn't determine your ceiling or success in life.
03
Sadasia
Before I learned the word "ecosystem," the Bronx taught me how one works: who gets access depends on who's connected. That's a design problem, and I'm here to redesign it. I think in systems because I'm trying to change one.
Writing, Audio & Books
A love for stories, long before the room
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Meet Sadasia McCutchen
On building a network from scratch at Google, and what to do when the room doesn't see you.
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From Soul Notes to Bottom Lines
Why culture beats diversity in business, in conversation with the founders of The Colors.
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Community Builder's Toolkit
Everything you need to design, launch, and grow a community that sticks. Includes: A Guide to Avoiding Common Pitfalls, Value Proposition for Community Members, Measuring Ecosystem Health, and The Ecosystem Architect’s Playbook.
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Let's build together
If the work resonates, the door is always open.
