苏塞克斯公爵夫人梅根首次以创业投资人身份亮相
苏塞克斯公爵夫人梅根•马克尔活跃在全球舞台上已近五年，向来将推动性别平等当成核心事业之一，其实从很久之前她就是如此。如今她开始打造创业投资组合，将推进性别平等的努力拓展到私营部门。
梅根投资了制作即食燕麦牛奶拿铁的初创公司Clevr Blends，该公司领导者为联合创始人兼首席执行官汉娜•门多萨。在宣布投资的声明中，梅根强调了对支持女性创办公司的兴趣。2019年女性领导的企业获得风投资金仅占总金额2.7%。该项个人投资是梅根公开的第一笔。
“这笔投资是为了支持充满热情，将打造社区当成事业重心的女企业家，”公爵夫人梅根发给《财富》杂志的声明中称，“向汉娜投资，支持他们选用合乎道德的原料，打造出我个人喜爱且能实现全方位健康的产品，我深感自豪。我相信她，也相信她的公司。”
梅根向来对健康领域颇感兴趣。她曾经经营生活方式博客The Tig，经常发布关于健康空间的文章，不过现在博客已经关闭。2017年，圣巴巴拉一家小型咖啡店首发了Clevr的燕麦牛奶拿铁产品，梅根品尝之后主动联系了该团队。Clevr公司总部位于南加州蒙特西托附近，今年早些时候梅根和丈夫哈里王子刚搬到那里。
公爵夫人的发言人拒绝透露投资规模，并称不会有更大规模的后续投资。Clevr只有6名员工，迄今为止一直靠着自筹资金经营。其产品包括零售价为28美元的四种速溶拿铁，还有奶泡器和旅行杯，收到投资后公司打算扩大业务规模。该品牌还承诺将收入的1%捐给美国为食品正义而战的机构，当前捐助对象为位于圣巴巴拉的互助和社区组织El Centro SB。
门多萨在一份声明中表示：“创业者需要资金，也需要听取关心他们事业的顾问意见。我很高兴苏塞克斯公爵夫人提供了这两项帮助，她对我们开创的事业相当热情，双方合作的目标也非常一致。我们都对今后发展充满信心。”
2020年初，苏塞克斯公爵和夫人辞去皇室高级职务，此后两人一直努力打造平台，作为常驻美国的公众人物继续支持慈善事业，其中包括心理健康、阻止网络骚扰，支持退伍军人等。两人成立的非营利机构Archewell基金会进展顺利，梅根也借此持续推动两性平等。今年秋天，公爵夫人参加了《财富》最具影响力女性峰会和最具影响力女性新一代峰会，主要探讨的也是相关问题。
夫妇二人退出皇室遇到了种种复杂状况，期间两人还声明要“经济独立”，也就是说不再依靠英国纳税人资助。如果为皇室工作，他们不可赚取任何形式的“职业收入”。
梅根感兴趣的不仅包括创业投资领域，由于梅根为演员出身，公爵夫妇进驻私营部门的举动还包括此前达成协议为Netflix制作内容。（财富中文网）
译者：梁宇
审校：夏林
苏塞克斯公爵夫人梅根•马克尔活跃在全球舞台上已近五年，向来将推动性别平等当成核心事业之一，其实从很久之前她就是如此。如今她开始打造创业投资组合，将推进性别平等的努力拓展到私营部门。
梅根投资了制作即食燕麦牛奶拿铁的初创公司Clevr Blends，该公司领导者为联合创始人兼首席执行官汉娜•门多萨。在宣布投资的声明中，梅根强调了对支持女性创办公司的兴趣。2019年女性领导的企业获得风投资金仅占总金额2.7%。该项个人投资是梅根公开的第一笔。
“这笔投资是为了支持充满热情，将打造社区当成事业重心的女企业家，”公爵夫人梅根发给《财富》杂志的声明中称，“向汉娜投资，支持他们选用合乎道德的原料，打造出我个人喜爱且能实现全方位健康的产品，我深感自豪。我相信她，也相信她的公司。”
梅根向来对健康领域颇感兴趣。她曾经经营生活方式博客The Tig，经常发布关于健康空间的文章，不过现在博客已经关闭。2017年，圣巴巴拉一家小型咖啡店首发了Clevr的燕麦牛奶拿铁产品，梅根品尝之后主动联系了该团队。Clevr公司总部位于南加州蒙特西托附近，今年早些时候梅根和丈夫哈里王子刚搬到那里。
公爵夫人的发言人拒绝透露投资规模，并称不会有更大规模的后续投资。Clevr只有6名员工，迄今为止一直靠着自筹资金经营。其产品包括零售价为28美元的四种速溶拿铁，还有奶泡器和旅行杯，收到投资后公司打算扩大业务规模。该品牌还承诺将收入的1%捐给美国为食品正义而战的机构，当前捐助对象为位于圣巴巴拉的互助和社区组织El Centro SB。
门多萨在一份声明中表示：“创业者需要资金，也需要听取关心他们事业的顾问意见。我很高兴苏塞克斯公爵夫人提供了这两项帮助，她对我们开创的事业相当热情，双方合作的目标也非常一致。我们都对今后发展充满信心。”
2020年初，苏塞克斯公爵和夫人辞去皇室高级职务，此后两人一直努力打造平台，作为常驻美国的公众人物继续支持慈善事业，其中包括心理健康、阻止网络骚扰，支持退伍军人等。两人成立的非营利机构Archewell基金会进展顺利，梅根也借此持续推动两性平等。今年秋天，公爵夫人参加了《财富》最具影响力女性峰会和最具影响力女性新一代峰会，主要探讨的也是相关问题。
夫妇二人退出皇室遇到了种种复杂状况，期间两人还声明要“经济独立”，也就是说不再依靠英国纳税人资助。如果为皇室工作，他们不可赚取任何形式的“职业收入”。
梅根感兴趣的不仅包括创业投资领域，由于梅根为演员出身，公爵夫妇进驻私营部门的举动还包括此前达成协议为Netflix制作内容。（财富中文网）
译者：梁宇
审校：夏林
Throughout her near half-decade on the global stage—and long before—Meghan Markle has made gender equality one of her core causes. The Duchess of Sussex is now extending that mission to the private sector as she begins to build a portfolio of startup investments.
The duchess is investing in Clevr Blends, a startup that makes instant oat-milk lattes. In a statement announcing her investment in the brand—which is led by cofounder and CEO Hannah Mendoza—Meghan emphasized her interest in supporting female-founded companies, which received only 2.7% of venture capital funding in 2019. The personal investment is Meghan’s first to be made public.
“This investment is in support of a passionate female entrepreneur who prioritizes building community alongside her business,” the duchess said in a statement to Fortune. “I’m proud to invest in Hannah’s commitment to sourcing ethical ingredients and creating a product that I personally love and [that] has a holistic approach to wellness. I believe in her, and I believe in her company.”
Wellness has long been an interest of Meghan’s; she often wrote about the wellness space when she ran a now-shuttered lifestyle blog called The Tig. Meghan reached out to the Clevr team after trying the company’s oat-milk latte product, which debuted through a Santa Barbara pop-up coffee shop in 2017. The Southern California–based business is headquartered near Montecito, where Meghan and her husband, Prince Harry, moved earlier this year.
A representative for the duchess declined to disclose the size of her investment, which wasn’t part of any kind of larger funding round. The brand, which has six staff members, has until now been self-funded. Clevr plans to use the investment to scale its business, which currently sells four different kinds of instant lattes retailing for $28, as well as a milk frother and travel mug. The brand has also committed to donating 1% of revenue to organizations fighting for food justice in the U.S., money that is currently going to Santa Barbara’s El Centro SB, a mutual aid and community organization.
“Entrepreneurs need funding, but they also need advisers who care deeply about what they are building. I’m grateful to have found both in the Duchess of Sussex,” Mendoza said in a statement. “Her passion for what we’re creating is palpable, and I couldn’t imagine a more aligned partnership. We’re excited for the road ahead.”
Since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex departed from their roles as senior members of the Royal Family in early 2020, the pair have been developing platforms to continue to support their charitable causes—which also include mental health, the end of online harassment, and support for veterans—as public figures largely based in the U.S. Their Archewell Foundation, where Meghan is continuing to work on the issue of gender equality through the nonprofit space, is getting off the ground. The duchess joined the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit and MPW Next Gen Summit this fall to discuss these issues.
During their complicated exit from their official roles in the Royal Family, the couple stated a commitment to attaining “financial independence,” meaning they would no longer rely on British taxpayer funding; as working members of the Royal Family, they were barred from earning any form of “professional income.”
In addition to Meghan’s interest in startup investing, the duke and duchess, who is a former actor, have entered the private sector through a deal to produce content for Netflix.
