Julia Wittlin is a Partner at RedBird Capital and oversees RedBird’s Venture and Emerging Growth investment vertical and is a senior investor in its sports investments business.
In her current role, Julia oversees RedBird’s efforts in venture and emerging growth where it backs disruptive technologies and business models in RedBird’s core areas of expertise. On the Sports side, Julia is actively involved in the Firm’s investments including Fenway Sports Group, Alpine, and Dream11.
Prior to joining RedBird, Julia spent 15 years at BlackRock. Most recently, Julia was a Managing Director and a senior portfolio manager within BlackRock Alternative Investors, where she developed and led the team’s growth equity investment efforts and deployed over $500 million. Julia’s prior investments include leading companies such as Hashicorp, Rivian, Epic Games, Attentive, and Databricks.
Julia has been recognized by the Wall Street Journal as a Woman to Watch in Private Equity and has authored a number of white papers on private equity and the private markets portfolio. Julia is on the steering committee for the southeast chapter of WAVE, the Women’s Association of Venture and Equity. Julia received her undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester. She also holds an FRM, CAIA, and CFA charter designation.