Grace is an Investment Manager on the private markets team at Vanderbilt University's Office of Investments where she focuses on venture capital and private equity. She divides her time between sourcing new investment opportunities with an emphasis on emerging VC managers across the US and Europe, supporting the existing roster of GPs, and helping refine internal portfolio allocation strategies. Grace is also Co-Founder of the Emerging Allocators Association (EAA), a nonprofit dedicated to the emerging (pre-director) LP ecosystem.

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Prior to joining the VU Office of Investments team, Grace was the first fellow at f7 Ventures, an operator led, early-stage venture fund that invests in the future of work and consumer utility. Previously, she was an early employee at K2 Dental Arts, a healthtech startup focused on digitizing dental practices, where she helped scale the sales, marketing, and business development teams and strategies. Her entrepreneurial pursuits took her to Uganda where she conducted an independent research study focused on the One Health model in partnership with the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology, the Uganda Wildlife Authority, and Conservation for Public Health.

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Grace holds a dual honors degree in Commerce History and American Studies from the University of Virginia where she was a D1 athlete on the Women's Rowing team. Outside of work, Grace enjoys skiing (her weekends in the winter are dedicated to discovering new Epic pass mountains), dirtbiking, wakeboarding, hiking, traveling, and researching restored classic cars (defender 90/110 and FJ 40/60)!

Luke is an Investment Analyst at Vanderbilt University's Office of Investments, where he focuses on early-stage venture capital and lower middle-market buyout. Prior to joining the private markets team, he contributed to the public markets team, helping manage the endowment's hedge fund, long-only equity, credit, and commodities exposure. Luke has played a pivotal role in shaping the office's investment approach in biotech, defense, and deep tech, while fostering cross-university collaborations across multiple departments.

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Luke is also the Co-Founder of the Emerging Allocators Association (EAA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering collaboration and support within the junior-level limited partner (LP) ecosystem.

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Luke holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Vanderbilt University, where he was a Division 1 football player. A Dallas, TX native, he enjoys hunting, fishing, and weightlifting.

Owen is a venture capital investor at Third Prime, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on seed investments. His work spans sourcing new investment opportunities, collaborating with portfolio companies, and contributing to the firm’s overall investment strategy.

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Previously, Owen was an Analyst at the Vanderbilt Office of Investments, where he specialized in private markets, including venture capital and later-stage co-investments. In this role, he gained experience evaluating fund managers, contributing to strategic portfolio construction, and underwriting later-stage co-investment opportunities.

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Owen graduated from Vanderbilt University, where he studied Economics and Philosophy.