Earnest Sweat is an Associate Partner at GreatPoint Ventures. He focuses on verticals where new technology will have the largest possible impact on global GDP, specializing in retail, supply chain, real estate, and manufacturing.
Prior to joining GPV, Earnest was a founding team member at Prologis Ventures, the venture arm of the world’s largest industrial real estate owner. Earnest is also a founding Board Member of BLCK VC, a community built for and by black investors, and, shortly after college, founded an online marketplace to provide college advisory and professional development services, which was acquired four years later. Earnest is an alum of Columbia University and earned his MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.