Jessica Bates, Managing Director, Dwight Funding

Jessica leads Dwight’s Business Development team, which is focused on building and nurturing relationships with the best brands in the consumer goods space, as well as the network that supports them. Jessica has years of experience working with founders to secure working capital solutions that are designed to support the specific working capital needs of growth-stage CPG brands. Prior to her work at Dwight, Jessica was a Director of Strategy and Partnerships at a fintech lender, while previously she raised private debt and equity capital for companies globally in the Investment Banking Division of Barclays Capital. Jessica graduated with a B.S. in Finance and Accounting from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce.