Sheryl Sandberg, the longtime former chief operating officer at Meta Platforms, and her husband Tom Bernthal have started an investment firm to fund businesses in various sectors, according to a spokesperson for Sandberg. An internationally recognized figure, Sandberg often was the public face of the Facebook parent company before leaving last fall after 14 years, igniting speculation about her next act.
The new firm, Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners, uses the couple’s personal capital for “investing, supporting and scaling alongside great entrepreneurs,” according to its LinkedIn account. Before launching the firm over the summer, the couple, who married last year, invested in Bay FC, a new Silicon Valley-based team in the National Women’s Soccer League.
