Erica Wenger is a venture capitalist, founder, and storyteller building a new model for early-stage venture.

Erica Wenger is the Founding General Partner at Park Rangers Capital, a venture firm backing early-stage software startups that turn customers into members and companies into communities, or what she calls “elephant companies.” Her viral essay Elephants, Not Unicorns has reached millions, establishing her as a leading voice reimagining venture capital. A serial entrepreneur (3x founder, 1.5 exits) and early operator (employee #2 twice), Erica brings a rare mix of operating grit, investing acumen, and platform reach that founders actively seek out. She’s also the host of the Trailblazers podcast and creator with 85K+ followers across social platforms, where she shares ideas on the future of startups, venture, and storytelling. Park Rangers Capital has received funding from Catalyze (funded by Skoll Foundation, Sorenson Impact, and JP Morgan Chase), Recast (funded by Melinda Gates's Family Office), Allocator One, Impact Assets, leading GPs, unicorn founders, and executives from companies like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic. Erica’s work has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Business Insider, TechCrunch, and The Information. Follow-up essays like Elephant DNA, Getting off the Alphabet Train, DAU is Dead, FFF is the new PMF for VCs, and many more continue to shape how the next generation of founders and investors think about building durable, purpose-driven companies. Founders regularly call her “the most thoughtful” VC they’ve met.