Sandy Guitar

Sandy Guitar is the Executive Director of Tex-E, leading at the intersection of innovation and higher education.

Sandy is a Co-Founder of Weathergage Capital, a venture capital and growth equity fund of funds managing approximately $1.2 billion in venture capital partnership investments. Weathergage has longstanding relationships with venture capital funds that we believe are resilient, innovative trendsetters with strong track records and that we believe can benefit the institutional investor. Sandy was previously a General Partner and Managing Director at HX Venture Fund, a venture capital fund of funds focused on producing superior returns for its Limited Partners and on developing the startup ecosystem in Houston, TX. Sandy began her venture capital fund of funds career with Knightsbridge Advisers, and since that time has shared in the investment, investor relations and fundraising activities of 8 funds of funds.  
 
Sandy is a member of the Board of Regents at the University of the South, Sewanee, and Chairman of Sewanee’s investment committee. Sandy is also an Advisory Board member of Rice University’s Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, or Lilie.  Sandy has an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern and a B.A. cum laude from the University of the South, with her pre-college education in London. Following her degree, she was awarded a Watson Fellowship, traveling to and studying business management styles in Japan, India and Australia.