Laurent Span

Laurent Span is a former Division I golfer and competitive skier turned venture investor and entrepreneur. He manages SPANVentures, an early-stage investment firm focused on backing overlooked yet exceptional Black, Brown, and women founders across insurtech and consumer. SPANVentures invests through SPVs with accredited co-investors and is actively raising its $15M Fund I to scale its mission-driven approach to investing.

Laurent also leads Breaking Barriers of VC, a media and events platform dedicated to convening the next generation of fund managers, LPs, founders, and operators through curated panels, community dinners, and ecosystem-building initiatives.

A two-time college founder and former Wall Street broker, Laurent brings an operator’s grit and an investor’s lens to every deal. He is passionate about building companies, creating access in venture, and proving that diversity is not a constraint but a market-shaping advantage.