Nikki Farb

Nikki Farb is a Venture Partner at Headline and an Advisor at SoFi, currently based in San Francisco, California. Before transitioning to venture capital, she served as a Vice President in the Emerging Private Companies group at Goldman Sachs. Farb subsequently founded and acted as Chief Executive Officer of Darby Smart, a consumer craft platform that secured a $1 million seed round and a $6.3 million Series A financing led by Maveron. Following Darby Smart's acquisition by Grove Collaborative in 2018, she joined the acquiring company's beauty division to oversee new consumer initiatives. An alumna of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, she also advised SoFi through its successful 2021 initial public offering. Her current professional focus centers on early-stage technology investments, leveraging her extensive operational background in consumer platforms and corporate finance.