About
After graduating from Harvard College in 2008, Aubrie began her career in the internal strategy group at Fidelity Investments. There, she paid off her student debt and saved up to start her first company, Bow & Drape.
In 2012, she launched B&D, the first mass customization apparel and accessories brand, with a successful Kickstarter campaign and investment from Tony Hsieh and others. The company grew to cult status after launching its customizable, sequin sweatshirt, selling tens of thousands in its first year to celebrity customers such as Serena Williams, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Halle Berry, Selma Blair, and many more. Partnering early on with the likes of SoulCycle, Uber, The New York Post, and Maybelline, Bow & Drape set itself apart as a cheeky brand that understood the millennial zeitgeist.
Heralded by Glamour as “the little black sweatshirt” that just gets you, Bow & Drape scaled rapidly selling online and in over 350 Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, and Hudson’s Bay stores. In 2018, Harvard Business School highlighted Bow & Drape’s growth story before the company sold to WIN Brands Group in 2019.
Toward the end of her Bow & Drape journey, Aubrie spent time angel investing via XFactor Ventures, a fund run by female operators backing startups with female founding teams. There, Aubrie led investments in companies like maude, Ceremonia, August, Trashie, Shiru, and Foodology.
Aubrie transitioned full-time to investing at Alpaca VC in 2020, backing early stage founders pushing foundational industries in the real world forward.
She researches, writes, and invests in the future, everything from consumer and agentic coordination to supply chain, manufacturing, and energy.
She currently sits on the board of several companies, including Pack Digital, Mayple, Intramotev, Optiversal, Applied Atomics, and TapStitch.
She lives in Brooklyn with her partner, house plants, and baby, Lucky.
Awards + Recognition
2024
The Seed 40: The best women early-stage investors of 2024
Girl Scouts of Greater New York, Gold Achievement Honoree
2017
Glossy Awards, Best Use of Instagram by a Brand
2015 + 2017
Women2Watch in Retail Disruption
2016
LinkedIn’s Next Wave: Top Professionals under 35
2015
Forbes 30 under 30
2014
