Sabrina Merage Naim

Sabrina Merage Naim is a passionate and engaged philanthropist, venture capitalist, podcast host, and documentary film investor and producer. She founded the Sabrina Merage Foundation (SMF) in 2008 with the intention of building bridges between diverse populations. Since then, Sabrina has focused much of her philanthropic efforts on the intersection of inclusivity and innovation, investing in opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds to connect, teach, and learn from one another. In 2020, Sabrina founded Evoke Media as a subsidiary of SMF in order to create connection, cultivate conversation, and drive social impact through the power of storytelling. Using her business acumen and a venture philanthropy model, Sabrina has supported numerous social-issue documentaries in igniting on-the-ground impact while also measuring deliverables. She also created and co-hosts Evoke's original podcast, Breaking Glass, dropping listeners into intimate conversations with change-makers who are tackling complex issues impacting women around the world. Sabrina is one of few female founders of a venture capital firm. Echo Capital focuses on early-stage investments in consumer product companies and invests in some of the top-performing consumer brands in the United States. She has traveled the country to speak at conferences and panels about multi-generational wealth, philanthropy, trends in food and beverage, consumer products, venture capital, and family offices. She’s appeared in The New York Times, Thrive Global, eJewishPhilanthropy, Family Business Magazine, and Forward Females.

Sub-specialties:
Business and the Economy — family business, macroeconomic consumer trends

Entrepreneurship — young entrepreneurs, consumer startups, Millennial and women-owned businesses

Finance — venture capital, consumer products, conscious consumerism

Film — social issue documentaries, investing and producing, impact campaigns, storytelling

Philanthropy — family foundations, millennial foundations, multi-generational philanthropy, venture philanthropy

Women —feminism, global women’s issues, women’s stories

Women in business — Women-owned and operated businesses, women in the workforce, women’s economic impact

Women’s empowerment — storytelling for connectivity and empowerment, global scale