Companies I've Founded or co-owned

Night & Day Productions

Someday Productions

Singlebrook

Women 2.0

PollQ

Chloe Capital

organizations I've Founded

Ithaca Venture Community

Barnard & Columbia Club of CNY

Women in Tech Meetup - CNY

board Positions

ConvergeUS

CSRwire

Local First Ithaca

Barnard Young Alumnae

StartFast Code

NY Society of Association Executives

Women 2.0

Singlebrook

Elisa Miller-Out is managing partner of Chloe Capital, a seed stage investment fund focused on women-led tech companies. She's also co-founder of PollQ, a polling software startup and serves on the board of Women 2.0, the leading global media brand for women in tech. Elisa is an Entrepreneur in Residence at Cornell University's Blackstone Launchpad and the Southern Tier Startup Alliance and serves as a mentor for NEXUS-NY, LaunchNY, 76West and StartFast. She's also an entrepreneurship instructor for the National Science Foundation. She's based in Ithaca, NY, but grew up in New Orleans and spent time in New York City as well.

Elisa recently had a successful acquisition deal for a division of Singlebrook, a custom software services firm that she co-founded and ran for 10 years, freeing up some of her time to pursue new ventures. Singlebrook is a certified B Corp and has fortune 500, higher education and nonprofit clients from all over the world including: Cornell, Yale, Henry Schein, Hitachi, the Sierra Club, the Environmental Defense Fund and more. Elisa still serves as CFO and Chair of the Board for Singlebrook.

Elisa has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, Forbes and other publications and she speaks about technology and entrepreneurship at events across the country.

Prior to founding Singlebrook, Elisa founded two other companies and worked in a variety of industries in New York City. She also founded several networking groups and regularly serves as a mentor and judge for startup accelerators and competitions. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Barnard College of Columbia University.

In her free time, Elisa enjoys local foods, Crossfit, swimming in waterfalls, reading and spending time with her husband, two daughters and her big extended family.

WORK

Managing Partner at Chloe Capital

Early stage investment fund

Co-Founder at PollQ

POLLING SOFTWARE STARTUP

Board Member at Women 2.0

global media brand for women in tech

Entrepreneur in Residence at Cornell University

startup program through Blackstone launchpad

Chair of the Board at Singlebrook

Custom web software development

CFO at Singlebrook

custom web software development

COO at Women 2.0

global media brand for women in tech

CEO & Co-Founder at Singlebrook

custom web software development

Event Manager at Sanofi Aventis

pharmaceuticals

President & Founder at Someday Productions

event production

Office & Project Manager at Johnson Burnett Productions & Schofield Films

film & commercial production

Co-Executive Director & Co-Founder at Night & Day Productions

theatre production & Publishing

Product & Marketing Coordinator at M.H. Segan & Co.

invention & product development & manufacturing

AWARDS

Three Time Nominee and Finalist -- Upstate Venture Ecosystem Awards: Community Catalyst, Ecosystem Champion

Signs of Sustainability Award from Sustainable Tompkins

B Corp Policy Champion Award

B Corp Supply Chain Award

NYSAE New Star Synergy Award

ReBusiness Chamber Challenge Award

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

TechWeek

Columbia University Social Enterprise Conference

Entrepreneurship @ Cornell Celebration

We Live NY Summit at Cornell University

NY Society of Association Executives

Sustainatopia

Finger Lakes Social Entrepreneurship Institute

Upstate Capital

RocGrowth

GUEST LECTURER POSITIONS

National Science Foundation, Innovation Corps

Cornell University Kessler Fellowship

Cornell University Dyson School

Cornell University Social Entrepreneurship Program

Cornell University M.Eng. Program

Columbia Business School

Barnard College of Columbia University

Binghamton University

JUDGING & MENTORSHIP

Cornell Blackstone Launchpad

76 West

NEXUS-NY

LaunchNY

Southern Tier Startup Alliance

Rev Ithaca Startup Works

Columbia Venture Competition

Cornell Big Idea Competition

Cornell 3Day Startup

Student Startup Madness at SXSW

ACARA Challenge at Cornell

NY State Business Plan Competition

Ithaca College Business Plan Competition

StartFast

Cornell Startup Weekend

Media Ideation Fellowship - Voqal

KAUST Program at Cornell

Women Innovate Mobile Accelerator