Kendra Bracken-Ferguson

Kendra Bracken-Ferguson is an investor, entrepreneur, and bestselling author who has spent more than two decades building, backing, and scaling companies while creating pathways to capital and ownership for founders.

She is the Founder and Managing Partner of KBF Ventures, a venture studio and holding company investing in consumer innovation, and the Co-Founder of BrainTrust Fund I, which has invested in nine beauty and wellness brands and deployed $15 million in venture capital. Across her career, Kendra has worked with more than 200 brands, helped generate over $500 million in revenue, and raised more than $20 million in growth capital across her ventures.

A four-time founder with two successful exits, Kendra previously co-founded Digital Brand Architects, the pioneering influencer marketing and talent management agency acquired by United Talent Agency. Her career has centered on transforming influence, access, and community into enterprise value and economic opportunity.

Kendra is also a partner and executive producer for Test Invest Media, a media-commerce platform built to move emerging brands from story to scale. Sitting at the intersection of media, commerce, distribution, data, and capital, Test Invest Media is pioneering a model in which audiences can discover, participate, shop, and invest—connecting storytelling to economic opportunity.

Kendra is the bestselling author of The Beauty of Success and host of the award-winning Business of the Beat podcast. Through her investing, media, and founder platforms, she is working to expand who gets funded, who participates in ownership, and who has the opportunity to build lasting wealth.