Ariana Thacker is a chemical engineer turned solo GP at Conscience VC who specializes in the intersection of consumer and science, backing companies that bring scientific breakthroughs directly to end consumers rather than traditional B2B deep tech. She uses her technical background to evaluate both the frontier science and consumer adoption potential of companies, while building a portfolio aligned with sustainability and social impact goals that has organically resulted in over 50% female or underrepresented founder leadership.