Sarah Lamont is a Senior Associate at F-Prime, where she focuses on early-stage investments in fintech. Prior to joining F-Prime, she was a senior consultant at Oliver Wyman in their private equity practice. In addition to her role at F-Prime, Sarah also co-leads the Boston chapter of the Emerging Venture Capitalists Association (EVCA) and is a Data Advocate for Fintech Sandbox, a non-profit serving fintech entrepreneurs by aggregating data and infrastructure for free during a startup’s development phase.

Could you explain more about what you do in your roles at EVCA?

In my leadership role at EVCA, I spend my time growing and nurturing a community of pre-partner VCs in Boston – primarily through a mix of educational events (like tax workshops), mentorship events (like GP dinners), our annual gala alongside BLCK VC, and more.

What made you interested in taking a leadership role at EVCA?

Venture is an opaque career path and I wanted to play a bigger role in creating a community where emerging VCs can support each other on their path to partner. As a Boston-native, I'm also motivated by Boston specifically: the city has incredible research and talent density but doesn't always get the same spotlight as other cities in the tech ecosystem. Helping build a more connected community of local investors through EVCA feels like a small but meaningful way to make Boston a more central node in the broader venture landscape.

What is your most contrarian view on an existing or emerging technology trend?

As a fintech investor, much of my network talks about the possibility of agentic commerce taking off alongside the rise of AI agents. I think that will prove true to some degree for B2B use cases (like procurement and other repetitive back-office transactions) but is much further off for B2C. Startups are building the necessary infrastructure around identity, authentication, and fraud, but the biggest hurdle now is consumer sentiment: outside of tech circles, sentiment on AI remains incredibly low (we've all seen the backlash against "AI slop"). For consumers, activities like shopping or planning travel are often part of the enjoyment itself, and most consumers don't want to outsource that experience to an agent. And the use cases where B2C agentic commerce actually make sense – like reordering household goods and paying recurring bills – have already been solved by merchant subscriptions and auto-pay features.