Her quick climb up the ladder of the New York venture world began when she met StockTwits founder Howard Lindzon over Twitter. The two became friendly, and shortly thereafter Mr. Lindzon recruited her to work at his firm, where she learned the world of very early stage investing.

Ms. Campise's next stop was working with Alan Patricof at Greycroft Partners, where she was able to immerse herself in later, series A financing. "She comes across as a very calm, quiet, monochromatic individual, and then all of a sudden she speaks with laser-like focus, totally focused on the issue with total animation, and about as high a degree of energy as I can think," declared Mr. Patricof, after Ms. Campise won The Huffington Post's Energy Makeover competition.

In April, Greycroft put out a press release announcing that Campise had been promoted from senior associate to principal. But just two weeks later she left to become a vice president at Venrock, apparently wooed by a very aggressive offer.