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Meet Marie Thompson, Partner at Powerhouse Ventures

Featured Investors | September 2023 - Matt Wanlass of LFX Venture Partners and Ting Ting Liu of Builders VC

Austin Chapter Lead, Paola Retes of LiveOak Venture Partners

Meet Keith Bender, Partner at Pear VC

Leadership Spotlight: Impact Program Co-Lead, Carl Choi of Alumni Ventures

Featured Investors | August 2023 - David Bloom of Kyber Knight Capital and Hailey Hu of AiiM Partners

SVB Stays Focused on the Long Term. Meet Charlie Walker, Managing Director of VC Coverage and Business Development at SVB

Featured Investors | July 2023 - Alexis Alston of Lightship Capital and Ryan Lee of Comcast Ventures

Leadership Spotlight: Mobility Vertical Co-Lead, Brian Wei of BMW i Ventures

Leadership Spotlight: Cybersecurity Vertical Leads, Zain Rizavi of Ridge Ventures and Mustafa Neemuchwala of NEA

Featured Investors | June 2023 - Natan Reddy of Ironspring Ventures

Meet Lauren Stephanian, Partner at Pantera Capital

Meet Calvin Chin, Managing Partner at E14 Fund

Leadership Spotlight: AI/ML Vertical Co-Lead, Sujude Dalieh of JAZZ Venture Partners

Featured Investors | May 2023 - Abigail Risse of Hyperplane and Ken Lau of Red Sea Ventures

Meet Astasia Myers, Partner at Quiet Capital

Featured Investors | April 2023 - Vivian Cheng of CRV and Joe Botsch of RTP Global

Leadership Spotlight: Climate Tech Vertical Lead, Thomas Englis of Clearvision Ventures

Meet Timothy Wang, Managing Partner at the Westly Group

Featured Investors | March 2023 - Jill Chase of CapitalG and Asif Moosani of Gradient Ventures

Leadership Spotlight: Mid-Atlantic Chapter Lead, Evan Cannon of Osage Venture Partners

Meet Colin Tobias, Partner at SemperVirens Venture Capital

Featured Investors | February 2023 - Ronnie Martinez of CEAS Investors and Brent Murri of M13

Meet Grace Chou, Partner at Maveron

Featured Investors | January 2023 - Marissa Moore of OMERS Ventures and Robert Li of Citi Ventures

Meet Tony Liu, Partner at Costanoa Ventures

Leadership Spotlight: CVC Lead, James Wu of M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)

Featured Investors | December 2022 - Bryan Shill of Prelude Ventures and Ananya Vasagiri of Schematic Ventures

Meet Philipp Seifert, Partner at 468 Capital

Featured Investors | November 2022 - Caie Kelley of SOUNDwaves Holdings and Justin Young of Prologis Ventures

Leadership Spotlight: Los Angeles Chapter Leads, Jenieri Cyrus of Urban Innovation Fund and Gabriella Brignardello of Fika Ventures

Meet Vidya Raman, Partner at Sorenson Ventures

Leadership Spotlight: EdTech Vertical Lead, Susan Wang of Learn Capital

Featured Investors | October 2022 - Zhou Zang of Corazon Capital and Nishant Singh of Playground Global

Meet Shaun Lee, Partner at Mubadala Capital - Ventures

Featured Investors | September 2022 - Gabriella Garcia of Two Sigma Ventures and Paul Jordan of Activate Capital

Leadership Spotlight: EdTech Vertical Leads, Gloria Samen and John Azubuike of Owl Ventures

Meet Divya Sudhakar, Partner at Geodesic Capital

Featured Investors | August 2022 - Valentina Rodriguez of Wonder Ventures and Andrew Chan of Builders VC

Leadership Spotlight: Growth Investment Vertical Lead, Russell Yue of Tru Arrow Partners

Meet Stephanie Cherrin, Partner at J.P. Morgan Technology Ventures

Featured Investors | July 2022 - Martha Teka of Telescope Partners and Tansel Ismail of Energy Impact Partners (EIP)

Leadership Spotlight: FemaleFunders Vertical Leads, Kira Noodleman of Bee Partners and Natasha Sharma of True Ventures

Featured Investors | June 2022 - Sara Eshelman of Spero Ventures and Shaun Chaudhuri of Westly Group

He Was a Former Partner at Storm Ventures and Co-founder of BLCK VC. Today He is Helping Lead the Early-stage VC Fund at Wellington Management. Meet Frederik Groce.

Meet Adam Dawkins, Founder of the EVCA

Featured Investors | May 2022 - Tanvi Narain of Counterpart Ventures and Kendrick Geluz Kho of Global Founders Capital (GFC)

Leadership Spotlight: Austin Chapter Lead, Patrick Moody of S3 Ventures

Meet Sam Smith-Eppsteiner, Partner at Innovation Endeavors

Featured Investors | April 2022 - Nicole Friedman of Blue Collective and Cedric Char of Fifth Wall

He Was a Former Irish Diplomat Who Crossed the Chasm into the Banking World. Meet Barry O’Brien, Head of Strategic Investments and SVB LIFT at SVB Capital Group

Leadership Spotlight: Insurtech Vertical Leads, Ben Bergsma of Munich Re Ventures and Patrick Klas of Maschmeyer Group Ventures (MGV)

Featured Investors | March 2022 - Abdul Abdirahman of F-Prime Capital and Gwen Umbach of Altimeter Capital

He Was a Former Managing Partner at the Dorm Room Fund and Investor at Floodgate. Meet Shawn Xu, Partner at On Deck

Featured Investors | February 2022 - Christina Fa of NewView Capital (NVC) and James Hueston of NTTVC

Leadership Spotlight: Board Member, Kathryn Weinmann of Norwest Venture Partners

Meet Aidan Madigan-Curtis, Partner at Eclipse Ventures

Leadership Spotlight: Impact Vertical Leads, Eduardo Laiter of Kapor Capital and Stella Tran of Acumen America

Featured Investors | January 2022 - Demi Obayomi of Sapphire Ventures and Stephanie Cherrin of Porsche Ventures

Meet Parker Barrile, Partner at Norwest Venture Partners

Featured Investors | December 2021 - Jesse Bloom of Alpha Partners and Ally Warson of UP.Partners

Leadership Spotlight: Supply Chain Vertical Lead, Natan Reddy of Ironspring Ventures

Rick Grinnell, Founder and Managing Partner of Glasswing Ventures, Shares His Story of Over Two Decades in VC

Leadership Spotlight: Chicago Chapter Lead, Steven Cook of Chicago Ventures

Featured Investors | November 2021 - Grace Isford of Canvas Ventures and Keith Bender of Pear Ventures

From Aerospace Engineer to Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, Tess Hatch Shares Her Origins Story and Lessons on Life

Leadership Spotlight: AI/ML Vertical Leads, Kenn So of Shasta Ventures and Arjo Mozumder of Point72 Ventures

Featured Investors | October 2021 - Russell Yue of H.I.G. Capital and Sophia Yu of Foothill Ventures

How ChargePoint CEO, Pasquale Romano, Led His Electric Vehicle Company From Fledgling Startup to IPO Success Story

Featured Investors | September 2021 - Nandu Anilal of Canaan Partners and Daisy Garcia of JetBlue Technology Ventures

Leadership Spotlight: Healthcare Vertical Leads, Amanda Way of Emerson Collective and Emily Zhen of New Enterprise Associates

As Former Managing Director of Qualcomm Ventures North America, He Led Early Investments in Zoom, Ring, Noom, and Cruise. Meet Patrick Eggen, Founding General Partner at Counterpart Ventures.

Featured Investors | August 2021 - Kaitlyn Henry of OpenView Partners and Kai Cash of Primary Venture Partners

Leadership Spotlight: PropTech Vertical Lead, Dave Mullen of Silicon Valley Bank Capital

She’s a Former YC-Backed Founder and Engineering Leader. Meet Angela Tran, General Partner at Version One Ventures

Featured Investors | July 2021 - Kyle Dolce of Glasswing Ventures and Kinjal Shah of Blockchain Capital

Leadership Spotlight: New York Chapter Leads, Henry Magun of New Enterprise Associates and Ned Berman of Differential Ventures

How VC Firms Are Making the Transition Back to Normal: The EVCA Return to Work Survey Results

Featured Investors | June 2021

David Magerman: Growing Up on the “Wrong Side of the Tracks," He Defied the Odds to Become a Hedge Fund Manager at the Most Successful Hedge Fund in the World. Meet David Magerman, Managing Partner at Differential Ventures.

Leadership Spotlight: Mobility Vertical Leads, Chris Abshire of Toyota Ventures and Puneeth Meruva of Trucks Venture Capital

EVCA Leadership Spotlight: Board Member, Courtney Chow

Ben Yu: He's a Former Entrepreneur With Over Two Decades of VC Investing Under his Belt. Meet Ben Yu, Managing Director at Sierra Ventures.

Featured Investors | May 2021

EVCA Leadership Spotlight: Cybersecurity Vertical Lead, Morgan Mahlock

She Was an Engineering Leader at Then-Startup VMware and Growth-Stage Facebook. Meet Jocelyn Goldfein, Managing Director at Zetta Venture Partners.

Featured Investors | April 2021

EVCA Leadership Spotlight: Board Member, Kartik Gupta

He Went From Working on a Banana Farm to Selling His First Company to Cisco in the Span of a Decade. Meet Lior Susan, Founding Partner of Eclipse Ventures.

Featured Investors | March 2021

From Teenage Tech Tinkerer to Partner at Lux Capital, Shahin Farshchi Share His Origins Story and Lessons on Life

EVCA Leadership Spotlight: Chief of Staff Kevin Wu

Featured Investors | February 2021

An Interview with Eileen Tanghal, Senior Partner at In-Q-Tel, on What It's Like Investing on Behalf of the U.S. Intelligence Community

Featured Investors | January 2021

Featured Investors | December 2020

An Interview with Alex Lazarow on His New Book on Global Entrepreneurship

A Conversation with Nikhil Basu Trivedi

Featured Investors | October 2020