WE@Yale Women Innovators Speaker Series with Ann Miura-Ko of Floodgate

Yale Women Innovators is a speaker series designed to foster community discussion, idea sharing, and networking in support of women and non-binary femme innovators across Yale's campus. End your day with a welcoming community as inspiring innovators and entrepreneurs share their stories.

Join us in conversation with Ann Miura-Ko (Yale '98), Co-Founding Partner at Floodgate, Forbes "Most Powerful Woman in Start-ups," and cofounding member of All Raise! We'll explore her many identities—from cybersecurity specialist to entrepreneurship lecturer, debater to venture capital pioneer. Refreshments will be provided.

Speaker Bio

Ann Miura-Ko is a Cofounding Partner at Floodgate. A repeat member of the Forbes Midas List and the New York Times Top 20 Venture Capitalists Worldwide, Ann was also named the “Most Powerful Woman in Startups” by Forbes. Ann is well-known in Silicon Valley as a pioneer investor in the pre-seed and seed stage companies because of her background as a Ph.D. in math modeling of infosec at Stanford. Her deep interest in technology began as a child – her father was a NASA rocket scientist – and her expertise developed as an undergraduate at Yale, where she participated in the RoboCup Competition in Paris, France.

Ann has also made significant investments in consumer (commerce, curation), marketplaces, and software for SMBs and solopreneurs. Some of Ann’s investments include Lyft (where she is still a board member), Xamarin, Monthly, Popshop, Poparazzi, Emotive, and Refinery29. Ann is also a lecturer in entrepreneurship at Stanford, a co-director of the Mayfield Fellows Program at Stanford, a member of the Board of Trustees for Yale University, and a co-founding member of All Raise, a nonprofit committed to improving diversity in funders and founders. Prior to Floodgate, Ann worked at Charles River Ventures and McKinsey and Company. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband and three energetic kids.

Brought to you by WE@Yale, a joint initiative of the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY) and the Yale SOM Program on Entrepreneurship.