>> WELCOME BACK TO CHAD HER
BROUGHT TO YOU BY JP MORGAN
CHASE THE BANK THAT ADVANCES
WOMEN EVER EVERYWHERE, WE KNOW
THAT WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR
ARE SEVERELY UNDERREPRESENTED
WHEN IT COMES TO VENTURE
CAPITAL FUNDING. THAT'S WHY OUR
NEXT GUEST IS LAUNCHING A FIRST
OF ITS KIND DIVERSIFY CAPITAL
FUND TO HELP CLOSE THE EQUITY
GAP AND LATE-STAGE COMPANIES
JOINING US NOW SICKENED ARE
SAYING FOUNDER VENTURE PARTNER
A CREW CAB IT ALSO CAN ARE
WELCOME TO
THE SHOW. WHAT IS YOUR MISSION
WITH THIS NEW FUND AND HOW'S IT
GOING TO CLOSE THE EQUITY GAP.
>> WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME I'M DELIGHTED TO BE
ISSUE WITH THAT SPIKE CAPITAL
FUND
PRETTY SIMPLE. IT REALLY WE
REALLY SEEK TO BRING DIVERSE
LEADERS C
SUITE LEADERS. WHEN WHEN PEOPLE
COLOR ONTO THE OWNERSHIP TABLE
OF LEADING GROWTH COMPANY AND
THE TRENDS THAT ONE OF THE
SIMPLE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO
AGGREGATE
THEM TOGETHER ELPIDA SINGLE
FUND AND TO BE ABLE TO GET GO
TO FOUNDERS AN OVERSUBSCRIBED
BACKGROUND COMPANIES THAT ARE
ONE TO 3 YEARS AWAY
FROM IPO AND OFFER THEM THE
ABILITY TO DIVERSIFY THE
SHAREHOLDER BAY BASE WITH ONE
CHECK AND THAT WE'RE SEEKING TO
DO IT AT THE RIVERSIDE CAPITAL
FUND.
>> THAT SOUNDS PRETTY
INCREDIBLE BECAUSE THERE'S
THERE ARE NOT MANY PEOPLE WHO
LOOK LIKE ME AND YOU IN THE C
SUITE, I'M GLAD YOU
MENTIONED THAT WHAT KIND OF
BENEFITS CAN ACCRUE DCF OFFER
FOR COMPANIES AND THE FOUNDERS.
>> WELL CAN YOU KNOW ONE OF THE
REASONS THE FUND WHICH WAS
ANNOUNCED IN FEBRUARY AND WILL
CLOSE IN APRIL HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFUL. ITS
FUNDRAISING EFFORTS SO FAR IS
REALLY THIS PROMISE THAT NUMBER
TO
ONE FACT YOU CAN ACTUALLY
DIVERSE BY THE WEALTH CREATION
OF UW SHAREHOLDER BY
ADDING DIVERSE LEADERS
REPRESENTED IN COULD CAPITAL
FUND NUMBER 2 THAT WE CAN HELP
YOU DIVERSIFY YOUR PERSPECTIVE
AND IT TURNS OUT THAT ONE TO 3
YEARS AWAY FROM IPO WITH THE
CRITICAL TIME
WITH CEO, COMPANIES ARE REALLY
THINKING ABOUT DIVERSIFYING THE
BOARD THERE'S THE SWEET AND
THEIR PERSPECTIVE OVERALL
AND SO YOU CAN DO THAT IN A
VERY SIMPLE WAY YOU KNOW WE
FEEL LIKE IT'S A PRETTY
COMPELLING GOT VALUE
PROPOSITION AND
IN FACT YOU KNOW WHEN WE COME
INTO AROUND WE'RE COMING IN AS
INVESTORS ALONGSIDE LEADING
GROWTH INVESTORS AND WRITING A
CHECK OF 5 TO 15 MILLION
DOLLARS IN 10 IN SOME OF THESE
VERY OPEN GOT GRAHAM.
>> AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
WE KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF
FUND MANAGERS ARE NON
DIVERS KEEP BUT INTO
PERSPECTIVE, SICK AND OR JUST
HOW UNDERREPRESENTED WOMEN AND
PEOPLE IN GENERAL OF COLOR ARE
IN THIS SPACE.
>> WELL I THINK YOU'RE POINTING
TO ONE OTHER ISSUE WHICH IS
HERE WE ARE DID YOU KNOW A
GATING GIVE OR SELL PIECE FOR
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS INTO A FUND
AND INVITING THEM TO
PARTICIPATE, BUT THE POINT YOU
MAKE IS AN EVEN BIGGER WHEN
FUND MANAGERS IN BELLE WEST
STARTING LI
NA NUMBERS. IF YOU THINK ABOUT
THAT MANY MANY TRILLIONS OF
ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT
SOMETHING LIKE 98% IS
CONTROLLED BY NON DIVERSE
FUND MANAGER. NOW I'M I'M
PUTTING A PLATFORM CALLED A CON
FOUND BY TREAT THE GABBA
LONGTIME PARTNER AT ACCEL
CAPITAL HAVE THE
88% FIRST TO OUR OWN INVESTING,
CANADA. FIRST, THOUGH WE INVEST
IN COMPANIES OF ALL KINDS.
BUT AS YOU GET LATER COMPANY
LIFE CYCLES WHEN YOU LOOK AT
NOT FEED STAGE FRIEND. BUT
PEOPLE WHO ARE FIRST TIME FUND
MANAGERS EXPERIENCED FUND
MANAGERS WOULD APPOINT LARGE
MAP CAPITAL. UNFORTUNATELY WE
ARE THE EXCEPTION NOT THE RULE.
>> YOU ARE SILICON VALLEY,
VETERAN EXECUTIVE A BOARD
MEMBER INVESTOR PREVIOUSLY
PRESIDENT OF
STUB HUB HAVE YOU FACED ANY
CHALLENGES BEING A FEMALE
LEADER IN THESE ROLES IN THERE.
>> YOU KNOW IT'S A IT'S A GREAT
QUESTION I THINK I'LL SAY TO
PEOPLE THAT IT THAT TO CITE
A DANCE ON THE ONE HAND I HAVE
BEEN HERE AND TRY TO 2025
YEARS, I'VE BEEN A FOUND A
3 TIME WERE TO GOOGLE AND MAKE
IT HAPPEN OBVIOUSLY BEEN ABLE
TO PUT THAT MANY TECH COMPANIES
TO THE BOYS
AND INVESTMENT. BACK TO MY
FIRST JOB I THINK MY SECOND DAY
ON THE I BOUGHT AND SOLD AND
ALI TOLD ME I HEAR
THE SECRETARY AND LET'S JUST
SAY IT WENT DOWNHILL FROM THERE
I KEPT FEELING LIKE I WAS
GETTING MORE MENIAL CAST AND I
THINK HE KEPT GOING THAT I
WOULD QUOTE UNQUOTE THE ROOKIE
THAT NEEDED TO BE COACHED
DESPITE THE FACT THAT I'D COME
FROM MEDIA AND INVESTMENT
BANKING TO NOTORIOUSLY MALE
DOMINATED INDUSTRIES AND DONE
VERY PRIOR TO ARRIVING IN
THE VALLEY. LUCKILY FOR ME
ACTUALLY I QUIT THAT JOB AND
MOVED ON TO A COMPANY CALLED
JUG BELIEVE THAT.
WE'RE HEADING BACK UP TO THE
VERY END AND THE COMPANY GOT
ACQUIRED BY SOME 6 MONTHS LATER
IN THAT BEGAN MY CAREER IN
PUBLIC
ABOUT LEE. SO I CAN LOOK BACK
ON THAT DAY GOSH, I'M GLAD THAT
WAS YOU
KNOW AWARE SITUATION IN MY OWN
CAREER BUT AS I BECAME A
FOUNDER AGAIN IN 2010 2011 AND
CERTAINLY ABOUT TO BE WITH THE
BOYS LEFT. I WANT YOU TO COME
IN AND FOUND IT I REALLY TO OF
COURSE STORIES OF OTHER WOMEN
WHO UNFORTUNATELY GO TO STORIES
LIKE THIS MUCH MORE OFTEN THAN
I DO. AND IS THE FIRST
TIME BALLAD OR A FIRST TIME
IT'S EVEN MORE LIKELY THAT YOU
ARE GOING TO
BE TYPECAST NOT AND THE
SITUATION MORE OFTEN.
>> I KNOW WE HEAR THESE HORROR
STORIES ALL THE TIME THANK YOU
FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE WE
HAVE LESS THAN A MINUTE WITH
MUSIC UNDER BUT I DO WANT TO
ASK ABOUT YOUR NEW BOOK ON RISK
TAKING IN
OUR CAREERS.
>> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST
TAKE AWAY IS WHAT SHOULD WOMEN
KNOW ABOUT TAKING RISK.
>> THE BOOK CALLED TO
POSSIBILITY TAKE RISKS AND
TRIED EVEN WHEN YOU TALE IS OUT
THIS AUGUST AT YOU CAN PREORDER
YOU LIKE, BUT REALLY THAT THIS
IS THE BOOK AT BOTH THE WOMEN
AND MEN THAT WE TEND TO THINK
OF RISK-TAKING IN OUR CAREERS
THAT THIS MONUMENTAL BACK AND
IF EITHER ONE STEP TO GLORIA
WHEN YOU KNOW RAPID THAT COULD
DEFEAT THAT YOU COULD NEVER
RECOVER FROM AND THE BOOK
POSITS THAT RISK TAKING IT FAR
MORE OF A PROCESS AND IF YOU
WANT TO GET THE OUTSIDE YOU'RE
GOING TO BE TAKING WHICH
CERTAINLY THAT YOU NEED TO
EMBRACE IT LIKE A REPEATABLE
PROCESS IN JUST THAT I DID HEAR
EARLIER FRANK AIRPORT SHE SAID
ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF THE PROCESS
WITH TAKING A PROP THAT WE TEND
TO THINK IT'S
NOT US. WE'RE TAKING IS FOR
CERTAINLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR
CAREERS AND HOPE THE BOOK GIVES