MUCH MORE HERE NOW TO DISCUSS
IS DAY AND YOU FOUNDING GENERAL
PARK NEAR OF
AXIS CAPITAL AND MIDTECH FOCUS
VENTURE CAPITAL FIRM AND
HOUSTON DIANE THANK YOU FOR
JOINING
US TODAY. SO ONLY ONE PERCENT
OF GENERAL PARTNERS IN VENTURE
CAPITAL ARE ASIAN WOMEN.
HOW DID YOU BREAK INTO AN
INDUSTRY SO FIERCELY DOMINATED
BY MEN.
>> GOOD MORNING, SHE WAS AN
ENTREPRENEUR TURNED CREATED A
TECH PLATFORM TURNED AND THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO THE INVESTMENT
SIDE. SO WHEN I WAS IN THE ROOM
PITCHING IN FUNDRAISING TO MY
TENT WHEN I REALIZED NUMBER ONE
NO ONE UNDERSTOOD. FASHION
TAKES A SHOOTING
IN HOUSTON AND TECHNOLOGY AND I
HAVE BEEN
ACTUALLY MUCH THERE FOR OVER 15
PLUS YEARS AND SO IT'S NOT NEW
TO ME BEING A WOMAN, A MINORITY
AND POOR. SO I REALLY SAW AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GO INTO THIS
WITH SIDE AND THAT'S WHY
STARTED.
>> DO
YOUR BACKGROUND AND HERITAGE
DRY, YOUR INVESTMENT DECISIONS
AND THE WAY YOU PERFORM AS AN
INVESTOR.
>> SO WE DON'T MAKE A MESS IN
SPACE ON.
YOU KNOW RACE OR GENDER
ETCETERA
BUT PEOPLE IT'S IN THE BEST OF
SLEEP QUALITY IN TERMS OF WHAT
THE ENTREPRENEUR AND
THE TEAM, LOOK LIKE SO I'M JUST
TO PUT THAT UP OBVIOUSLY IT
IS SOMETHING I LOOK FOR AS WELL
AND ACTIVELY AND AND VERY
PASSIONATE ABOUT PROMOTING AS
ASIAN AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR AND
VENTURE CAPITAL.
>> AND THEN LOOK AT SOME OF THE
KEY STATS
FROM YOU FROM 150 MILLION
DOLLARS HAVE BEEN INVESTED OVER
THE PAST 3 YEARS IN
94 COMPANIES, YOUR FIRM HAS
ALSO COMPLETED 21 EXITS
AND ACQUISITIONS WHAT DROVE YOU
AND THE FIRM TO CREATE SO MANY
FUNDING DEALS AT SUCH A VERY
HIGH RATE.
I'M SORRY CAN SEE THE QUESTION.
YES, SO WHAT DROVE YOU AND YOUR
FIRM TO CREATE SO MANY FUNDING
DEALS AT SUCH A HIGH RATE.
>> I THINK IT'S ALL ABOUT
BUILDING OF A SUCCESSFUL TEAM
SO AS NOT TO PANDER USE OR ANY
HIGH-POWERED TEAMS IN CREATING
THE RIGHT TEAM RIGHT. AND IF
YOUR I SEE IT AS A NOTCH.
AND SO CREATING THE LATE TEENS
AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE
TO CREATED AND COMPETITIVE
ADVANTAGES TO SCALE COST
US SO CREATING A MEDICAL
NETWORK ROSS US CREATE A
WONDERFUL ADVANTAGE TAPPING
INTO A HUGE MEDICAL COMMUNITY
AND ALSO BRING ON BOARD
MEDICAL DOCTORS AND YOU
IMMEDIATELY IF THEY SEE
TECHNOLOGY ANYTHING IN THE
INDUSTRY AT THIS A
BIG RETURN. AND SO WITH THAT WE
HAVE ACCESS TO MULTIPLE MEDICAL
NETWORKS QUES US FOR THAT
REASON OSCARS CAME TO US AND
SAID WE'D LIKE YOU TO ENTER THE
U.S.. SO IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL.
>> AND HOW ARE YOU WORKING TO
ELEVATE MORE WOMEN INTO THE
SEA.
>> ACTUALLY SO THAT IS MY
PASSION ALSO PART OF THE
HE WOULD NOT WORK AS WELL AS AN
BUILD WHICH IS A NATIONAL MEDIA
FROM
THAT TRADE. WELL WE ACTUALLY
SHOW
CASE THEY POWERFUL TRAILBLAZING
ASIAN-AMERICAN WOMAN STORIES TO
INSPIRE AND EMPOWER I THINK
THAT AND IS NOW OBVIOUSLY
WITH ANTI AN ASIAN HATE CRIMES
AND EVERYTHING GOING ON THERE'S
AND WAKING IN A COMMUNITY AND
WAKING WRECK AND WRECKING THE
WE'RE SO GLAD TO BE PART OF
THAT ESPECIALLY DOING AND SO
YEAH I DIDN'T BUILD IS A
NATIONAL MEETING UP FOR HIM.
WE
SHOWCASE STORIES THE COMMON
TONIGHT DONE DENOMINATOR ONLY
INTERVIEW
EACH ONE. TROUBLE IS ACROSS
MULTIPLE INDUSTRIES AND
VERTICALS IS THAT THEY'VE NEVER
HAD AN ASIAN-AMERICAN WOMAN WHO
WAS A MENTOR BEFORE THAN IN
THAT INDUSTRY. WE SEE THAT AS
A CALM. YOU'RE SO IDENTITY AND
BUILT REALLY SHE SERVES AS A
SHOCK. PLATFORM
TO SHOW THESE INSPECT STORIES
AND SONGS. WELL, YOU KNOW VERY
INSPIRING INDEED. THANK YOU IN
THE WORLD
OF FINANCE. YOU KNOW I'M VERY
PASSIONATE AND PUT A LOT OF
EFFORTS TO ENSURE
THAT THERE'S MORE PEOPLE IN
DIVERSITY ONE AT THE SENIOR
LEVELS MAKING THOSE