In 2018, a group of female Venture Capitalists banded together to found all raise with the goal to change the face of those investing in Tech Startups and the people who build them. It is the industry thats changing the world faster than any other, yet it is also one of the most dominated by men. Joining me today on bloomberg , aileen lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures, kirsten green Founding Partner of forerunner ventures, and maha ibrahim, general partner at ataan ventures, all partners all raise. Emily in april of 2018, you all were on the cover of forbes magazine. This is space normally reserved for men, normally reserved for male billionaires, and this is the first time, as i understand it, that a group of women was on the cover. When you saw this, how did it make you feel . We were all in awe. This was the culmination of months of work, and frankly, at this point, in decades in the background conversations, and wondering whether or not our industry was finally going to be as diverse
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Even though the number of billion-dollar startups has exploded since she coined the term for them — and many of them are now struggling — Lee still thinks it has meaning