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 that s 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
it is the industry that s changing the world faster than any other, yet it is also one of the most dominated by men. joining me today on studio 1.0, aileen lee, founder of cowboy ventures, kirsten green founding partner of forerunner ventures, and maha ibrahim, general partner at canaan ventures. emily: in april of 2018, you all were the cover of forbes magazine. this is space normally reserved for men, normally reserved for male billionaires, and this is the first time a group of women was on the cover. when you saw this, how did it make you feel? we were all in awe, months of work and frankly this point decades in the background conversations, and wondering whether our industry was finally going to be as diverse as we all wanted it to be. so i would say that the first reaction we all felt was this level of awe that it was coming to the forefront. well said. emily: now aileen, it was about a year before that you wrote an email to 20-some female vc s and you had had e
the face of those investing in tech startups and the people who build them. it is the industry that s changing the world faster than any other, yet it is also one of the most dominated by men. joining me today on studio 1.0, aileen lee, founder of cowboy ventures, kirsten green founding partner of forerunner ventures, and maha ibrahim, general partner and canaan ventures. emily: in april of 2018, you all were the cover of forbes magazine. this is space normally reserved for men, normally reserved for male billionaires, and this is the first time a group of women was on the cover. when you saw this, how did it make you feel? we were all in awe, months of work and frankly this point decades in the background conversations, and wondering whether or not our industry was finally going to be as diverse as we all wanted it to be. so i would say that the first reaction we all felt was this level of awe that it was coming to the forefront. well said. emily: now aileen, it was
together to found with the goal to change the face of those investing in tech startups and the people who build them. it is the industry that s changing the world faster than any other, yet it is also one of the most dominated by men. joining me today on studio 1.0, aileen lee, founder of cowboy ventures, kirsten green founding partner of forerunner ventures, and maha ibrahim, general partner at canaan ventures. 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 this point decades in the background conversations, and wondering whether or not our industry was finally going to be as diverse as we all wanted it to be. so i would say that the first reaction we all fel
tech startups and the people who built them. it is the industry changing the world faster than any other coming to dominated any other, yet dominated by men. joining me is aileen lee, kirsten green, and maha ibrahim, all founders. april of 2018, you were all on the cover of forbes magazine, a space normally reserved for men, male billionaires, and this is the first time a group of women was on the cover. when you solve this, how did it make you feel? awe,, nation of months of work, and decades of conversations and wondering whether our industry would be as diverse as we wanted it to be. the first reaction was this level of awe that it was coming to the forefront. emily: it was about a year before that you wrote and email vc s and you had had an enough. what was the spark that was the fire? enter enter capital, ,ech venture capital, tech after good high schools and selective colleges, there are as many women as men in your undergraduate class and you wind up in tech. you