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Ann Miura-Ko
Co-Founding Partner at Floodgate
Ann Miura-Ko: Pioneering Venture Capitalist and Educator
Ann Miura-Ko is a co-founding partner at Floodgate, a prominent seed-stage venture capital firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is known for her investments in highly technical companies, consumer marketplaces, and software for small businesses and solopreneurs.12
Some of Ann's notable investments include:
Ann is a repeat member of the Forbes Midas List and the New York Times Top 20 Venture Capitalists Worldwide. She was also named the "Most Powerful Woman in Startups" by Forbes.25
Education and Early Career
- Received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Yale University12
- Earned a Ph.D. in math modeling of cybersecurity at Stanford University12
- Previously worked at Charles River Ventures and McKinsey and Company2
Current Roles and Achievements
- Lecturer in entrepreneurship at Stanford University12
- Co-director of the Mayfield Fellows Program at Stanford12
- Member of the Yale University Board of Trustees13
- Co-founding member of All Raise, a non-profit committed to improving diversity in funders and founders12
Ann is known for her straight-shooting approach, keen eye for talent, and ability to help founders navigate the path to product-market fit. She views her role as a co-conspirator and partner to the entrepreneurs she works with.2
Highlights
Anyone in SF Bay Area tinkering on cool projects who want to do a show and tell for a bunch of builders in person? Not meant to be a company pitch but for people who are playing with tech and experimenting! DM me!
Consumer is at such an interesting moment and as an investor I’m always frustrated we are not seeing more wildly creative ideas given LLMs.
We are seeing too much focus on how to generate more content without thought on what people also may want to consume.
Because there is so much focus on how we generate more content we are appealing too much to the laziness of consumers who want cool but faddish content without too much effort. It doesn’t allow anyone in particular to stand out
Most consumer content businesses are driven by a new consumer piece of content (TikTok and short video with music initially for lip syncing; instagram and photo network, etc). What are the new forms of content we will see? Not just easier ways of creating content that will be posted to existing social networks.
Always interested in hearing the dissenting opinion but if you have something different, message me!
