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Jonathan Klein (brother), co-founder and CEO of Getty Images; [1] Martin Klein Robin Klein (born December 1947 [ 2 ] ) is a British entrepreneur and investor. He was until 2015 a venture partner at Index Ventures and co-founder of The Accelerator Group, an advisor and investor in early-stage companies. [ 3 ]
In 2006, he joined venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners as its first consumer specialist partner. [8] At that time, Lightspeed it was a small firm specializing in tech startups that were largely unknown outside of Silicon Valley. [9] He noticed that startups that were used predominantly by young women were the most successful.
Lonsdale co-founded the venture capital firm Formation 8 in 2011, and another called 8VC in 2015. Lonsdale has been outspoken about politics, and is an active Republican donor and fundraiser. He founded the conservative Cicero Institute think tank, and co-founded the private University of Austin .
Draper is the third in a familial line of venture capitalists and government officials. He is the son of Phyllis (Culbertson) and William Henry Draper III and the younger brother of actress Polly Draper. His father is the founder of Draper & Johnson Investment Company and former chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
He then joined Crosspoint Venture Partners, in Woodside, California, where he became a partner in 1999. [6] In 2000 he formed Impact Venture Partners, a $100mm early stage venture capital firm, in New York City. [6] [7] Dell joined Austin Ventures as a venture partner in 2009. Dell joined Goldman Sachs as a partner in 2018.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Charlotte Page, a 24-year-old venture capitalist based primarily in Florida. It has been edited for length and clarity.
Venture capitalist Ben Horowitz said on Friday he will make a "significant donation" to entities supporting the Democratic presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris who faces ...
Stephen T. Jurvetson (born March 1, 1967) is an American billionaire businessman and venture capitalist. [3] Formerly a partner of the firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), he was an early investor in Hotmail, Memphis Meats, Mythic and Nervana Systems. [4] He is currently a board member of SpaceX among others. He later co-founded the firm Future ...