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Bloomberg, Cornell Tech, & Tech:NYC invite you to join us for the latest installment of the CornellTech@Bloomberg series, featuring a panel of three female venture capitalists from some of NYC's leading VC firms: Rebecca Kaden, partner at Union Square Ventures, Beth Ferreira, managing director at FirstMark Capital, & Ellie Wheeler, partner at Greycroft. In 2017, fewer than six percent of all decision-makers at U.S. venture capital firms were women. At the same time, female founders received just $1.46 billion in funding last year, which is less than three percent of the $58.2 billion in funding raised by companies with all-male founders. While women are still a minority in the technology industry, New York City's tech community is making us hopeful.
Many prominent venture capitalists feel it's time for women to take a seat at the table, & are actively engaging in community initiatives to help women break the glass ceiling-in both venture capital & as startup founders. Female partners are beginning to address the gender gap by cultivating inclusive environments in a broad number of spaces - from venture capital to technology to engineering & entrepreneurship - all of which have traditionally performed poorly on the diversity front. Women such as Rebecca Kaden, Beth Ferreira, & Ellie Wheeler represent inspiring examples of women who rose up, despite overwhelming odds, to take control of their career paths.
These inspiring women will be introduced by Karin Klein, founding partner at Bloomberg Beta, whose years in investing & building companies has set an example for the up & coming talent. They will then be joined on stage by Bloomberg Television's Scarlet Fu to address a range of topics faced by young entrepreneurs & investors - both women & men alike - as well as the possibilities, obstacles, & advice for individuals as they embark on their professional journeys.Bloomberg L.P. Headquarters731 Lexington AvenueNew York, NYWednesday, February 28, 20185:30 PM: Cocktail Reception begins6:00 PM: Doors close, conversation starts6:45 PM: Audience Q&A with Cornell Tech students7:00 PM: Networking andhors d'oeuvresto follow**PLEASE NOTE: Seating is limited & registered attendees will be seated on a first come, first served basis. Doors close promptly at the top of the hour. Individuals arriving late may be turned away from the building. No walk-ins allowed**
Beth Ferreira
Beth Ferreira, a managing director of FirstMark, invests in a broad range of consumer companies, including next-generation commerce, consumer tech, & mobile startups. Prior to FirstMark, Beth was the Managing Partner of WME Ventures, the venture capital arm of WME IMG, where she led investments in Glossier, Daily Harvest, Masterclass & Gusto.
Prior to this role, Beth was chief operating officer at Fab & ran operations in the early days of Etsy. Beth also held positions at Flatiron Partners, BCG, & UBS.
Beth holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania & an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.
Rebecca Kaden
Rebecca Kaden is a Partner at Union Square Ventures. She began her career as a journalist and, prior to USV, was a Partner at Maveron, a consumer-focused, early stage fund. Rebecca was born in New York City. She studied English & American Literature at Harvard & received her MBA from Stanford.
Ellie Wheeler
Ellie Wheeler is a partner at Greycroft & is based in the firm's New York office.
Prior to joining Greycroft, Ellie worked in a similar role evaluating investment opportunities at Lowercase Capital. Ellie also worked at Cisco in corporate development doing acquisitions, investments, & strategy within the unified communications, enterprise software, mobile, & video sectors. While at Cisco, she was involved in multiple acquisitions & investments, including PostPath, Jabber, Xobni, & Tandberg. She began her career in growth capital private equity at Summit Partners in Boston.
Ellie graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a BA in psychology & holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Seats are limited. Please RSVP promptly at:https://ctblpfeb28.eventbrite.comQuestions: techevents@bloomberg.netWatch previous CornellTech@Bloomberg events:
About CornellTech@Bloomberg
CornellTech@Bloomberg is a series that convenes leading figures in global technology for monthly, onstage conversations to produce new insights & raise compelling questions. Hosted at Bloomberg's worldwide headquarters in Manhattan, the series is a collaboration between Cornell Tech & Bloomberg that brings together Bloomberg employees & members of the Cornell Tech community with members of New York's greater technology community to hear from entrepreneurs, investors, & thinkers.About Tech:NYC
Tech:NYC is a nonprofit member organization that represents New York City's technology sector. Leveraging the power of its network of member companies, it supports not only its community, but also New York City as the world's capital of culture & innovation. Tech:NYC speaks as the voice of technology in NYC & advocates for the policies that underscore a regulatory environment that supports the growth of technology companies & technology talent in NYC; promote inclusive technology education policies; & create access for all New Yorkers to connectivity, technology tools, & training. More info is available attechnyc.org. We hope you can make it!Cheers,Bloomberg L.P.
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