The co-founder of the Palo Alto–based seed-stage investment firm Floodgate, she went to Palo Alto High School less than a mile away from her office. A native Californian, Miura-Ko has an electrical engineering degree from Yale, a Ph.D. in mathematical modeling of cybersecurity from Stanford, and a father who was a NASA rocket scientist. Since co-founding Floodgate with partner Mike Maples in 2008, she’s invested in companies like the ride-sharing pioneer (LYFT) where she remains on the board; the women’s content site Refinery29, now owned by Vice Media; Xamarin, a software development-tool company acquired by (MSFT); and Thinkful, a coding school acquired by Chegg. Read More...
The co-founder of the Palo Alto–based seed-stage investment firm Floodgate, she went to Palo Alto High School less than a mile away from her office. A native Californian, Miura-Ko has an electrical engineering degree from Yale, a Ph.D. in mathematical modeling of cybersecurity from Stanford, and a father who was a NASA rocket scientist. Since co-founding Floodgate with partner Mike Maples in 2008, she’s invested in companies like the ride-sharing pioneer (LYFT) where she remains on the board; the women’s content site Refinery29, now owned by Vice Media; Xamarin, a software development-tool company acquired by (MSFT); and Thinkful, a coding school acquired by Chegg.
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