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Ann Miura Ko

Co-Founding Partner at Floodgate

Palo Alto, California

Skills

Start-ups
Angel Investing
Business Strategy
Investments
Mobile Devices
SaaS
Valuation
Go-to-market Strategy
Venture Capital
Entrepreneurship
Mobile Technology
New Venture Development
Digital Media
Mobile Internet
Entrepreneurship Education
Emerging Technologies
Quantitative Analytics

Education

Work Experience

  • Co-Founding Partner

    2008

    Co-conspirator to preseed and seed stage founders before product market fit. Partners with only 3-5 companies per year (not spray and pray). Leads rounds with check sizes ranging from $300k to 3M. Takes board seats. Lead seed investor and initial board member for companies like Lyft and Xamarin and more recent investments like SmarterDX, TerraDot, Studio and Roo.vet

  • Co Director of the Mayfield Fellows Program

    2019

    Co Director and lecturer of an immersive nine month entrepreneurship and leadership program that trains a diverse cohort of 12 Stanford undergraduate and co-term students to become leaders in tech. Program alumni include Josh Reeves founder of Gusto, Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom, founders of Instagram.

  • Member Board Of Trustees

    2019

  • Analyst

    2001 - 2003

    • Sourced deal financed by Ted Dintersmith (Venetica) which subsequently was acquired by IBM in a profitable deal for CRV only one year later • Performed due diligence on, evaluated and filtered business plans • Wrote and revised executive summary and pitches with CEOs of portfolio companies • Presented venture capital industry overview and recommendations for investments strategies to managing partners in new and emerging industries like biotechnology and nanotechnology

  • Senior Business Analyst

    1998 - 2001

    Wireless Internet Expert. Led team members in researching topics and structuring problems. Presented recommendations to senior client management. Studies included: • Wireless Internet strategy for wireless operators − Developed a venture capital arm for a Japanese wireless operator. Led analysis of threats and opportunities for investment within US wireless market landscape − Launched one of the first European wireless internet services for a Spanish wireless operator by identifying key strategic relationships and necessary content. • Strategy for growth for three Wireless Internet start-up companies − Identified priority market segments specifically within US enterprise wireless data market on which to focus to drive revenue growth.