But after speaking with a few people on the team and going through the recruitment process, she joined the firm in October 2017. 'And then at one point, the partner said, 'Hey, we're hiring for the investment team and you would be a great fit.''Īt the time, Burns says she still knew very little about venture capital and had no clue what her role at GV would entail. 'I ended up actually coming to GV a handful of times to learn more about product strategies,' Burns says. During that time, she connected with a partner at GV who had worked in product management for many years and offered to give Burns more insight into the industry and their career journey. That same year, she landed a job at Twitter working as an associate product manager. Reflecting on her own career journey, Burns says there are a lot of people who helped pave the way for her to be at GV today.Īfter graduating from New York University with a bachelor's degree in computer science in 2016, Burns set her sights on moving to Silicon Valley to work in tech. Just two women who identified as Black or Latinx were appointed partner at a VC firm in all of 2019, reports All Raise. As of February 2020, that number had increased to 13%, according to All Raise, a nonprofit that works to increase the success of women founders and funders.

At the end of 2017, just 9% of VC firms had female partners.

In the past few years there's been very slow progress increasing female representation in the venture capital world.

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