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Donors & Supporters

Venture Forward’s efforts to shape the future of venture capital would not be possible without the generous support of our donors. Their financial support allows us to build programming, research, and initiatives that empower the next generation of leaders in VC.

Thank you!

Corporate Founding Donors

Anchor

Angel

Partner

Founding Donors: Individuals & Firms

Anchor ($500,000+)

  • Pitch & Catherine Johnson (Asset Management Company)
  • Anonymous

Champion ($100,000-$499,999)

  • Brook Byers (Kleiner Perkins)
  • Jon Callaghan (True Ventures)
  • Howard Cox (Greylock)
  • Dixon Doll (DCM)
  • Brad Feld (Foundry Group)
  • Felicis Ventures
  • Rick Frisbie (Battery Ventures)
  • Ed Glassmeyer (Oak Investment Partners)
  • Mark Gorenberg (Zetta Venture Partners)
  • Jeffrey Harris (Warburg Pincus/Global Reserve Group)
  • Dick Kramlich (NEA/Greenbay Ventures)
  • Longitude Capital Management
  • John Martinson (Martinson Ventures)
  • Terry McGuire (Polaris Partners)
  • Kate Mitchell (Scale Venture Partners)
  • Chuck Newhall (NEA/Greenspring Associates)
  • Ray Rothrock (Venrock/FiftySix)
  • Scott Sandell (NEA)

Supporter (Up to $100,000)

  • Activate Venture Partners
  • Vineeta Agarwala (Andreessen Horowitz)
  • Ahmed AlTammar
  • Assure
  • Forest Baskett (NEA)
  • Benhamou Global Ventures
  • Brian Borders (Borders Law Group)
  • Jim Breyer (Breyer Capital)
  • Chris Brody (Warburg Pincus / Vantage Partners)
  • Michael Brown (Battery Ventures)
  • Kristina Burow (ARCH Venture Partners)
  • Carta
  • Christy & Eric Chin (Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, Crosslink Capital)
  • Gavin Christensen (Kickstart Fund)
  • Peter Chung (Summit Partners)
  • Louis Citron (NEA)
  • Costanoa Ventures
  • Michael Cronin (Weston Presidio)
  • Jeff Crowe (Norwest Venture Partners)
  • Diane Daych (Granite Growth Health Partners)
  • Juliet Barnett de Baubigny (Bond Capital)
  • Allison & Byron Deeter (Bessemer Venture Partners)
  • Kristen Domzalski (MATH Venture Partners)
  • Scott Dorsey (High Alpha)
  • Christopher Douvos (Ahoy Capital)
  • Brian Dovey (Domain Associates)
  • Ryan Drant (Questa Capital)
  • Bill Draper (Draper Richards)
  • William P. Egan (Marion Equity/Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co.)
  • Barry Eggers (Lightspeed)
  • Bill Elmore (Foundation Capital)
  • Sean Engel (Top Tier Capital Partners)
  • Phil Ferneau (Borealis Ventures)
  • Jim Feuille (Crosslink Capital)
  • Norm Fogelsong (IVP)
  • Foresite Capital
  • Forgepoint Capital
  • Bobby Franklin (NVCA)
  • Diana Frazier (FLAG/Aberdeen-Standard)
  • Steve Fredrick (Grotech Ventures)
  • Bon French (Adams Street Partners)
  • Venky Ganesan (Menlo Ventures)
  • Jan Garfinkle (Arboretum Ventures)
  • Daniel Gebremedhin (Flare Capital Partners)
  • General Catalyst
  • Aziz Gilani (Mercury Fund)
  • Chris Girgenti (Pritzker Group Venture Capital)
  • Bob Goodman (Bessemer Venture Partners)
  • Jason Green (Emergence Capital Partners)
  • Josh Green (Mohr Davidow Ventures/ Carbon 3D)
  • Kirsten Green (Forerunner Ventures)
  • Greenspring Associates (now StepStone)
  • Jessie Guo (Legacy Venture)
  • Jim Hale
  • David Hall (Revolution)
  • Maryam Haque (Venture Forward)
  • Harrick Family Foundation
  • High Alpha
  • Insight Partners
  • Intel Capital
  • Aaron Jacobson (NEA)
  • Ross Jaffe (Versant Ventures/ NEA)
  • John Jaggers (Sevin Rosen Funds)
  • Jill Jarrett (Benchmark)
  • Johnson & Johnson Innovation
  • Nagraj Kashyap (SoftBank Vision Fund)
  • Deepak Kamra (Canaan)
  • Patrick Kerins (NEA)
  • Dan Kidle (Arboretum Ventures)
  • Jacqueline LeSage Krause (Munich Re Ventures)
  • Steven Krausz (USVP)
  • Dan Levine (Accel)
  • Jeremy Liew (Lightspeed)
  • Trevor Loy (Flywheel Ventures)
  • Kleiner Perkins
  • Rick Kroon (Sprout Group)
  • Scott Kupor (Andreessen Horowitz)
  • Ray & Jennifer Leach (JumpStart)
  • Jeffrey D. Lee & Hee J. Lee (Northern Light Venture Capital)
  • Mariah Lichtenstern (DiverseCity Ventures)
  • M12 – Microsoft’s Venture Fund
  • Paul Maeder (Highland Capital Partners)
  • Mo Makhzoumi (NEA)
  • Denise Marks (CareQuest)
  • Emily Melton (Threshold Ventures)
  • Tom McConnell (NEA/Vanguard Ventures)
  • Mighty Capital
  • Patricia Nakache (Trinity Ventures)
  • Ashton Newhall (StepStone)
  • NewSpring Capital
  • NGP Capital
  • Terry Opdendyk (ONSET Ventures/BerkeleyHaas)
  • Carmen Palafox (2045 Capital)
  • Art Pappas (Pappas Capital)
  • Pappas Capital
  • Bob Pavey (Pavey Family Investments)
  • Precursor Ventures
  • Will Price (Next Frontier Capital)
  • Omega Funds
  • Renata Quintini (Renegade Partners)
  • Brian Rich (Catalyst Investors)
  • Carmichael Roberts (Material Impact)
  • Heidi Roizen (Threshold Ventures)
  • Salesforce Ventures
  • Tim Schaller (NEA)
  • Kent Scott
  • Dana Settle (Greycroft)
  • Sofinnova Investments
  • Stephen Socolof (Tech Council Ventures)
  • John Somorjai (Salesforce Ventures)
  • David Spreng (Runway Growth Capital)
  • Spur Capital Partners
  • Jennifer Tegan (NY Ventures)
  • Uncork Capital
  • Vensana Capital
  • Don Vieira (Sequoia)
  • Nicole Walker (Arboretum Ventures)
  • Nick Washburn (Intel Capital)
  • Maximilian Winter (Harmonix)
  • David York (Top Tier Capital Partners)

And thank you to a few individuals who have provided Venture Forward with strategic guidance and support: Tim Curt (Warburg Pincus); Amanda Duckworth; Tracy Lloyd (Emotive Brand); Becky Buckman (Battery Ventures); Ashley Mitchell (NEA); and the Venture Forward board.

Interested in supporting our mission?

To learn more about supporting Venture Forward, please contact Maryam Haque at maryam@ventureforward.org.

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Why is advancing the next era of venture capital important?

Venture capital is an American national treasure. It has fueled the advancement of innovation, economies, and people. It has created value, jobs, wealth, and life-changing products and services. Though venture capital as an industry may be young and as an asset class may be small, high-growth startups and their long-term investors have truly changed the world.

To continue the success of the industry’s past 50 years to the next 50 years and beyond, we must expand opportunities for people of all backgrounds to access the venture ecosystem and thrive. We must educate future leaders on best practices and help them learn from the industry’s rich history. We must help firms build strong, healthy cultures and values. We must keep the public and ecosystem informed through qualitative and quantitative insights.

By investing in tomorrow’s leaders today, we shape the next era of venture capital.

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10,000+

high-growth startups—across all 50 states and DC—raised venture funding in 2019 to build and grow their businesses.

42%

of all U.S. IPOs from 1974 to 2015 were venture-backed companies, representing 63% of the market capitalization and 85% of R&D.

2.9 million

is the average net jobs created annually between 1980 and 2010 by high-growth startups, which account for ~50% of gross jobs created in the U.S.

1,300+

U.S. venture firms are active today, managing an aggregate of $444 billion in assets.

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