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How I Built Resilience: Jennifer Neundorfer of January Ventures

How I Built This · 3 Oct 2020 · 22m

What this episode covers

Jennifer Neundorfer, co-founder and managing partner of January Ventures, explains how her firm addresses the systemic bias in venture capital by focusing on pre-seed and seed-stage investments in tech startups founded by women and people of color. She details the firm's $20 million fund, its strategy of accepting cold pitches to remove network barriers, and its efforts to diversify limited partners. Neundorfer highlights portfolio companies like Planet Forward and Kinside, discussing how they navigate supply chain sustainability and childcare crises during the pandemic.

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January Ventures, Planet Forward, Kinside, U.S. Bank, Shopify

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