Miura-Ko: Floodgate launched with an initial fund size of $35 million
Ann Miura-Ko · 20VC: The 4 Required Powers For A Startup To Be A $500m Business with "The Most Powerful Woman in Startups", Ann Miura Ko, Co-Founder @ Floodgate · Jul 4, 2016 · at 6:55
Ann Miura-Ko recalls co-founder Mike Maples offering her a co-founder role at Floodgate after raising their first fund.
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“It's thirty-five million dollars, and my great idea is that you should drop out of your PhD program and be my co-founder.”
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