News & Events
Recent Firm Media Coverage:
AlwaysOn: Cindy Padnos named a Venture Capitalist Power Player in the Cloud for Second Year in a Row http://bit.ly/10DDM9C
Inc.com: 5 Best-Kept Secrets about Enterprise Software http://bit.ly/YPTyxe
Women 2.0: Yes, There Is Such a Thing as Raising Too Much Capital http://bit.ly/13qLPo7
peHUB: Facebook-Blind - VCs Missed Opportunities in B2B Cloud Investments http://bit.ly/X2oHHE
Venture Beat: Forget Facebook! Meet 12 investors on the hunt for the next Microsoft http://bit.ly/Sp5jGv
Inc.com: The Enterprise Cloud’s Silver Lining http://bit.ly/14I9FPz
Rothstein Kass Institute: Women in Alternative Investments: Building Momentum in 2013 and Beyond, Second Annual Survey http://bit.ly/XHMe07
Peninsula Press: Back to Basics – VC’s remind today’s generation of entrepreneurs what it takes to succeed http://bit.ly/YMP6gQ
WSJ: Announces Anne-Marie Roussel as Illuminate Ventures’ new Executive in Residence http://on.wsj.com/URbG2K
TechCrunch: Influitive Raises Seed Round http://tcrn.ch/PPo0wO
Inc.: Insider’s Guide to Silicon Valley Investors http://bit.ly/Q7Nign
Fortune: Fast Forwarding Women in Tech http://bit.ly/Nh2l5P
New York Times: Influential Women in Silicon Valley http://nyti.ms/MjC8lr
Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Steering Committee Announced http://bit.ly/Om2z9s
PR Newswire: Illuminate Ventures Expands Cloud Computing-Focused Investing Team. VC Firm Adds Venture Partner and Venture Associate Targeting Early-stage B2B Cloud http://prn.to/SGaQXn
Gust: Investor Videos -Cindy Padnos Interview – Recommendations for Start-up Entrepreneurs http://bit.ly/LhcOOd
The Network: The Cloud and the Changing Role of the Investor http://bit.ly/JXcgsX
Forbes: Run 100% of a Business in the Cloud? http://onforb.es/I9qNBm
CloudTweaks: On the Verge: 100% Cloud Fueled Ventures http://bit.ly/IM6bBr
AlwaysOn: Cindy Padnos Selected as Power Player in the Cloud http://prn.to/GEjeSR
Reuters: IPO VIEW – Demandware to Test Cloud Appetite http://reut.rs/xxX17B
MediaPost: Do We Need More Women in Technology? http://bit.ly/GVPnaL
Insider: The Age of the Female -Centric Start-up http://tnw.co/FPxNou
Huffington Post: Women Entrepreneurs on the Rise http://huff.to/wPPf0v
Business Standard: Enterprise knows no gender http://bit.ly/zUcsAW
Forbes: High-Performance Women in High Tech http://onforb.es/vMD9Zg
San Francisco Magazine: The Smart Money http://bit.ly/NxNNKK
Also see our videos on YouTube on the Illuminate VC channel
Recent & Upcoming Illuminate Events:
Carnegie Mellon – West, Commencement Address August 11, 2013 Mofffit Field, CA
Innovation Lab in the Sky and DNA Summit June 12-14 London, England http://ungroundedthinking.com/
Silicon Valley Open Doors (SVOD) Conference Judge: Startup Pitch June 11, 12 Mountain View, CA http://bit.ly/12IXT5b
Mozilla WebFWD III Pitch Panel Judge. Monday, June 3, 2013, 4pm -7pm. Mozilla San Francisco: 2 Harrison Street, 7th Floor. With David Ascher, Director, Labs & WebFWD, Mozilla; Victor Belfor, Mentor, 500 Startups; Dia Bondi, Speaking Coach, Mozilla; Sarah Cone, Illuminate Ventures; Charles Hudson, SoftTech VC; Ullas Naik, Streamlined Ventures; Naval Ravikant, AngelList
The Startup Conference Investor Panel 3:30 – 4:30pm, May 30, Fox Theatre, 2223 Broadway St, Redwood City 94063. Bill Reichert, Garage Technologies, moderating. Also on panel: Howard Hartenbaum, August Capital; Christine Herron, Intel Capital; Adam D’Augelli, True Ventures; Patricia Nakache, Trinity Ventures http://bit.ly/111gvM1
OnDemand 2013 – Where the Internet Meets the Enterprise, Panelist: The Venture Capital Outlook for 2013, May 20, 2013 Palo Alto, CA http://bit.ly/10psiDQ
Portugese Speaking World Pitch Event San Francisco, CA April 26, 2013
BUILD Showcase Judge April, 25 2013 Oakland, CA http://www.build.org/bayarea
ITLG Silicon Valley Global Technology Leaders Summit 2013, Panelist: The Sins of Sand Hill Road May 14, 2013 San Jose, CA http://bit.ly/126zBSl
Watermark Entrepreneurs, Panelist: Managing Pivots, Avoiding Failure, May 8, 2013 Mountain View, CA http://bit.ly/WwzytX
OnDemand Insider Breakfast, Roundtable: OnDemand & Cloud Computing Forecast Palo Alto April 29, 2013 http://bit.ly/Zswt3V
BlogHer Entrepreneurs, Panelist: Investor Perspectives March 21, 2013 Mountain View, CA http://bit.ly/YafWOv
Tiger 21, Speaker: How the Cloud Changes Everything March 7, 2013 New York, NY
Stanford Enterpreneurship Week, Panelist: How NOT to Kill Your Company: A Toolkit for Entrepreneurs February 28, 2013 Stanford, CA http://stanford.io/WqvmS0
Progress In Technology Middle East (PITME), Guest Interview: Building Your Tech Startup
Venture Summit West, Panelist: What Investors are Looking For February 13, 2013 Mountain View, CA http://bit.ly/RULIA7
Stanford Technology Ventures – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Series, Speaker: February 13, 2013 Stanford, CA http://stanford.io/WvhccN also available as podcast
100 Women in Hedge Funds, Panelist: What to expect in 2013 February 7, 2013 San Francisco, CA
TEDxBayArea: Women Can be Jedi Masters – Entrepreneurs and Investors December 2, 2012 http://slidesha.re/QQpBsF
AWE Awards and National Conference, Speaker: November 7, 2012 New York, NY
Astia Global Entrepreneur Program, Panelist: Human Capital – Scaling for Growth, October 25, 2012 Mtn. View CA
Alchemist Accelerator, Judge and mentor: October 11, 2012 Santa Clara, CA
TechNW: North to Innovation 2012, Panelist: Early Stage Venture Capital October 3, 2012 Seattle, WA http://bit.ly/RZQmGO
Pipeline Fellowship, Panelist: Structuring the Deal October 5, 2012 San Francisco, CA
VC Task Force Elevator Pitch RoundtablePLUS, Panelist: September 5, 2012, 6:00-8:30pm, 2475 Hanover Street, Palo Alto http://bit.ly/Nc3pJc
New York Venture Summit, Panelist: What’s Next for the Venture Industry? June 28-2012 New York, NY http://bit.ly/HJ2cQR
We Own It Summit, Panelist: Role of Women as Investors June 28-29, 2012 New York, NY www.weownitsummit.org
Illuminate Ventures Business Advisory Council Meeting: Driving Forces behind Big Data – and What’s Next? – Guest Speakers – Raymie Stata, CEO Verticloud and Savitha Srinivasan, Partner IBM VC Group, June 5, 2012 Menlo Park, CA (invitation only)
Global Symposium on Women’s Entrepreneurship, Speaker: June 1-2 Stockholm, Sweden http://www.esbri.se/GSWE/2012/index.asp
DLD (Digital Life Design) Moscow, Panelist: Cloud Computing’s Impact on Entrepreneurship May 27-29, 2012 Moscow, Russia
JumpStart Days, Judge: Seed stage pre-funded, pre-revenue technology startups May 21, 2012 San Francisco, CA http://jumpstartdays.com/
Women’s Intelligence Trust, Speaker: The Impact of Cloud Computing May 17, 2012 San Francisco, CA www.womensintelligencetrust.org
The Wall Street Journal Women in the Economy, Entrepreneurship Task Force Member May 1-2, 2012 Palm Beach, FL www.womeninecon.wsj.com/
SmartGirls Way at Stanford Center for Entrepreneurship, Panelist: Entrepreneurial Blueprint for Accessing Capital April 10, 2012 Stanford, CA
Equal Pay App Challenge, Judge: April 2012 http://equalpay.challenge.gov
AlwaysOn OnDemand, Panelist: The Next Generation of Startups in the Cloud April 4, 2012 Cupertino, CA http://bit.ly/AoRWkZ
BlogHer Entrepreneurs Conference, Panelist: Building and Leveraging your Network March 22, 2012 Santa Clara, CA http://blogherentrepreneurs.eventbrite.com/
Stanford Entrepreneurship Network, Panelist: How Cloud Computing is Changing the Landscape for Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Insights from Big Players and Start-ups in the Valley, Stanford, CA February 28, 2012 http://bit.ly/wHobIg
Women 2.0 Pitch Night, Judge: Business Plan Competition, San Francisco, CA February 14, 2012 http://bit.ly/uUeJvE
IBM SmartCamp Global Finals, Mentor: February 1, 2012 San Francisco, CA
Carnegie Mellon Entrepreneurship Trek, Moderator: Career Choices San Francisco, CA January 10. 2012
Prior Noteworthy Firm Media Coverage:
Washington Post: Five myths about entrepreneurs http://wapo.st/r0ayDO
CNN: Do Black Entrepreneurs face institutional bias? http://bit.ly/u4ia6G
CNBC: Women’s Start-Ups Lack Access to Venture Capital http://soc.li/yxu8AmX
85 Broads Jam Session: Growth of Women in Tech https://85broads.webex.com/85broads/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=19127627&rKey=f9e7d8552bc52d2b
Reuters: The Great Debate – Why aren’t there more foreign female entrepreneurs? http://reut.rs/ncvSia
WITI Summit 2011: Entrepreneur – Lessons in Creating a Startup – YouTube http://bit.ly/r0cm0R
Inc.: The Case Against the All-Male Start-up http://bit.ly/nxjFA4
The Ideas Project: Cindy Padnos Video-Investors Can Benefit By Backing Women Entrepreneurs http://bit.ly/p6b1Wd
San Francisco Business Times: Most Influential Women in the Bay Area Business Named http://bit.ly/kzlq87
The Wall Street Journal: Cindy Padnos Co-chairs WSJ Women in the Economy Entrepreneurship Task Force http://on.wsj.com/eULMFu
Portfolio.com Tech Observer: Women Missing at High-Growth, High-Tech Startups http://bit.ly/onbdz9
Vator News Innovation Series: Today’s Entrepreneur http://bit.ly/lEiMOR
The Ideas Project: The Women Of Technology: Making It To The Top http://bit.ly/nA0K2l
Financial Times: Geeky world of IT loses its appeal as a career choice http://on.ft.com/ppRr8s
WOMEN 2.0: 5 Female Angels and Investors to Watch http://bit.ly/e9dF4s
VatorNews Today’s Entrepreneur: Cindy Padnos Profile http://bit.ly/lEiMOR
The Wall Street Journal: Making Strides at Start-Ups http://on.wsj.com/kDv9CX
Sandhill.com: Meet Tomorrow’s High-Performance Companies http://bit.ly/eNHp7P
New York Times: The Risk-Taking Advantage of West Coast Women http://nyti.ms/cDHisa
BlogHer:BET on Yourself – Inviting Women Seeking Business, Entrepreneurism, Tech Mentoring http://bit.ly/gdrNn6
Venture Beat: FailCon: How to fail gracefully with a startup http://bit.ly/a1BYUr
Mashable/Business: Why We Need to Reframe the “Women in Tech” Debate http://bit.ly/cqoW2w
PEHub: A VC Firm By Women, For Women — And Men Too http://bit.ly/96fan9 (requires subscription)
The Wall Street Journal: Daily VC Dispatch Cindy Padnos, Illuminate Ventures, on Venture Chemistry http://bit.ly/ckRHeF (video interview)
New York Times: Female Entrepreneurs on the Rise http://nyti.ms/9jpuO2
San Jose Mercury News: Cassidy: A wave of women entrepreneurs may be coming http://bit.ly/cz4Hy9
Bloomberg BusinessWeek: The New Entrepreneur – Why Venture Capital Firms Need More Women Partners http://bit.ly/dnTsEz
Palo Alto Weekly: What Ceiling? http://bit.ly/8YGSAs
Harvard Business Review: Venus May Be Rising, but Don’t Neglect Mars http://bit.ly/adsLXV
New York Times: Women and Technology and Myth http://nyti.ms/a2ToVq
Forbes.com: How To Write A Winning Business Plan http://bit.ly/c5qrkg
YouTube: KNVT The Silicon Valley Entrepreneur – The Impact of Women in Start-ups http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ1nLs68CLw
New York Times: Out of the Loop in Silicon Valley http://nyti.ms/9OZU1R
Fast Company: The Most Influential Women in Technology 2010 http://bit.ly/9JZLPW
Forbes: We Need More Female Venture Capitalists http://bit.ly/ax2r18
Fortune: How to build a startup: her best advice http://bit.ly/dtgg5W
Reuters Venture Capital Journal (VCJ): Women in VC http://bit.ly/9JLNry (Requires subscription)
Fast Company: Startups: An “Alpha Male Pissing-Contest?” http://bit.ly/bNqZX6
New York Entrepreneur Week: Why Men Get VC Money and Women Don’t ….and How that is Changing http://bit.ly/9FqsyX
New York Times: The Art of Running a Small Business http://nyti.ms/9MTmyQ
BusinessWeek Online: Addressing the Dearth of Female Entrepreneurs http://bit.ly/a49WU9 See page 2
The Next Woman Newsletter: Women-owned or Led Firms are Becoming a Leading Entrepreneurial force in Technology http://bit.ly/aeIhMG
TechCrunch: Silicon Valley You’ve got a Gender Problem - http://tcrn.ch/afHCin
NBC Bay Area Editorial: Bay Area Boys Club http://bit.ly/dfxQJc
TechCrunch: A Fix for Discrimination – Follow the Indian Trail: http://tcrn.ch/cWQgWc
YourStory Entrepreneur’s Stories India: Illuminate Ventures http://bit.ly/apiJDx
TechHer Blog: The Opportunity for Investors http://bit.ly/bTWTAd
WomenInnovation Blog: Why aren’t there more women entrepreneurs in SV? http://bit.ly/ccIeA3
Prior Noteworthy Events:
University of Michigan College of Engineering, Keynote Speaker: Commencement Address http://bit.ly/mCB1nU (start at 49.5 minutes into the video for the speech)
Silicon Valley Assoc. of Start-up Entrepreneurs (SVASE), Panelist: Leveraging Social Media Platforms in the Enterprise http://bit.ly/gYmvAo
The Wall Street Journal Women in the Economy, Co-chair: Entrepreneurship Task Force http://bit.ly/e2RvGP
Department of Homeland Security IT Security Entrepreneurs’ Forum (ITSEF), Panelist: Results that Matter – Women IT Entrepreneurs www.security-innovation.org
Women in Private Equity Summit, Moderator: GP Roundtable http://bit.ly/g8bRGb
Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business, Guest Speaker: James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Leadership Series http://eclub.cs.cmu.edu/?q=node/16anuary
Astia Doing it Right Program, Panelist: The Economic Advantage of Diversity http://www.astia.org/content/view/1441/1155/#TEAOD
Failcon ’10, Panelist: When investments fail and how investors handle it http://failcon2010.com/
Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing, Panelist: Why Investing in Women Founders and Entrepreneurs Makes Business Sense http://bit.ly/cQwXr0
85 Broads 2020 Vision, Guest Speaker: Opportunistic Investing for the Next Decade http://bit.ly/bCaAxX
National Academies Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Panelist: Early-stage Capital in the United States
Astia Entrepreneur Program in Silicon Valley, Panelist: Own Your Financials http://bit.ly/mYXGVc
WITI Technology Powering Change Summit, Panelist: Intrapreneur/Entrepreneur – Lessons in creating a startup http://bit.ly/rbBAPK
Vator Splash, Judge: Early-stage Pitch Competition http://bit.ly/nF7Rjs
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, Delegate: Women and the Economy Summit http://www.apec2011.gov/
Intuit Apps Showcase, Panelist and Competition Judge: Applications for SMBs http://t.co/PS0lfaq
Plug ‘n Play Mentorship Session, Panelist: Sales and Marketing/ Building a Brand
Also see our videos on YouTube on the Illuminate VC channel
