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