Ann Miura-Ko is a co-founding partner at FLOODGATE where her investment interests include the innovations in e-commerce, security, and big data. She currently sits on the boards of Modcloth, Refinery29, Chloe and Isabel, Wanelo, Zimride, Ayasdi, Inscopix, and CSS. She was previously a board member of TaskRabbit.

In addition to serving at FLOODGATE, Ann is a lecturer in the School of Engineering at Stanford University, where she got her PhD focused on mathematical modeling of computer security. She teaches High Tech Entrepreneurship with Steve Blank and is a frequent lecturer in courses such as Technology Venture Formation, High-tech Entrepreneurship, and the Mayfield Fellows Program.

Prior to joining FLOODGATE and her stint at Stanford, Ann worked at Charles River Ventures and McKinsey and Company.

Ann grew up in Palo Alto, California (her father is a rocket scientist at NASA) and, as a result, was exposed at an early age to the world of startups, technology and venture capital. She developed an early passion for robotics and went on to major in electrical engineering at Yale University where she received her BS degree. For her senior project, she was part of a five person team that designed four robots to autonomously play soccer which competed at the Robocup competition in Paris, France.

Ann Miura-Ko in the News

Source	Article Title	Date
	VC in 2013: Floodgate’s Ann Miura-Ko on Investing in ‘Radical Science’	January 3, 2013
	Forget Facebook! Meet 12 investors on the hunt for the next Microsoft	November 27, 2012
	Venture Capital Draft: Hot Prospects, Part II	May 5, 2012
	Mike Maples and Ann Miura-Ko on The Limits of Incubators, the Right Fund Size, and the True Meaning of "Pivot"	June 13, 2011
	How Mike Maples and Ann Miura-Ko Are Opening the Floodgates on Early-Stage Tech Entrepreneurship	June 9, 2011
	Ann Miura-Ko Named Silicon Valley Woman of Influence	March 18, 2011
	Ann Miura-Ko featured in Stanford's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders	October 27, 2010
	Mike Maples and Ann Miura-Ko Named to The Silicon Valley 100	December 8, 2010
	Hot Prospects: Ann Miura-Ko, Floodgate Fund	August 3, 2010