The Kauffman Fellowship is a two-year educational, networking, and leadership development program for
venture capitalists. It was named after
Ewing Marion Kauffman. The Kauffman Fellows Program is a nonprofit with a 20-year history of identifying, educating, mentoring and networking future venture capitalists. As of 2011, it had graduated more than 250 fellows, who have worked at venture firms in the U.S. and internationally.
Center for Venture Education
The Kauffman Fellows Program originated as an endeavor of the
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, from which it was spun out in 2000, and is now managed by the Center for Venture Education, based in Palo Alto,
California.
Notable Kauffman Fellows
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Trish Costello
Trish Costello (born Patricia Costello) is a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur and investor. She is the Founder and CEO of Portfolia, a collaborative equity investing platform. She was named as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 20 ...
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Mamoon Hamid
Mamoon Hamid (born 1978) is a Pakistani-American venture capitalist currently serving as a Managing Member and General Partner at the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins.
Career Xilinx and USVP
Early in his career he held various business a ...
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Social Capital
Social capital is "the networks of relationships among people who live and work in a particular society, enabling that society to function effectively". It involves the effective functioning of social groups through interpersonal relationships ...
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Jenny Lee,
GGV Capital
GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm that invests in seed-to-growth stage investments across Consumer/New Retail, Social/Internet, Enterprise/Cloud and Smart Tech sectors.
The firm was established in 2000 in Singapore and Silicon Valley, ...
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Mala Gaonkar
Mala Gopal Gaonkar (born November 1969) is an American businesswoman, and the co-portfolio manager at investment firm Lone Pine Capital.
Early life
Gaonkar was born in November 1969 in the US and mostly raised in Bangalore, India. She earned a d ...
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Michael McCullough
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Justin Rockefeller[{{cite web, url=http://www.rbf.org/people/justin-rockefeller , title=Justin Rockefeller , publisher=Rockefeller Brothers Fund , accessdate=September 23, 2014 ]
References
Venture capital