Sarah Kunst
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Sarah Kunst is an entrepreneur and angel fund investor, she is currently the managing director of Cleo Capital.[1][2] Kunst has worked at Apple, Red Bull, Chanel & Mohr Davidow Ventures[3] and was on the Board of Venture for America, She founded LA Dodgers backed Proday and has served as a senior advisor at Bumble where she focused on their corporate VC arm Bumble Fund and on the board of the Michigan State University Foundation endowment.[4][5][6] She is also a contributing editor at Marie Claire Magazine.[7]
In 2014 Kunst was one of the women entrepreneurs who came forward documenting a pattern of harassment by male colleagues in the tech industry, the incidents she surfaced contributed to the resignation of David McClure as General Partner of 500 Startups.[8][9]
Kunst was named as a Future Innovator by Vanity Fair in 2018,[10] Marie Claire named her as one of six women who could teach you how to be a success before age 35,[11] a Forbes 30 Under 30[12] and as one of the top 25 African-Americans in tech by Business Insider & Pitchbook,[13][14] top 25 innovator in tech by Coolhunting.[15] She was honored as a top women in STEM by Create & Cultivate.[16] And Marie Claire Magazine named her a Young Gun to watch. She has written for Techcrunch, Forbes, Wall St. Journal, Fortune and Entrepreneur.com.[17] Marc Andreessen named her one of his 55 Unknown Rock Stars in Tech.[18]
References[edit]
- ^ "Cleo Capital sets $10M target to fund female entrepreneurs". TechCrunch. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ "Sarah Kunst forms Cleo Capital to seed female founders". Axios. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ "Sarah Kunst". thedailybeast.
- ^ "Sarah Kunst Managing Director, Cleo Capital". salt.
- ^ Brown, Ann (2016-05-27). "From VC to Entrepreneur, Tech Insider Sarah Kunst Is Celebrating the Release of Her Fitness App Proday". The Network Journal. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ O'Connor, Clare. "Venture Investor Sarah Kunst Takes On Fitness Sector With Launch Of Dodgers-Backed App Proday". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ "6 Women Who Will Teach You How to Be Successful Before You Turn 35". marieclaire. 20 August 2014.
- ^ "Dave McClure has resigned as GP of 500 Startups". TechCrunch. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ Couturier, Kelly (2017-07-03). "Harassment in the Tech Industry: Voices Grow on Social Media". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ "The Future Innovators Index 2018". Vanity Fair. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ Choi, Sue (2014-08-20). "6 Women Who Will Teach You How to Be Successful". Marie Claire. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ "Sarah Kunst, 28". Forbes. Archived from the original on January 8, 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
- ^ Hartmans, Avery. "The 21 hottest women-founded startups to watch in 2017". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ "25 black founders and VCs to watch in 2018". pitchbook. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ "The tech triple threat who's single-handedly changing the landscape for women". coolhunting. 4 August 2015.
- ^ "Create & Cultivate 100: STEM & Finance: Sarah Kunst". createcultivate. 21 January 2019.
- ^ "About Sarah Kunst". entrepreneur.
- ^ "The 55 Unknown Rock Stars In Tech, According To Marc Andreessen". businessinsider.
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