Maren Bannon @Maren_Bannon
Engineer turned founder and VC | Cofounder/GP @January_VC | Investing in overlooked founders | Contributor at @Forbes | SF native living in Europe january.ventures London, UK Joined May 2012-
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Bay Area friends - one of our UK founders will be out there later this month and would love to meet investors & operators!
Bay Area friends - one of our UK founders will be out there later this month and would love to meet investors & operators!
🎤 Our podcast is back! We’re thrilled to unveil Season 2 of our podcast aimed at demystifying venture capital. We’re back for a new season under a new name: Beyond the Cap Table, hosted by @jkk, Co-founder & Managing Partner of January Ventures.
Great thread for GPs and LPs on DPI from @EdGrapeNutZimm 🧵
Great thread for GPs and LPs on DPI from @EdGrapeNutZimm 🧵
I’m looking forward to speaking on a panel about the AI revolution & healthcare at the @Siftedeu Summit on Thursday. I’ll be on stage with @DrNadineHH, @NicolSchwarzK, @larsmaaloe, and @Max_Parmentier. Come say hi 👋🏾 if you’re there!
Gale Wilkinson @VITAL.. @galeforceVC
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There’s a whole other world beyond fear which the majority of us have been conditioned to ignored, cause fear. My two year old is cautious but not scared , like at all. He wakes up and goes to bed without the angst for tomorrow . Imagine where we could go as species if we stayed…
I’m heading home to the Bay Area from Jan 27- Feb 12. As always, keen to meet investors, operators for good coffee (and whatever baked good is in right now). Who should I meet? Have Clipper card, will travel!
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🎤 Our podcast is back! We’re thrilled to unveil Season 2 of our podcast aimed at demystifying venture capital. We’re back for a new season under a new name: Beyond the Cap Table, hosted by @jkk, Co-founder & Managing Partner of January Ventures.
New trend I’m seeing is strategic investors step-up and lead or co-lead Seed /Series A rounds. Recently spoke with 2 startups (1 healthcare, 1 insurance) that have term sheets from strategics. While this may have been a flag ⛔️to other investors in ZIRP days, much more welcome…
I’m very excited to join The New York Times as deputy tech editor!
We’re thrilled to announce that Laura Stevens is joining @nytimesbusiness as a deputy technology editor. nytco.com/press/laura-st…
After three years, @dunkhippo33, and I FINALLY meet in person. The internet is a gift and I’m so glad our paths crossed three plus years ago! Elizabeth is genuinely one of the kindest, smartest, hardest working people I know. I don’t think I’d be in Venture w/out her!
Got invited to my first VC and tech poker party. Feels like a milestone?
THREAD FOR LPs/GPs in VC: 1) I've been talking to VC fund managers (GPs)& the limited partners ("LPs") who invest in them (I'm an LP in numerous VC funds) about expectation for early DPI from seed&pre-seed funds. (DP ="Distributed to Paid In Capital" - i.e., cash $ back to LPs)
I was at a Starbucks with a European VC who was trying to take 50.5% ownership of my company in the seed round and the barista handed me this
The 5th Annual January Ventures Early Stage Founder Sentiment Report is here! In our 5th consecutive year surveying early-stage startup founders, we found that 2023 is a year of transition. THREAD 🧵 (1/8)
they may not say it out loud as I decided to today, but their actions show that they’re actively not choosing to work with (more/enough) female partners or GPs… day in, day out, for years now @amyrlewin @wvce_tech
@amyrlewin @eileentso Imagine for a second a male partner saying the reverse. All hell would break loose on both the legal and the public fronts.
@JoshuaWohle @amyrlewin @eileentso Male partners are continuously saying this in fact - most importantly in Silicon Valley; listen to Elliot Robinson (Bessemer) talk on stage about his colleagues at 'marquee firms' doing that post Ellen-Pao: esginvc2022.splashthat.com/#g-878925392
@Maren_Bannon @Siftedeu @DrNadineHH @NicolSchwarzK @larsmaaloe @Max_Parmentier Really enjoyed @Maren_Bannon!
🎉We are thrilled to announce we’ve secured $15M in funding led by @creandum 🚀Thank you also to @Paladincap and @pluralplatform for your belief in our mission. 👇Check out our blog to read more about this exciting news bit.ly/unitaryfunding… #unitary #startup
Powerhouses @eileentso, @deepalinangia, @NikitaThakrar, @Miz_Nellz and Marisa from @HSBCInnovation at @wvce_tech 🚀🚀🚀
Thanks to all of the founders who joined me at TechCrunch Disrupt to discuss breakout consumer AI applications! Loved spending the time with all of you! #techcrunchdisrupt @TechCrunch @mavenvc