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Aileen Lee

Investor

Managing Partner at Cowboy Ventures

Palo Alto, CA

Writes $500K – $3M checks Β· typically $1M

Midas 2020 Β· #80Midas 2019 Β· #82Midas 2018 Β· #97

About

Aileen Lee founded the seed-stage firm Cowboy Ventures in 2012 after more than a decade at Kleiner Perkins. She coined the term 'unicorn' for billion-dollar startups in a 2013 essay and co-founded All Raise, the nonprofit working to advance women in venture capital.

Invests in

ConsumerDeveloper ToolsFintechHealthtechSaaS

Experience

  1. Cowboy VenturesFounder and Managing Partnercurrent2012 β€” presentpalo alto, ca
  2. All RaiseChairperson of the Board & Co-Foundercurrent2018 β€” present
  3. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMember, Computer Science & Electrical Engineering Visiting Committeecurrent2024 β€” presentCambridge, MA
  4. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMember, Media Lab Visiting Committeecurrent2020 β€” presentCambridge, MA
  5. Castilleja SchoolMember Board of Trustees2018 β€” 2024Palo Alto, California, United States
  6. TIME'S UPBoard Member2019 β€” 2021
  7. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersAssociate, Principal, Partner, General Partner & Senior Partner1999 β€” 2012Menlo Park, California, United States
  8. RMG NetworksFounding CEO2007 β€” 2009San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Gap Inc./Gap Inc. DirectBrand & Product Marketing, Gap Online1999San Francisco Bay Area
  10. Gap Inc./Gap Inc. DirectSpecial Assistant to CEO1998 β€” 1999San Francisco Bay Area
  11. Gap Inc./GapBusiness Development & Strategy1997 β€” 1998San Francisco Bay Area
  12. Morgan StanleyM&A Analyst1992 β€” 1994Greater New York City Area

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration (MBA)1995 β€” 1997
  2. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (B.S.)
  3. Millburn High School

Skills & more

Venture Capital81Start-ups99Entrepreneurship73Product Management25Private Equity19Business Strategy26Business Development92Angel Investing27Product Marketing83Mergers1Product Development11

Languages Chinese

From Aileen's professional profile.

Same school

Shared employers

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Aileen Lee

E988 Cowboy Ventures' Aileen Lee on pioneering diversity in tech & VC, lessons from backing winners

This Week in Startups

Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures) & Emily Chang (Bloomberg) - Ten Years of Unicorns: What's next?

Startup Grind

4 Lessons from Aileen Lee @ Cowboy Ventures

ConfluenceVC: The VC Operating Playbook

The Unicorn Club 10 years later with Cowboy Ventures’ Aileen Lee | Equity Podcast

TechCrunch

Colleagues at Cowboy Ventures

Network10

Investors connected to Aileen in public investor directories β€” a warm-intro map.

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