Ann Miura-Ko
Co-founding Partner at Floodgate
Palo Alto, CA
Midas 2020 · #96Midas 2021 · #89Midas 2022 · #88Midas 2023 · #75Midas 2024 · #53
About
Ann Miura-Ko co-founded Floodgate with Mike Maples Jr. and helped define the modern seed-stage playbook, backing Lyft and Refactor Capital-era startups before micro-VC was mainstream. A Stanford PhD who lectures at the university, she is a frequent voice on what she calls 'thunder lizard' startups and co-founded the nonprofit All Raise to support women in venture.
Podcasts & interviews
featuring Ann Miura-KoAnn Miura-Ko on FLOODGATE's Thunder Lizard Theory and Achieving Product Market Fit | Blitzscaling 04 - YouTube
Greylock
Daring to be Different: An Exclusive Conversation with Ann Miura-Ko, Partner, Floodgate - YouTube
Accelerate Yale
Ann Miura-Ko (Floodgate) Gives You 2 Ways to Think About Markets - YouTube
NFX
Blitzscaling 04: Ann Miura-Ko on FLOODGATE's Thunder Lizard Theory and Achieving Product Market Fit - YouTube
Greylock