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Rob Ward
Rob Ward is the co-founder and General Partner of Meritech Capital Partners, one of the first venture funds built exclusively around growth-stage technology investing. Since co-founding the firm in 1999, he has led investments in some of the most defining enterprise and consumer technology companies of the past 25 years, including Snowflake, Salesforce, Tableau, Fortinet, and Roblox. A repeat Forbes Midas List honoree, Ward focuses on analytics, data services, infrastructure, and enterprise applications, typically investing $5M-$25M at Series B with a sweet spot around $12M. Beyond capital, he tutors algebra at Eastside College Preparatory School in East Palo Alto and was added to the Buffalo Bills ownership group in December 2024.
Theresia Gouw
Theresia Gouw is a Chinese-Indonesian immigrant who became America's first female billionaire venture capitalist. A Brown-trained engineer turned Stanford MBA, she rose to become the first female investing partner at Accel Partners, where she helped back Facebook at a $98 million valuation in 2005. She co-founded Aspect Ventures and then Acrew Capital, managing ~$1.7 billion with a firm where 85% of employees are women or BIPOC. Beyond VC, she holds minority ownership stakes in the Buffalo Bills, Bay FC, and Golden State Warriors, and is Lead Investor and Executive Chair of an incoming Major League Volleyball franchise in Northern California.