Becoming an EDTECH investor at 55
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Deborah is the Managing Partner of GSV Ventures, a venture fund investing in education and workforce skills technologies that are disrupting the $7 Trillion global sector. 📈Deborah has been twice named to Insider’s list of top 100 seed investors.
👩🏫In addition, she is co-founder of the ASU+GSV Summit, The preeminent gathering of leaders in education and workforce skilling.
📚Deborah’s current boards include Ascend Learning, BrightChamps, Classplus, Class Technologies, Degreed, Dreamscape Learn, Ellucian, Mattilda, Physicswallah, Simplilearn and Turnitin.
📖She previously served on the board of Aakash Educational Services Ltd. She is a member of the boards of The Common Ground Foundation, The Khan Academy Thought Leadership Council, Steppenwolf Theatre Company and The Yidan Prize Foundation Advisory Committee.
🏫Deborah has graduated cum laude with a BA in history from Princeton University in 1982 and an MBA from Harvard University in 1987.
In our interview with her, she talks about: ✔️ How the education of an individual has the power to create a transformative impact ✔️ There being no age to start afresh ✔️ The challenges faced by women in investment banking ✔️ Her investing journey in India and much more!
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