Kathryn Gould

Co-Founder at Foundation Capital · Joined 1995

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Biography

Kathryn Gould built her venture career at Merrill Pickard Anderson & Eyre, becoming one of the first prominent women in Silicon Valley venture capital at a time when the industry was almost entirely male. She co-founded Foundation Capital with Bill Elmore and Jim Anderson in October 1995, built around a distinctive philosophy the firm still describes as seeking out 'zero-billion-dollar markets' - emerging categories that don't yet exist until a visionary founder creates them. That approach made Foundation one of Netflix's original investors years before its public listing, and the firm has gone on to back more than 400 companies including LendingClub, Chegg, Sunrun, and Uber, with 26 IPOs and more than 80 acquisitions across three decades.

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

Netflix NFLXLendingClub LC

Career Timeline

1980s
Builds an early venture career at Merrill Pickard Anderson & Eyre, becoming one of the first prominent women in Silicon Valley venture capital.
1995
Co-founds Foundation Capital with Bill Elmore and Jim Anderson in Palo Alto, in October.
1990s
Foundation Capital becomes one of Netflix's original investors, years before its public listing.
2014
LendingClub, another Foundation-backed company, completes its NYSE IPO.

Sources & References

Wikipedia - Foundation Capital ↗Foundation Capital ↗