Sarah Kunst Explained

Sarah Kunst is an entrepreneur and angel fund investor, she is currently the managing director of Cleo Capital.[1] [2] Kunst has worked at Apple, Red Bull, Chanel & Mohr Davidow Ventures[3] and was on the Board of Venture for America, She founded LA Dodgers backed Proday and has served as a senior advisor at Bumble where she focused on their corporate VC arm Bumble Fund and on the board of the Michigan State University Foundation endowment.[4] [5] [6] She is also a contributing editor at Marie Claire Magazine.[7]

In 2014 Kunst was one of the women entrepreneurs who came forward documenting a pattern of harassment by male colleagues in the tech industry, the incidents she surfaced contributed to the resignation of David McClure as General Partner of 500 Startups.[8] [9]

Kunst was named as a Future Innovator by Vanity Fair in 2018,[10] Marie Claire named her as one of six women who could teach you how to be a success before age 35,[11] a Forbes 30 Under 30[12] and as one of the top 25 African-Americans in tech by Business Insider & Pitchbook,[13] [14] top 25 innovator in tech by Coolhunting.[15] She was honored as a top women in STEM by Create & Cultivate.[16] And Marie Claire Magazine named her a Young Gun to watch. She has written for Techcrunch, Forbes, Wall St. Journal, Fortune and Entrepreneur.com.[17] Marc Andreessen named her one of his 55 Unknown Rock Stars in Tech.[18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cleo Capital sets $10M target to fund female entrepreneurs. TechCrunch. 28 August 2018 . en-US. 2019-03-17.
  2. Web site: Sarah Kunst forms Cleo Capital to seed female founders. Axios. 27 August 2018 . en. 2019-03-17.
  3. Web site: Sarah Kunst. thedailybeast. en-US.
  4. Web site: Sarah Kunst Managing Director, Cleo Capital. salt. en-US.
  5. Web site: From VC to Entrepreneur, Tech Insider Sarah Kunst Is Celebrating the Release of Her Fitness App Proday. Brown. Ann. 2016-05-27. The Network Journal. en-US. 2019-03-17.
  6. Web site: Venture Investor Sarah Kunst Takes On Fitness Sector With Launch Of Dodgers-Backed App Proday. O'Connor. Clare. Forbes. en. 2019-03-17.
  7. Web site: 6 Women Who Will Teach You How to Be Successful Before You Turn 35. marieclaire. 20 August 2014 . en.
  8. Web site: Dave McClure has resigned as GP of 500 Startups. TechCrunch. 3 July 2017 . en-US. 2019-03-17.
  9. News: Harassment in the Tech Industry: Voices Grow on Social Media. Couturier. Kelly. 2017-07-03. The New York Times. 2019-03-17. en-US. 0362-4331.
  10. The Future Innovators Index 2018. Vanity Fair. 3 October 2018 . 2019-03-17.
  11. Web site: 6 Women Who Will Teach You How to Be Successful. Choi. Sue. 2014-08-20. Marie Claire. en-US. 2019-03-20.
  12. Web site: Sarah Kunst, 28. https://web.archive.org/web/20150108031206/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/lmh45mfhd/alex-klein-24/. dead. January 8, 2015. Forbes. en. 2019-03-19.
  13. Web site: The 21 hottest women-founded startups to watch in 2017. Hartmans. Avery. Business Insider. 2019-03-17.
  14. Web site: 25 black founders and VCs to watch in 2018. pitchbook. 2019-03-17.
  15. Web site: The tech triple threat who's single-handedly changing the landscape for women. coolhunting. 4 August 2015 .
  16. Web site: Create & Cultivate 100: STEM & Finance: Sarah Kunst. createcultivate. 21 January 2019 .
  17. Web site: About Sarah Kunst. entrepreneur.
  18. Web site: The 55 Unknown Rock Stars In Tech, According To Marc Andreessen. businessinsider.

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