Why did NEA Partner Ann Bordetsky first want to begin angel investing?

your side gig is merging with your main gig in that respect. But I'd love to hear, like, what was your, like, next hour after you made the decision for, you know, one of those first angel investments that you made? What did that, like, feel like for you? Or what was that process?

You know, when I first started angel investing, I was very focused. Like, my reason to even begin angel investing was I wanted to support female founders. I just felt very strongly, and I still feel this way to some extent, that there was amazing talent, you know, women operators, builders, engineers that were getting overlooked by the industry. So that was sort of my mission is like I wanted to find amazing women building, you know, big ideas, big companies, and back them on their journey very, very early, that first kind of check phase, and believe before other people believe. You know, that was, that was my goal.