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E363 | Super Angel | Angel investing insights with Dorothy Chou, Director of Policy & Public Engagement at DeepMind
Oct 8, 2024
Dorothy Chou, Director of Policy & Public Engagement at DeepMind, is an angel investor with a focus on diversity and women's health. She shares her journey transitioning from major tech firms to angel investing, emphasizing the need for diverse founding teams. Dorothy discusses the unique challenges in women's health investment, her own first experiences with angel investing, and the importance of leveraging networks. She also touches on AI's potential to drive social change and the significance of public-private partnerships for innovation.
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- Dorothy Chou emphasizes the necessity of supporting underrepresented founders to drive systemic change and diversity in the startup ecosystem.
- She discusses the unique challenges in women's health investments, highlighting social norms that impact women's financial decisions about their own health.
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Journey to Angel Investing
The speaker shares her background and journey towards becoming an angel investor, highlighting her experiences in companies like Dropbox, Uber, and DeepMind. Initially focused on social change and politics, she realized her passion lay in the scale-up phase of businesses. During COVID, she recognized the importance of backing diverse founders to drive change in the startup ecosystem, shifting her focus towards overlooked entrepreneurs. This realization prompted her to start investing, particularly in women's health, aiming to activate undervalued markets.
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