Where do Designers Live in the KEY VC CATALYSTS VENTURE CAPITAL ECOSYSTEM? Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
 Michael Abbott Designers are working at VC firms in a variety of capacities: from operating support roles to investing roles to 2012 created KPCB Design Council founding their own venture capital funds. A key factor in their growth has been GPs who understand the need New Enterprise Associates
 for design. Dayna Grayson 2013 created NEA Design Studio True Ventures
 2009 2012 2014 2015 2016 Om Malik 2011 created GigaOm Roadmap Conference Bessemer Ventures Designer Fund KPCB Rivet Ventures Benchmark Jason Putorti Enrique Allen John Maeda Christina Brodbeck Scott Belsky Accel Partners
 1st designer in residence co-founders of fund co-founder of fund GP Vas Natarajan Slow Ventures Ben Blumenfeld 2014 created Accel Design Conference Dave Morin co-founders of fund Khosla Ventures Accel Partners Google Ventures Andrew Braccia co-founders of fund Irene Au Jason Mayden Jake Knapp 2014 created Accel Design Conference Google Ventures pioneering UX leader New book “Sprint” Aaron Sittig Jake Knapp with John Zeratsky and co-founders of fund Google Ventures True Ventures Braden Kowitz 500 Startups
 Daniel Burka Tom Hulme Jeffrey Veen Dave McClure 2010 first GP in marquee fund early advocate for design in startups Bloomberg Beta
 Google Ventures Andreessen Horowitz Sequoia Capital Expa James Cham Braden Kowitz Elizabeth Weil James Buckhouse Anshu Agarwal early advocate for design in startups 1st design partner co-founders of fund Y-Combinator
 Michael Margolis Felicis Ventures Greylock New Enterprise Paul Graham 1st researcher Nick Baum Bobby Goodlatte Associates early advocate for design in startups 2nd designer in residence Albert Lee Y-Combinator Note that some of Jessica Livingston Garry Tan Sutter Hill Ventures these folks have left to early advocate for design in startups 1st YC partner as designer 2013 Andrei Herasimchuk join companies, or to Khosla Ventures
 2011 Y-Combinator start them. Vinod Khosla Kevin Hale Expa KPCB Design Council early advocate for design in startups Google Ventures Bruno Bergher John Zeratsky Kyle Doherty Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda kpcb.com/design 11