
Breaking into Venture
A clear-eyed guide to how venture capital actually works — for everyone the industry usually keeps out.
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I'm Allison Baum Gates, a General Partner at SemperVirens, where I back the AI-native services reshaping how we work. I've backed nine companies to unicorn status and written two books on venture capital — all in service of one belief: technology should work for people, not the other way around.

A clear-eyed guide to how venture capital actually works — for everyone the industry usually keeps out.
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