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Brunch with Eileen Burbidge: 'What's happening in America is crazy'

The ‘Queen of British VC’ talks candidly about VC’s gender gap and the importance of fertility healthcare — and speaks out against tech’s recent war on DEI


Tom Matsuda

8 min read

Venture capitalist Eileen Burbidge photographed in the City of London on September 16, 2021. Photo credit: Olivia Harris

Eileen Burbidge has a lot on her plate. 

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Marc Andreessen at Pando Monthly with interviewer Sarah Lacy, at Dogpatch Studios in SF on Oct. 3, 2013.
Burbidge was a year below famed investor Marc Andreessen at college.
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Tom Blomfield, cofounder, Monzo
Burbidge helped keep Monzo going when founding CEO Tom Blomfield stepped down.
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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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