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
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Burbidge was a year below famed investor Marc Andreessen at college.
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