Aileen Lee | |
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Born | 1970 (age 53–54)[1] New York City, U.S. |
Nationality | United States |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard Business School |
Known for | Co-founder and managing partner of Cowboy Ventures |
Aileen Lee (born 1970) is a U.S. venture capital angel investor and co-founder[2] of Cowboy Ventures.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Lee coined the often-used Silicon Valley term unicorn in a TechCrunch article "Welcome To The Unicorn Club: Learning from Billion-Dollar Startups" as profiled in The New York Times. A unicorn is generally defined as a privately held startup that has a $1 billion valuation or more – something rare (like a unicorn).[11]
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page)."Can we give this to VC firms for free?" quipped Aileen Lee, a prominent venture capitalist who two years ago left her full time work at Kleiner Perkins to co-found her own VC firm, Cowboy Ventures.
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