# Ellen Pao, CEO

> Ellen Pao, CEO. 2 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/ellen-pao (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

San Francisco, US · Angel

# Ellen Pao

CEO

Latest rounds

- **Periscope Data** Round · $25M Nov 2016
- **LendUp** Round · $47.5M Jan 2016

Backs *Big Data & Analytics* *Fintech*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 2 last Nov 2016
- **Filings:** 2 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 1 +3 mentions
- **Books:** 1 written

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 2 rounds name them
- ✓ **On filings** 2 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Own investor record** Their cheques, held under their name
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## Their investor record

[**Ellen Pao, investing** Every cheque we watched them write, on one record **0** cheques in 12 months **2** all time **0** led quiet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ellen-pao)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 2
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $72.5M
- **Active:** 2016

2016

- [Periscope Data](https://millionrounds.com/company/periscope-data) *Round* **$25M** *US* Nov 2016 Joined · +36 investors
- [LendUp](https://millionrounds.com/company/lendup) *Round* **$47.5M** Jan 2016 Joined · +28 investors

By stage

- Round **1**
- Round **1**

What they backed

Big Data & Analytics **1** Fintech **1**

Alongside

- [Chad Byers *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chad-byers)
- [Data Collective *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective)
- [GV *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv)
- [SV Angel *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)
- [Seth Berman *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seth-berman)
- [Susa Ventures *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/susa-ventures)
- 2020 Ventures *1*
- [AFSquare *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/afsquare)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Atipica](https://millionrounds.com/company/atipica)
- [Compaas](https://millionrounds.com/startup/compaas)
- [Dagger](https://millionrounds.com/startup/dagger)
- [Delfina](https://millionrounds.com/startup/delfina)
- [Expectful](https://millionrounds.com/startup/expectful)
- [Kit](https://millionrounds.com/startup/kit-3)
- [Second Measure](https://millionrounds.com/company/second-measure)
- [Somewhere Good](https://millionrounds.com/startup/somewhere-good)
- [The Flex Co.](https://millionrounds.com/startup/the-flex-co)
- [Therify](https://millionrounds.com/startup/therify)
- Flex Productions

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Datameer, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2011
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Lehigh Technologies, Inc.** Director since 2009

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Their book

- Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change Ellen Pao · 2017 4.12 from 2,302 ratings on Goodreads About the book The "necessary and incisive" (Roxane Gay) account of the discrimination case that "has blown open a conversation about the status of women" in the workplace (The New York Times) In 2015, Ellen K. Pao sued a powerhouse Silicon Valley venture capital firm, calling out workplace… On AmazonListen on Audible
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## Hear them before you pitch them

- [All-In](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/all-in) · 18 Sept 2021 · 1h 36m E47: Facebook's week from hell, Ellen Pao on sexism in Elizabeth Holmes coverage, Newsom's win, frauds & more With [Elizabeth Holmes](https://millionrounds.com/person/elizabeth-holmes)[Ellen Pao](https://millionrounds.com/person/ellen-pao) Their book [Reset](https://millionrounds.com/person/ellen-pao#books) About this episode Show Notes: 0:00 Besties intro, TPB Symposium recap, rapid generations in tech 7:00 UBI, incentives for success, social safety nets 19:45 Newsom's recall victory in California, where the GOP went wrong 33:59 Facebook's week from hell, Instagram's harmful impact on teen girls 42:42 How to… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Ellen Pao in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [Venture Unlocked](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/venture-unlocked) · 25 Jan 2022 · 48 min Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on finding the right LPs, the big differences between angel investing and being a solo fund manager, and the main thing she looks for in founding teams With [Brianne Kimmel](https://millionrounds.com/person/brianne-kimmel-3) Mentions [Alexis Ohanian](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexis-ohanian)[Chris Dixon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-dixon)[Garry Tan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garry-tan)[Marc Andreessen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-andreessen)[Ellen Pao](https://millionrounds.com/person/ellen-pao)[Matt Mazzeo](https://millionrounds.com/person/matt-mazzeo) About this episode Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. This week I’m thrilled to bring you my conversation with Brianne Kimmel, founder and managing partner of Worklife Ventures, a San Francisco-based firm that invests in… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 12 Jun 2020 · 1h 29m E1074 News: How VC can do better for underrepresented founders, Zoom shuts down Chinese pro-democracy accounts, Wall Street Bets, Reddit appoints YC CEO Michael Seibel to BoD & more with Lolita Taub & Tom Uebel With [Lolita Taub](https://millionrounds.com/person/lolita-taub) Mentions [Michael Seibel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-seibel)[Alexis Ohanian](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexis-ohanian)[Cowboy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cowboy-ventures)[Steve Huffman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steve-huffman)[Angela Benton](https://millionrounds.com/person/angela-benton)[Ellen Pao](https://millionrounds.com/person/ellen-pao) About this episode 0:01 Jason intros Tom Uebel & Lolita Taub 5:17 George Floyd/Black Lives Matter protests impacting Venture Capital, Angela Benton's tweets about her bad experience with Cowboy Ventures, how can VC move forward and be better towards underestimated founders? 17:37 Lolita & Jason reflect on some… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) · 13 Jun 2016 · 25 min SaaStr 030: Building & Training a Non-Technical Sales Team & Why A Heavy Inbound Model Is Like 'Driving A Racecar' with Harry Glaser, Co-Founder @ Periscope Data With [Harry Glaser](https://millionrounds.com/person/harry-glaser) Mentions [Chad Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chad-byers)[Matt Ocko](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matt-ocko)[Susa Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/susa-ventures)[Benjamin Ling](https://millionrounds.com/person/benjamin-ling-2)[Ellen Pao](https://millionrounds.com/person/ellen-pao) About this episode I am delighted to welcome my first ever Harry to the show today in the form of Harry Glaser, Co-Founder & CEO @ Periscope Data, the worlds fast analysis suite providing data analysts with the tools they need to improve their analysis by over 150X and an astonishing fact here they have doubled their… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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