Lyft
Backed at the $1.2M seed round; she also sat on the board, and the stake was reported to have grown enormously by the 2019 IPO.
Source: Deseret News, 2021 ↗Venture capital · Floodgate
Ann Miura-Ko
A computer-security PhD who co-founded Floodgate and got into Lyft at its $1.2 million seed round, which is about as early as a well-known company can be caught. She invests on a thesis rather than a sector: she is looking for founders who believe something true that the market has not accepted yet, which is a harder filter than it sounds and produces a portfolio with very little middle ground.
Seed investor in Lyft
Notable investments
What Ann Miura-Ko has backed
Refinery29
Digital media company, sold to Vice Media for $400 million in 2019.
Source: Deseret News, 2021 ↗TaskRabbit
Errand and task marketplace, later acquired by IKEA.
Source: Floodgate ↗What the record doesn't say
Read this with the gaps in mind.
The Lyft multiple gets quoted a lot and it is a seed-round figure, not a fund return — Floodgate does not publish those. A seed portfolio is mostly failure by design, and the losses are not listed anywhere public.
Frequently asked questions
What has Ann Miura-Ko invested in?
Ann Miura-Ko has backed Lyft, Refinery29, TaskRabbit. Each one is listed on this page with what the company does and a link to named reporting.
How much has Ann Miura-Ko invested?
Cheque sizes are almost never disclosed, and Ann Miura-Ko's are mostly private. Where a round size, stake or valuation has been reported we cite the source; otherwise we flag it as undisclosed rather than guess.