When Nava Swersky established the world’s first women-led VC funds, Columbine Ventures in 2000 in partnership with Shamrock—the Roy Disney family investment arm—a tech writer from a leading daily in Israel approached her for an interview.
“I wanted to be taken seriously as a business person and not as a curiosity. And that’s what happened. In 2003, we did a very good deal for one of our companies; it was the deal of the year as well as the exit of the year,” she tells HerStory.
The reporter did end up writing a piece on Columbine that year, including the “all-women” titbit. “But it wasn’t the hook,” emphasizes Nava. “It was important to me to be taken seriously and not at face value for what we were doing.”
Recently, the entrepreneur-turned-VC was in India to mentor 26 women entrepreneurs as part of the Advanced Entrepreneurship Program organized by the Israel Embassy of India in collaboration with IIT Delhi and the WEE Foundation.
India and Israel are celebrating 30 years of diplomatic relations.
Donning different hats Nava’s family has its roots in South Africa, and she’s a first-generation Israeli. She began her career as a lawyer and was a litigator for several years in the Israeli military before pursuing an MBA at IMD, one of Europe’s top schools. Continue reading: https://yourstory.com/herstory/2022/05/israel-vc-fund-tech-entrepreneur-iit-delhi
“I wanted to be taken seriously as a business person and not as a curiosity. And that’s what happened. In 2003, we did a very good deal for one of our companies; it was the deal of the year as well as the exit of the year,” she tells HerStory.
The reporter did end up writing a piece on Columbine that year, including the “all-women” titbit. “But it wasn’t the hook,” emphasizes Nava. “It was important to me to be taken seriously and not at face value for what we were doing.”
Recently, the entrepreneur-turned-VC was in India to mentor 26 women entrepreneurs as part of the Advanced Entrepreneurship Program organized by the Israel Embassy of India in collaboration with IIT Delhi and the WEE Foundation.
India and Israel are celebrating 30 years of diplomatic relations.
Donning different hats Nava’s family has its roots in South Africa, and she’s a first-generation Israeli. She began her career as a lawyer and was a litigator for several years in the Israeli military before pursuing an MBA at IMD, one of Europe’s top schools. Continue reading: https://yourstory.com/herstory/2022/05/israel-vc-fund-tech-entrepreneur-iit-delhi
