Charles River Ventures

• Power to the Small Business Owner DOORDASH Helping his immigrant mother run her restaurant shaped Tony Xu's worldview

• He started Doordash to help people like her

• Doordash stands for maximizing people’s possibility: merchants who use the platform to expand their reach; busy customers who need a break; and Dashers who want flexible work

• Learn more Helping his immigrant mother run her restaurant shaped Tony Xu's worldview He started Doordash to help people like her Doordash stands for maximizing people’s possibility: merchants who use the platform to expand their reach; busy customers who need a break; and Dashers who want flexible work

• Power to the Architect AVIATRIX Sherry Wei was a networking architect at Cisco and Huawei when she developed a vision for the future of the cloud

• She had an unique insight into the problems network engineers faced as they moved to the Cloud and she left to create a product that would make Cloud networking simple and secure

• Sherry named her company Aviatrix — "female pilot

• " Learn more Sherry Wei was a networking architect at Cisco and Huawei when she developed a vision for the future of the cloud She had an unique insight into the problems network engineers faced as they moved to the Cloud and she left to create a product that would make Cloud networking simple and secure Sherry named her company Aviatrix — "female pilot "

• Power to the American Dream DRIFT Elias Torres immigrated from Nicaragua, lived on food stamps and worked at McDonald’s

• David Cancel was born in Queens to Puerto Rican parents; he didn’t speak English until he was five

• Together they founded fast-growing SaaS startup Drift

• Says Elias, “People think it’s impossible, but it’s all possible

• ” Learn more Elias Torres immigrated from Nicaragua, lived on food stamps and worked at McDonald’s David Cancel was born in Queens to Puerto Rican parents; he didn’t speak English until he was five Together they founded fast-growing SaaS startup Drift Says Elias, “People think it’s impossible, but it’s all possible ”

• Power to the Customer ZENDESK Customer service used to be an oxymoron

• Mikkel and the Zendesk team gave customers the power to interact with businesses how, where and when they want

• CRV partnered with Zendesk when they were a small startup in Copenhagen, and stuck with them through to their IPO and beyond

• Learn more Customer service used to be an oxymoron Mikkel and the Zendesk team gave customers the power to interact with businesses how, where and when they want CRV partnered with Zendesk when they were a small startup in Copenhagen, and stuck with them through to their IPO and beyond

• Power to the Marketer ITERABLE Andrew Boni, son of a Taiwanese immigrant, and his co-founder believed the world needed to communicate with more empathy, compassion and authenticity

• Together they created Iterable, which empowers marketers to foster deeper customer relationships and create memorable experiences for them at scale

• Learn more Andrew Boni, son of a Taiwanese immigrant, and his co-founder believed the world needed to communicate with more empathy, compassion and authenticity Together they created Iterable, which empowers marketers to foster deeper customer relationships and create memorable experiences for them at scale

• Power to the Founder SQUIRE CRV founders know their business intimately

• Dave Salvant got his hair cut by 600+ barbers, and he and his co-founder, Songe LaRon, took over a barbershop for a year before creating Squire, which helps barbers manage scheduling, cashless payments, and even COVID-friendly virtual waiting rooms

• Learn more CRV founders know their business intimately Dave Salvant got his hair cut by 600+ barbers, and he and his co-founder, Songe LaRon, took over a barbershop for a year before creating Squire, which helps barbers manage scheduling, cashless payments, and even COVID-friendly virtual waiting rooms

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