Iris Choi - Partner at Floodgate

Iris Choi is a partner at Floodgate, an established seed stage VC firm founded a decade ago by Mike Maples Jr. and Ann Miura-Ko. Floodgate makes early investments in tide turning companies like Lyft, Twitter, Okta, TaskRabbit, Refinery29 and others. Formerly a Goldman investment banker, Iris brings her unique brand of strategic rigor to portfolio companies and Floodgate. Her prior work included more than a decade working on M&A deals and getting companies ready for IPO, which informs her work as the Floodgate financial and exits strategist; she sits at the intersection of VC and PE, and ensures optimal returns for LPs! Iris oversees Floodgate's follow-on investing, managing one-third of the company's total fund. She assists in several areas, including business development, partnerships and financings. Iris also cultivates relationships with companies in the technology space to aid Floodgate's knowledge of and insight into the industry. Iris is on the board of several companies, including TouchofModern, MangoHealth, Sharethrough, Maker Media, Nirvana and Business Connect China.