About Ann Miura-ko

Ann Miura-Ko is a partner at Maples Investments where her investment interests include capitally efficient software and technology enabled services.

In addition to serving at Maples Investments, Ann is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Management Science and Engineering Department at Stanford University, where her research focuses on mathematical modeling of computer security. As a part of the program, she teaches several courses in Stanford's renowned Technology Ventures Program, including Technology Venture Formation, High-tech Entrepreneurship, and the Mayfield Fellows Program. She has helped graduate engineering students develop business plans for new technology products or services they have developed while studying at Stanford, and many of her students have gone on to secure Angel and VC funding for their ideas.

Prior to joining Maples Investments, Ann served as an analyst at Charles River Ventures, where she managed two portfolio companies in the Open Source software and web analytics markets. During her tenure at Charles River Ventures, Ann oversaw the research into and the eventual funding of enterprise content integration company Venetica, which went on to be acquired by IBM.

Prior to Charles River Ventures, Ann was a senior business analyst at McKinsey and Company, where she served clients in the wireless Internet market in Japan, Spain and the U.S. In this capacity, she developed a venture capital arm for a Japanese wireless operator, leading the analysis of threats and opportunities for investment within the U.S. wireless market.

Ann grew up in Palo Alto, California and, as a result, was exposed at an early age to the world of startups, technology and venture capital. She developed an early passion for robotics and went on to major in electrical engineering at Yale University where she received her BS degree. For her senior project, she was part of a five person team that designed four robots to autonomously play soccer. That team placed fourth at the second annual Robocup competition held in Paris, France in 1998.