Elena Burger
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 20 Aug
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Ten years from now, what do you hope to see in the global topology of startups everywhere in the world?
Um, I think.
Welcome back to the A16Z Podcast.
Today we're here with Angela Strange and Gabrielle Vasquez, two of the architects of A16Z's global investing strategy.
So today, on the day that we're publishing this podcast, we're also running a piece on this idea of borderless founders and who borderless founders are.
Just to get to our first question, Venture historically has been really
really situated in Silicon Valley.
So what makes borderless founders interesting and what is the story of international investing?
And at the time, Gabriel, were these all FinTech founders or were they like working in every single industry under the
And what did early people in this community have, do you think that a Silicon Valley founder wouldn't have?
What kind of insights or what kind of opportunities do you think they had?
Yeah.
And so it sounds like this finds its origins in a WhatsApp group.
And then now suddenly is an entire strategy that you two are really leading at this firm.
And I'm curious, kind of, what was the moment for you where you were like, oh, okay, this needs to sort of evolve past what we're doing right now?
And when that happens, sort of like what kinds of problems were they negotiating or challenges or opportunities?
You're an international founder, you come to the Bay Area, maybe you do have some connections, you know some investors, you know some customers, you know some other founders, but what are the challenges?
And also what are you bringing with you from your home country to the Bay Area and what kind of learning?
Are you swabbing?
Yeah.
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