Terri Burns

Terri graduated from the NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences with a degree in computer science. 

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Terri is an international speaker, covering topics related to how technology impacts various communities and also a freelance writer on the topics of technology, diversity, and inclusion, having been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, Scientific American, and Teen Vogue, among others. 

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She is also a board member of the nonprofit Brave Initiatives, which teaches coding skills to girls from underserved geographic and economic communities.

Terri Burns is a Principal at GV (Google Ventures), working on the investing team on sourcing and deal flow. GV's investments focus on the enterprise, life sciences, consumer, and frontier technology sectors; the firm spun out of Google in 2009 and runs as an independent fund, with Alphabet as its sole LP. 

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Terri is also on the fundraising team of the nonprofit All Raise, which aims to increase the diversity of funders and founders in the technology industry. 

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Prior to joining GV, Terri was a product manager at Twitter, where she helped improve the home timeline, and a developer evangelist at Venmo prior to that.

A member of Class 24, Terri is serving her fellowship at GV under the mentorship of General Partner Jessica Verrilli.