# Kathryn Gould

**Source:** https://www.startuphub.ai/people/kathryn-gould
**Profile type:** Person

## About

Kathryn Gould is a pioneering venture capitalist who co-founded Foundation Capital in 1995, one of the first women in Silicon Valley to found a VC firm. She previously served as the first Vice President of Marketing at Oracle and was a general partner at Merrill, Pickard, Anderson & Eyre. Gould is currently a mentor at Engineering Capital.

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- **Title:** Mentor at Engineering Capital (formerly Co-Founder of Foundation Capital)

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