Forbes' is a data-driven ranking of the world’s 100 top venture capitalists. The top woman Midas newcomer this year is Sonali De Rycker '95, who majored in economics at Bryn Mawr.
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The top woman Midas newcomer, Accel partner Sonali De Rycker, took the #95 rank thanks in part to her early investment in Avito, the Russian version of Craigslist, which was purchased by South African newspaper conglomerate Naspers in 2015 for $2.7 billion. De Rycker, who coleads Accel’s London office with Harry Nelis, also invested in Stockholm, Sweden-based Spotify. The streaming service is expected to go public in April and was valued in February at an estimated $22.6 billion. De Rycker also led Accel’s investment in e-commerce startup Wallapop, which merged with competitor Letgo in 2016, and serves as an independent director on the board of Match.
Originally from Bombay, India, De Rycker attended ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ in Pennsylvania and then worked for Goldman Sachs and Atlas Venture before joining Accel in 2008. What De Rycker always tries to remember: "The next big thing could look very different from the last big thing."
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