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I interviewed Dafina Toncheva, Partner USVP @C2SV Conference. Â Shes been in venture capital for about 5 years. She likes to invest in the enterprise sector: enterprise IT & enterprise applications as well as security. USVP has been focusing on these sectors for over 30 years. There’s a lot of money to be made in this area over the next 10 years. Â Over the years there have been a few female vcs @USVP but Dafina is the only one at present (altho that is still 1 more than 99% of vc firms). Â A good friend of hers Nat Goldberg says that women fundamentally see the world differently & if you dont have a female @the table, you are missing out on that part of the world. Â She is the youngest partner @USVP & she has a technical background, shes a foreigner so international perspective. Â She believes she adds to the diversity of USVP which is important. Â She spoke about how the vc industry has always been interested in disruptive ideas & models & now the industry itself is being disrupted. Â She feels the changes are positive because it makes everyone think more carefully about the right ways to invest for their LPs. Â Competition is good for everyone & ultimately only the best succeed. They all have to be the best they can be in order to deserve & earn the money & the trust that is in their hands. Â ‘We all need to be challenged & if we are not challenged then we become lazy. Â This is one of the reasons that venture returns over the past 10 years haven’t been very good. Â Some firms will have to shut down but thats ok, that’s just the business of Life!”