theresia: it's been a while.lian mentioned, i have been doing cybersecurity since 2000, when it was a small little backwater. there were a couple of little companies. that continues to be a big area of investment and interest. there's also quite a lot of activity, i am sure everybody talks about it, in terms of ai machine learning. some specific places are interesting. companies like chime and deserve are in our portfolio, in addition to those using machine learning in cybersecurity. we are starting to see some interesting applications in machine learning, particularly in digital house. the really boring stuff where a lot of the money continues to be a hot area. emily: what is your outlook on the recent ipo's? uber this week, having just seen lyft. theresia: i think all of those companies are doing quite well. i think we have more in the pipeline. i think this is going to be a really good time for growth in tech ipo's throughout the rest of the year. emily: is it impacting your investment strategy? theresia: thes

theresia: we invested at a very early stage.ompanies that are five, 10, 15 years after that investment timeframe. those of our companies that are further along, it does show them that the market is open now. five years later, they are in a later stage. it is impacting those companies from four, five years ago, not so much the new ones. emily: theresia invested in trulia earlier in her career so good to have you and pete reunite. julian guthrie, author of "alpha girls." and theresia gouw, great to have you back here. still ahead, starbucks makes its premiere in "game of thrones." why the twittersphere is blowing up, next. there you see it. it's a coffee cup! ♪ emily: one of the world's largest asset managers will begin buying and selling bitcoin. bloomberg has learned that within a few weeks, fidelity investments will offer trading in the cryptocurrency, but it will be limited to institutional customers. a show that is dark and full of coffee. hbo's "game of thrones" may have only two episodes left in its historic run, but in the

i think it's what theresia touched on. beyond that and those -- looking past possible slights, looking beyond that and barriers, moving beyond things having a sense of humor , was always super helpful. being really optimistic, finding an area of specialty, like theresia did in cyber security. being quantitative. really knowing your stuff, working harder than just about any guy in the room. those were some of the commonalities they had. and they love the industry. you know, they love tech, they love venture capital. they love being part of this dynamic ecosystem that is silicon valley. so in those ways, they had optimism, and they had perseverance, of course. emily: now theresia, you are part of this new movement. you and your partner jennifer have gone off to start a new firm. melinda gates has invested in your firm. there are organizations like all raise that are getting funds together to improve the representation of women in investing, women in entrepreneurship. do you feel the change happening? or do you still feel lik

theresia: it's been a while.an mentioned, i have been doing cybersecurity since 2000, when it was a small little backwater. there were a couple of little companies. that continues to be a big area of investment and interest. there's also quite a lot of activity, i am sure everybody talks about it, in terms of ai machine learning. some specific places are interesting. companies like chime and deserve are in our portfolio, in addition to those using machine learning in cybersecurity. we are starting to see some interesting applications in machine learning, particularly in digital house. the really boring stuff where a lot of the money continues to be a hot area. emily: what is your outlook on the recent ipo's? uber this week, having just seen lyft. theresia: i think all of those companies are doing quite well. i think we have more in the pipeline. i think this is going to be a really good time for growth in tech ipo's throughout the rest of the year. emily: is it impacting your investment strategy? theresia: these

and theresia, great to have you back here.starbucks makes its premiere in game of thrones. why the twitter sphere is blowing up, next. there you see it. it's a coffee cup! ♪ one of the world's largest asset managers will begin buying and selling bitcoin. e investments will offer trading in the cryptocurrency, but it will be limited to institutional customers. a show that is dark and full of coffee. hbo's game of thrones may have only two episodes left in its historic run, but in the newest episode, the fantasy world found a new beverage for its otherworldly cast to imbibe. coffee? it seems the crew forgot to remove what looks like a modern-day disposable coffee cup in front of amelia clark's character. no doubt, one of historic movie gaffs. the mother of, dragons. to discuss, we have our entertainment reporter. i watched the first half of last night's episode and i totally missed it. so, either someone, a lot of people totally missed it, or this was intentional promotional advertising. which one is it? guest: that is a conspir

emily: one of the biggest women-led funds, theresia was on the show yesterday.re looking for a return. how big of a return? melinda: i will not put a number on it. i look at all of the investments bill and i make, and we have a scale in which we do them. i want a social return at first and over time, a larger and longer return. i know that it is important to not just voice our concerns and to point out problems, but it is also important to move money. we know young companies need to be financed if they are going to grow. it is just time we do it. emily: now, you are also investing in tech ideas that you think will change some of these issues in the world -- family care, child care. how do you think technology can improve childcare, can improve family care, can improve pay inequity? melinda: if you could go on your phone in every city and rural town in america and have a rating system and say these are the caregivers and what their ratings are, do you know how much easier that would make things when you have a sick child? all of a sudden, mom or dad says, "oh, my