ANNA DVORNIKOVA: WOMEN OF INFLUENCE 2014

Anna Dvornikova is largely responsible for bringing Eastern-European startups and the venture capital community to Sand Hill Road. The Moscow native organized Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s historic visit to Silicon Valley. This ultimately put the spotlight on the area and boosted local relationships with Russian and Ukrainian businesses.

She is managing partner at TEC Ventures, an angel fund focused on investments in early-stage information technology, Internet and software startups. She also launched AmBAR, the largest Russian-speaking business network of high-tech entrepreneurs, investors, engineers, lawyers and other professionals headquartered in the Valley. The group boasts over 50,000 members worldwide.

For the past 10 years, she has led the SVOD conference, which serves as a major link between international entrepreneurs and local investors.