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		<title>The Naked VC: Tim Draper Unveils His Investing Secrets for Astia</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, I was the master of ceremonies, as I have been for several years, at the laudable annual Astia Awards Dinner, which celebrated venture firms that support women-led companies.


And VC Tim Draper really went above and beyond in showing--quite literally--his support.]]></description>
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<p>Last night, I was the master of ceremonies, as I have been for several years, at the laudable annual Astia Awards Dinner, which celebrated venture capital firms that support women-led companies.</p>
<p>And VC Tim Draper <em>really</em> went above and beyond in showing&#8211;quite literally&#8211;his support for his female entrepreneurs.</p>
<p>The San Francisco-based nonprofit does work to accelerate funding and growth of early-stage women-led businesses in life sciences, high technology and clean technology, with chapters in Silicon Valley, London and New York.</p>
<p>The NVCA member firms honored at the show, which is sponsored by Deloitte and Fenwick &#038; West, by <a href="http://www.astia.org">Astia</a> for making the most investments in companies with a woman CEO were Draper Fisher Jurvetson, InterWest Partners, Prolog Ventures and Redpoint Ventures.</p>
<p>In addition, Allan Will, founding managing director of Split Rock Partners, received the Deloitte Leadership in Mentoring Award for encouraging female CEOs in technology-based fields.</p>
<p>Other award winners this year included: Anu Acharya, founder and CEO of Ocimum Biosolutions, who got the Life Science Innovator Award; Diane Greene, founder of VMware, who was awarded the Technology Innovator Award; and Pam Marrone, founder and CEO of Marrone Organic Innovations, who received the Clean Tech Innovator Award.</p>
<p>But it was Draper who stole the show, held at the de Young Museum in San Francisco&#8217;s Golden Gate Park.</p>
<p>He could not attend, but made his presence known by doing a video in which Draper sings very badly, but with incredible enthusiasm.</p>
<p>But before he starts crooning, Draper takes off an article of clothing for every woman-led company he funded.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s just say, while he should be proud of his investments in women CEOs, it would have gotten very dicey if DFJ had done just one more.</p>
<p>But see for yourself&#8211;or, more correctly, see a lot of Tim Draper, in this video:</p>
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