Allison Baum Gates is a General Partner at SemperVirens Venture Capital, where she backs early stage technology companies shaping the future of work. Allison previously co-founded a global seed fund, invested at Trinity Ventures, and was an early team member at General Assembly after starting her career on the Goldman Sachs trading floor. She is a Lecturer on AI and the future of work at Stanford GSB and Columbia Business School. Allison is also the author of Breaking into Venture (McGraw-Hill, 2023), a practical guide that demystifies venture capital and offers candid advice on how to navigate the industry.