Three years ago, Senofer Mendoza and Brittany Greenfield met at a tech networking event in Boston. Earlier this month, Mendoza Ventures, the venture capital firm where Mendoza has been founder and general partner since 2016, cut its biggest check to date as leading investor in Greenfield’s cybersecurity startup Wabbi.
“Especially in Boston, where it can be tricky to implement diversity and inclusion, this is a big deal,” Mendoza said. “The fact that a female GP wrote a check to a female founder in cybersecurity … is a strong signal that the tide is starting to turn here.”
Stories like Mendoza and Greenfield’s — female general partners, or GPs, at venture capital firms investing in woman-founded businesses — are expected to become more commonplace as the number of female GPs in Greater Boston grows.
