Mona DeFrawi

Highlighted by Forbes as one of the “Most Powerful Women in Technology,” Mona DeFrawi has been delivering top results to the venture capital and private equity industries for over 25 years in Silicon Valley, Wall Street, DC & MENA.

Over her corporate career, Mona has helped raise over $5B of private and public equity investments -- managed four companies' IPOs, raised a $500M first private equity fund, and founded three companies (two acquired, one launching soon).

Mona's public policy and education accomplishments included authoring and lobbying state legislation that unleashed ~$3.5B of new venture capital investment; helping establish two of the first university and state technology commercialization offices; and, creating and teaching the first entrepreneurship curriculum for The Johns Hopkins University, School of Engineering business program that helped launch their new business school.

In 2008, asked by VC leaders to create IPO & liquidity solutions, Mona founded InsideVenture, the first "private market" platform pioneering pre-IPO investment by public and late-stage buyers (acquired by SecondMarket). Mona continued to support VCs & private companies with IPO advising, $20M+ fundraising, and corporate development globally. Her next venture, Radivation Media, is focused on global expansion of The Entrepreneurial Revolution.

Having survived war, third world challenges, and refugeehood as a child, Mona is honored to support the entrepreneurship industry and the prosperity and social advancement it delivers. Mona is an honors graduate of Duke University (BA) and University of MD (MBA). Mona also is an avid mentor, educator, author, and speaker.