At its essence a venture capital firm connects great entrepreneurial talent with capital. Ideally that capital comes with significant additional attributes such as help with recruiting and important introductions to customers and business partners. It is with great excitement that we announce that Kendall Cook has joined Flare Capital as our Manager of Events and Community to help deliver those other benefits.
After spending much of her life in the Bay Area, Kendall moved to Boston to attend Northeastern University, one of the crown academic jewels in New England. After college and a few internships at high-growth local companies such as DraftKings, she joined a terrific early-stage venture firm where she served as its Events & Operations Manager for several years.
After close to a decade of living in Boston, Kendall remains a passionate San Francisco 49ers and Stanford University sports fan. In fact, when pressed, she fessed up to having an Andrew Luck poster on her wall as a little girl. She even met John Elway, one of her other heroes. It doesn’t feel like she will ever be a Patriots fan, even though they are going to Super Bowl LX.
In addition to managing our litany of events, Kendall will focus her efforts on building important healthcare technology communities around the firm, whether they draw from emerging great entrepreneurs or from our nearly three dozen strategic investors or our several dozen portfolio companies or other investment firms. A cornerstone asset of the firm is our Flare Scholar program, which now numbers more than 500 current and former Flare Scholars. This initiative has attracted some of the most impressive Rising Stars in our sector – and there is so much more that we can be doing with our Flare Scholars.
Please join us in welcoming Kendall to the Flare Capital team…
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