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Serena Williams.

Welcome to the Daily Show.

Thank you for having me.

It's truly an honor to have you here, especially at a moment like this in life, you know, because

it's not every day that I or anybody gets to talk to you one of the greatest of all time

in any aspect, you know, you've conquered the tennis court, but now it seems like Serena's

gonna be conquering the business world in a really meaningful way.

Serena Ventures, congratulations.

The last I heard, you raised, is it 111 million for the venture capital firm?

Yes, yes, we did.

And, you know, I realized, I've actually been investing for about nine years, and then

I realized that, you know, the venture capital ecosystem really needs more inclusive people,

really.

When I learned that less than 2% at the time of women got funding from all VC money, I

just honestly, I didn't believe that stat.

And so I thought it was necessary for me to enter in a legit way.

And so I just kept building Serena Ventures for years, and now here we are, we're raising

our first fund at 111 million.

It's a really powerful place to begin a journey, because you know, a lot of people, you

know, on the ground, I mean, myself included many years ago, I didn't know what venture capital

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