Hello and welcome to this week's Nothing Ventured Episode with Aarish Shah. Today I am really excited to have with me Annalise Dragic. Annalise prides herself on being a global citizen and working towards improving the lives of others. She's a venture capital investor with Sapphire Ventures focusing on Series B to Pre-IPO direct investments in Europe and Israel across all sectors.Prior to joining Sapphire, She was a venture capital investor at Atomico, focusing on Series A and later opportunities in Europe across the enterprise sector. Prior to that She worked in San Francisco, London, and Dublin at LinkedIn across corporate M&A, business operations, sales strategy, and product finance. Additionally, I previously spent time at Morgan Stanley in the Technology Investment Banking Group.Annalise earned an MBA from Stanford University, where she was an Arjay Miller Scholar. She also graduated summa cum laude with honors and a major in Science, Technology and International Affairs from Georgetown University.