High-profile investor and analyst Mary Meeker is starting her own investment fund. Meeker, considered one of Silicon Valley's most powerful female investors, announced on Friday she is leaving venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins -- one of the oldest investment firms in the region. Three other Kleiner Perkins employees are also departing to join Meeker at her new venture, leaving no female general partners. In 2015, Meeker defended the firm against gender discrimination when she took the witness stand during former colleague Ellen Pao's trial against Kleiner Perkins. Meeker said at the time she didn't believe the firm was biased against women but did not work with Pao directly.

Source: CNN September 14, 2018 17:27 UTC