Erin is a Partner at Index Ventures. She is an early-stage technology investor focused on enterprise software and AI, with an emphasis on data, infrastructure, security, and automation. Erin is especially interested in products and technologies that increase resilience, foster collaboration and creativity, and support data-driven decision making throughout organizations.
Even before the recent waves of layoffs, people were leaving their old jobs for new opportunities in climate tech.
One thing we’re seeing is really, really strong talent leaving larger companies, because some of the financial upside for public tech companies or maybe even late-stage tech companies has sort of vaporized in the last few months. And people are like, ‘Well, I had these golden handcuffs, and that was preventing me from working on what I really care about. And I don’t have that anymore. So I’m going to take a risk and I’m going to do something.’