Rick Bolander, managing partner of San Francisco-based venture capital investment firm Gabriel Venture Partners (GVP), maintains close ties to many of the high-technology companies he has assisted over the years. Bolander currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Chegg, Inc., a leading online textbook rental company that prides itself on giving back to its community through its nonprofit arm, Chegg for Good.
Chegg recently partnered with Techbridge, a pioneering organization offering science and technology-centered extracurricular programs for girls in the Bay Area since 2000. In a day-long event, Chegg opened its doors to more than a dozen young women aged 11 to 13 to show them its state-of-the-art operations. The students, in a Techbridge program at their charter school, learned about Chegg’s website, tested in-house equipment and services, and spent time with female engineering staff, who served as informal mentors.
To date, Techbridge has worked with more than 4,000 elementary- and middle school-aged girls to give them hands-on experience in the worlds of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) subjects in the real world. The group aims to show young women and underrepresented minority students the full range of college and career options available to them in these increasingly vital fields.
Rick Bolander and his staff at GVP continue to work with start-up companies with the same potential and commitment that Chegg has demonstrated since its founding.
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