Facts: - caption: margit wennmachers of andreessen horowitz - education: university of lippstadt , germany - name: margit wennmachers - image: margit wennmachers andreessen horowitz.jpg - occupation: venture capitalist , andreessen horowitz Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of margit wennmachers .
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margit wennmachers is a venture capitalist at the silicon valley venture capital firm andreessen horowitz and a co-founder of outcast communications -lrb- now the outcast agency -rrb- , one of the tech world 's top public relations firms .she is one of a handful of women at high-profile vc firms and among the few vc marketing executives at the partner level .wennmachers was named to silicon valley/san jose business journal 's list of 100 women of influence for 2012 .wennmachers joined andreessen horowitz in september 2010 .she helps identify and evaluate new start-ups for investment potential and advises the firm and its portfolio companies on marketing and branding .the firm 's investments include twitter , jawbone , facebook , foursquare , groupon , and zynga .wennmachers entered technology marketing over 20 years ago when she was hired to work in the european office of a silicon-valley based start-up .she later moved to san francisco to join blanc & otus , a high-tech communications firm .wennmachers became a member of the executive management team .in 1997 , wennmachers co-founded outcast communications , now the outcast agency , whose clients include facebook , autodesk , amazon.com , emc , and vmware .under wennmachers ' leadership , outcast grew from two employees to a multi-million dollar business .she oversaw client work as well as the firm 's business operations .wennmachers is currently a non-executive director at next fifteen communications group plc , the london-based firm that acquired outcast in 2005 .she also serves on the board of trustees for the world affairs council .born and raised in germany , wennmachers earned a bachelor 's degree in business from the university of lippstadt , germany .she has lived and worked in germany , spain and the u.s. and is fluent in english , german , spanish , and french .