I stepped back from a successful VC career. The hardest part was the ego hit.

Chloe Steinberg is a venture capital investor and mother of four.

Courtesy of Chloe Steinberg Chloe Steinberg left her venture capital job after having her second child.

She said she struggled with the loss of her professional identity and re-learned to trust her instincts.

Now a mother of four, Steinberg has redefined what ambition and meaningful work mean to her.

Chloe Steinberg, 34, is a venture capital investor who was a seed investor in Canva and led Equinox Ventures, the VC arm of the Equinox Group of brands.

Steinberg is a mother of four and lives in Connecticut.

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I left my firm about four years ago after I had my second child.

I was raised as a chronic overachiever.

You go to an Ivy League school.

You go to an investment bank.

Power to my parents for raising me to have that kind of ambition, but when I had my daughter, I had this anxiety over, "I don't want her to have my nervous system." I'm proud of everything I've accomplished, but I really just want her to chase joy.

While I was in the delivery room, I inked a life-changing exit from an investment in a tech company, where I was an early-stage investor.

I wrote that check when I was in my early 20s.