Backstage Capital looks for startups lead by those who are underrepresented in tech — women,Before entering Silicon Valley, Hamilton worked as a tour manager for artists like Jason Derulo and Toni Braxton.If you were anything but a straight, white man you were honestly not even getting into the room.Backstage Capital has invested $5 million in 100 companies
Being underrepresented myself has helped me relate to the founders that I'm investing in. It helps me understand part of their journey, you can't understand them all, but as a woman, as a person of color, as an LGBT person, it really helps relate to the founder and to know the different pain points, and the different resources that they may need that's slightly different than what someone else might need.
ArlanWasHere Backstage_Cap AMAZING. Though, considering Arlan, I think, it was undeniable and inevitable.
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Backstage_Cap ArlanWasHere Being 'really broke' by their standards is still a lot nicer than 'rough sleeping' on the streets. I don't buy the rags-to-riches stories they tell. They were born with a silver spoon in their mouth, they toed the political line, and they “didn't blow it.”