Arlan Hamilton is not your typical venture capitalist. She founded Backstage Capital to invest in women, minority and LGBTQ founders. And she’s here to make money.
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Risk Takers 2019: Sometimes a risk works. Sometimes it fails. Sometimes it takes years before you know. See who else made the list.Arlan Hamilton stands out in Silicon Valley — not just because she's a black investor in a white male-dominated field, but because she's focused on investing in female, minority and LGBTQ entrepreneurs.
Hamilton, 38, is out to prove that what makes her different also makes her successful. She refuses to execute on her mission quietly. She proudly goes up against investors known for"pattern matching," a term for the practice of seeking out future entrepreneurs based on characteristics of past successful ones — in other words, they're looking for the next Mark Zuckerberg.Hamilton's path may seem riskier to some, but it'll pay off, she says.
That curiosity led her down an information-seeking spiral that included years of research into startups, entrepreneurship and venture capital.One revelation:"Everybody's saying 'no' to even talking to the black [founders], like, no matter what they're working on," Hamilton said."And in some cases, they were working on stuff that was so much more advanced."Data backs up what Hamilton saw.
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