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Kapor Capital

State:
Established:
2009
Industry:
Investor
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People:

Mitchell Kapor

Founding Partner

About Company

At Kapor Capital, they believe that startups can leverage information technology to solve real-world problems and tangibly improve the lives of millions through innovations in the fields of education, finance, health, work, justice and more.

Key to this philosophy is their deep commitment to diversity. Kapor Capital’s entrepreneurs come from all walks of life. They believe that the lived experience of founding teams from under-represented backgrounds provide a competitive edge. Their experiences inform the questions they ask and the problems they identify that give rise to profitable, tech-driven solutions.

In their current portfolio:

  • 60 out of 102 investments (59%) have a founder who identifies as a woman and/or an underrepresented person of color
  • 38% of our first-time investments have a  founder who identifies as a woman
  • 34% of our first-time investments have a founder of a racially underrepresented background
  • 25% of our first-time investments have a founder from an Asian group. Of these two are underrepresented


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