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Arlan Hamilton aims to return $1B to LPs within ten years
“I have a goal for myself to return at least a billion dollars in capital in the different ways that I do. It's not just out of one fund here or one thing there, but a total of a billion dollars returned to LPs and to myself and to our employees over the next 1…”
Black female founders received just $250M of $130B US VC in 2018
“It is catching up to the hundred and thirty billion dollars that was It was put into venture capital in 2018 in the United States alone, where black women received, I think, two hundred and fifty million of that.”
Arlan Hamilton pledges to donate or invest 90% of her wealth
“My goal is to give away or to invest 90% of my wealth over my lifetime.”
Arlan Hamilton pledges to invest in 100 emerging managers by 2030
“I've recently said, yes, I am going to invest in a hundred emerging managers by 20 30 in the next decade.”
Arlan Hamilton: 90% of venture capital funding goes to white men
“I came across the statistic that 90% of venture capital and investment money into startups was going to white men.”
Backstage Capital scaled to 40 employees before downsizing to just five
“We went from one person, me, with a backpack and a dream, to three or four people who believed in me and really took pay cuts that you couldn't imagine, to having more than 40 people across two countries just a few months later to build the accelerator that we…”
Arlan Hamilton rejects 80% of inbound media and press opportunities
“The majority of that, I mean, 99% of any press is inbound. It's coming from me. I also say no to, I would say, 80% of what comes to me.”
Backstage Capital invested in just 100 of 5,000 evaluated startups
“First getting to a hundred companies in less than four years, which is insane, right? Getting to a hundred companies because we saw 5000 companies. Because we only invested in two percent of what we saw, because there was so much talent out there that had been…”