Brown-Philpot: There is no pipeline problem finding under-invested venture entrepreneurs
Stacy Brown-Philpot · How to Raise Capital & Invest in the Underinvested (with Stacy Brown-Philpot) | Masters of Scale · Jun 20, 2025 · at 11:32
Former TaskRabbit CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot discusses learnings from helping launch the SoftBank Opportunity Fund and investing in underrepresented founders.
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“The second is, is there's no pipeline problem of finding under-invested entrepreneurs. There just isn't. If you talk about what you want to do and do the work, it will happen.”
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