> Serious question: would this investment have been awarded if the cofounder weren't a minority female? Yes of course. If you read the history, it was the male

> Serious question: would this investment have been awarded if the cofounder weren't a minority female? Yes of course. If you read the history, it was the male cofounder that was the “charisma” behind the business. If anything the minority female is there as the token PR stunt.