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Not seeing anything in the article about the base rates of the race of founders of startups applying for investment vs. those actually receiving it, which makes
by HideousKojima 4y ago
Not seeing anything in the article about the base rates of the race of founders of startups applying for investment vs. those actually receiving it, which makes this all pretty useless for determining if there's actually a "quiet racism" problem in tech VC investment
- Manuel_D 4y agoSimilar deal with gender disparities. It turns out, women receive a higher rate of callbacks than men - it's just the base rate of interest is so disparate that the disparity exists: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/01/10/do-venture-capital-firms-really-favour-men https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/01/10/do-ventu...