SC Emerging Managers: Chamath Funds New Investors from Nontraditional Backgrounds
“We want smart learners especially from diverse, nontraditional backgrounds.”
What this teaches
Chamath announces Social Capital's Emerging Managers program: money, training, and community for aspiring investors from diverse, nontraditional backgrounds, the other side of the fundraising table, on who gets to allocate capital.
Why it matters
Captures the 2020-21 wave of democratizing check-writing, which reshaped who founders could raise from.
Key lessons
- Who allocates capital shapes who gets funded
- New-manager programs widen founder access to aligned investors
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