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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. ” (I discuss this more in Why are Revenue-Share VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders ?) Of the 43 U.S.-based