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

David Teten

Research from BCG, Harvard Business Review, First Round Capital, the Kauffman Foundation, and Illuminate Ventures shows that investors in diverse teams get better returns: Paul Graham , cofounder of Y Combinator (2015): “Many suspect that venture capital firms are biased against female founders.

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I’m Excited to Welcome Aaron Batalion to Lightspeed!

Lightspeed Venture Partners

One of my favorite things about the tech industry is that reputations and relationships matter. Over the next four years I worked closely with Aaron and his cofounders as LivingSocial rode out the ups and down of the local daily-deals space. Aaron was not an introverted CTO. We were able to invest!

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I’m Exited to Welcome Aaron Batalion to Lightspeed!

Lightspeed Venture Partners

One of my favorite things about the tech industry is that reputations and relationships matter. Over the next four years I worked closely with Aaron and his cofounders as LivingSocial rode out the ups and down of the local daily-deals space. Aaron was not an introverted CTO. We were able to invest!