Mitch Kapor – Black Enterprise

Kapor Capital Impact Report Challenges other VCs to Invest in ‘Gap-Closing’ Companies

Sequoia BlodgettMay 11, 2019May 10, 2019

by Sequoia BlodgettMay 11, 2019May 10, 20192219

Investing in “impact” companies is good for business according to Kapor Capital's recent report. Since 2011, Kapor Capital has invested exclusively in Impact companies and,...

Money

The Kapors on Social Impact Investing and Why Their Investment Firm Will Be Run by People of Color

Sequoia BlodgettApril 14, 2018April 13, 2018

by Sequoia BlodgettApril 14, 2018April 13, 20182876

Many have heard the name "Kapor" as in the "Kapor Center for Social Impact" and "Kapor Capital," but not many so not know the backstory...

Education

Oakland Answers White House Call to Expand Computer Science Education

BlackEnterprise.comFebruary 3, 2016September 28, 2017

by BlackEnterprise.comFebruary 3, 2016September 28, 2017580

Answering President Obama's call to make computer science education available to all students as a core subject, Oakland, California, steps up in a big way....

News Technology

Kapor Capital Announces Diversity and Inclusion â€˜Founders Commitmentâ€™

Samara LynnJanuary 22, 2016September 28, 2017

by Samara LynnJanuary 22, 2016September 28, 2017727

New startups and companies already part of Kapor Capital's portfolio are asked to take part in a "Founders' Commitment" to boost diversity and inclusion....

Technology

Black Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley Do Exist

h2opeace@yahoo.comNovember 9, 2011January 12, 2012

by h2opeace@yahoo.comNovember 9, 2011January 12, 2012738

In a clip from CNN's Black in America 4 TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington stated that he didn't know not a single Black entrepreneur. In response,...