Arlan Hamilton
Arlan Hamilton
Overview
New Revivalist Arlan Hamilton first took an interest in startups when she was managing tours for bands in the L.A. music industry. She home schooled herself on the intricacies of venture funding and began helping companies raise seed rounds.She quickly noticed a pattern when she sent information about a venture led by a white male investors wanted an intro. When the pitch showed a woman or person of color at the helm investors passed.In 2015 she created Backstage Capital to address the bias prevalent in the VC world. It took her 16 months to raise her first fund but she eventually signed big name limited partners like Andreessen Horowitz s Marc Andreessen and Lowercase Capital s Chris Sacca.
