A group of VCs, including Reid Hoffman and Ron Conway, hosted a “VCs for Kamala” Zoom call to support Harris' campaign with up to 600 attendees, raising $150K
It started with a “rage tweet.” — “Gonna start ‘VCs for Democracy,’” Leslie Feinzaig, founder and general partner at Graham & Walker, wrote on X in late July.
The Verge Lauren Feiner
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Discussion
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@tylerking.bsky.social
Tyler King
on bluesky
Like, cool, thanks. Welcome to the party. But also... that's like $250/person. For a group of venture capitalists, that's dropping a penny on the ground and not bothering to pick it up. [embedded post]
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@macconwell
@macconwell
on x
Tonight @vcsforkamala had a Zoom call where an audience of over 1000 people raised over $150K in about 90 minutes. The event featured @ronconway, @reidhoffman, @BrowningLynnley, La Keisha Landrum Pierre, @stephendeberry, @LeslieFeinzaig, and me. https://www.theverge.com/...
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@teddyschleifer
Teddy Schleifer
on x
If enough VCs are on a Zoom, a pitch deck creates itself. There is a VCs for Kamala pitch deck. [image]
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@eringriffith
Erin Griffith
on x
On the VCs for Kamala call: Roy Bahat makes the pitch for VCs to back Harris using a language VCs understand: Powerpoint [image]
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@micsolana
Mike Solana
on x
in the VCs for kamala chat. “it took a lot of bravery to sign this thing,” the creator, leslie feinzaig, says of the tech industry open letter supporting a democrat for president
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@bizcarson
Biz Carson
on x
Tuned into the VCs for Kamala event. It's raised $125K so far, including a $50k match from Ron Conway. And yes, there's a pitch deck.
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@agarfinks
Allie Garfinkle
on x
Just tuned in to the @vcsforkamala Zoom, and less than ten minutes in, @svangel's Ron Conway has said he's matching the first $50K donated on this call.