Why are so few VC dollars going to underestimated founders?

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Gesicht mit rollenden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit rollenden Augen"> Nepotism
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙅🏽‍♀️" title="Frau gestikuliert „Nicht OK“ (mittlerer Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Frau gestikuliert „Nicht OK“ (mittlerer Hautton)"> Lack of meritocracy / old-school pattern matching
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👎🏻" title="Thumbs down (heller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Thumbs down (heller Hautton)"> Homogeneous pool of investors
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👁" title="Auge" aria-label="Emoji: Auge"> Inability to see opportunity in problems/solutions observed by underestimated communities
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💩" title="Dreckshaufen" aria-label="Emoji: Dreckshaufen">Discrimination

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Why is it important to invest in underestimated founders?

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Gesicht mit rollenden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit rollenden Augen"> Not just cis-gendered white males can create great cos
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧐" title="Gesicht mit Monokel" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Monokel"> We’re leaving money on the table
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💰" title="Geldsack" aria-label="Emoji: Geldsack"> We’re missing out on outsized returns
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💸" title="Geld mit Flügeln" aria-label="Emoji: Geld mit Flügeln">The market is missing out on products + services people/cos want to buy

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How can we get more capital into the hands of underestimated founders?

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌈" title="Regenbogen" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen"> Embrace that cos founded by underestimated founders can reach >$1B valuations
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💰" title="Geldsack" aria-label="Emoji: Geldsack">Write checks to underestimated founders/fund managers
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙋🏽‍♀️" title="Happy woman raising one hand (mittlerer Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Happy woman raising one hand (mittlerer Hautton)"> Increase of the number of underestimated check-writers

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What are cash-free ways to https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Pfeil nach oben" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach oben"> the # of underestimated investors + $$s going into underestimated founders?

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📢" title="Lautsprecheranlage" aria-label="Emoji: Lautsprecheranlage"> Ask funds to get diverse investors on their teams/scout programs
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Violettes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Violettes Herz"> Raise the profiles of underestimated founders/investors on social
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💬" title="Sprechblase" aria-label="Emoji: Sprechblase"> Mentor/make power intros

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