Deconstructing The Pipeline Myth And The Case For More Diverse Fund Managers

Kauffman Fellows and MaC Venture Capital
Marlon Nichols, Collin West, and Gopinath Sundaramurthy

Deconstructing The Pipeline Myth And The Case For More Diverse Fund Managers

The report, a collaboration between Kauffman Fellows and MaC Venture Capital, analyzes the influence of ethnicity on startups by leveraging software-generated data on perceived identity.

Read the full report at MaC Venture Capital

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MaC Venture Capital is the result of the merger between successful Los Angeles and Bay Area based Seed funds, across Culture Ventures and M Ventures. MaC Venture Capital is an early stage venture capital firm focused on finding ideas, technology, and products that can become infectious. We invest in technology companies that benefit from shifts in cultural trends and behaviors in an increasingly diverse global marketplace. Marlon Nichols, one of the authors of this report, is the co-founder and co-managing general partner at MaC Venture Capital. He is also a Kauffman Fellow (class 18 and mentor class 19).

Kauffman Fellows is the premier leadership organization in innovation and capital formation, with graduates leading venture capital, government, corporate, university, and startup innovation efforts globally. More than 650 Fellows now lead more than 200 venture capital firms representing funds that invest billions into startups in more than 51 countries around the world. Kauffman Fellows has a strong commitment to diversity and actively recruits women and minorities. Inspired by Ewing Marion Kauffman and his legacy of shared ownership, accountability, and experimentation, we measure success in enduring new businesses that generate long-term returns for principals, investors, and society as a whole. For more information visit www.kauffmanfellows.org and follow us at www.twitter.com/kauffmanfellows.