May 12, 2020
Arlan Hamilton is the incredible woman who built Backstage Capital from the ground up while homeless.
Backstage Capital is a fund that is dedicated to minimizing funding
disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are
people of color, women, and/or LGBT. Started from scratch in 2015,
Backstage has now raised more than $10 million and invested in more
than 130 startup companies led by underestimated founders. In 2018
Arlan co-founded Backstage Studio
which launched four accelerator programs for underestimated
founders in Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and
London. Arlan was featured on the
cover of Fast Company magazine in October 2018 as the first Black
woman non-celebrity to do so, and her new book "It's About Damn
Time", published by Penguin Random House was released on May 5,
2020.
You can purchase the book and enroll in her fundraising masterclass
at itsaboutdamntime.com
Follow Arlan on Twitter and Instagram : @arlanwashere