"It's About Damn Time": Venture Capitalist Looks to Help Other Black, Queer Businesspeople

'Venture capital is how companies like Uber and Airbnb get funding to transform from a small company with an idea into multi-billion dollar powerhouses. But the venture capitalists deciding who gets their money are overwhelmingly white and male. And the people who receive seed funding are also disproportionately white and male. Now there are investors who want to change that. One of those entrepreneurs is Arlan Hamilton , a black, queer woman who has made it her mission to grant funding to startups with founders who are female, people of color or LGBTQ through her own firm Backstage Capital. And her success there (she’s about to launch a new $36 million fund called “It’s About Damn Time”) has landed her on the cover of the October issue of Fast Company.' --  The Takeaway