Founder and Managing Partner at Backstage Capital
Check size: Backstage Capital does not publish one standard current check-size range on its main fund site.
Arlan Hamilton invests or supports investments through Backstage Capital's published strategy: Back exceptional founders who identify as women, people of color and/or LGBTQ and who have historically received disproportionately little venture capital.
Lead with founder-market fit, the customer problem, early evidence, market scale and why the team is uniquely equipped to win.
Underestimated founders with grit, differentiated insight, a meaningful problem and venture-scale potential.
The public mandate is specifically centered on underestimated founders; opportunities outside that founder mandate are not a fit.