How to use venture capital for good | Freada Kapor Klein

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🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Freada Kapor Klein isn't your typical venture capitalist. She's thrown out the standard investment playbook in order to close the opportunity gap for low-income communities. She explains how her firm is investing in entrepreneurs and startups solving real-world problems — and the measurable difference it's already making.

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0:17.0	Frida Kapor Klein is not your typical venture capitalist.
0:21.0	She throws out the standard VC playbook in order to better
0:24.2	close the gap for lower income communities to access investment. In her
0:28.9	2023 talk, the Impact Investor explains how she and her firm are doing things their own way and the measurable
0:35.8	difference it is already making after the break.
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