2023 Kapor Capital Founders’ Summit
Kapor Capital
We are an Oakland-based fund that believes in the power of transformative ideas and diverse teams.
Celebrating Transformative Ideas and Gap-Closing Companies
On September 14, 2023, we held our Kapor Capital Founders’ Summit at Bloc15 in Oakland, CA. We brought our portfolio founders and CEOs together for a day of networking to learn, build, and connect.
The summit began with a welcome from Kapor Capital Co-Managing Partners, Uriridiakoghene (Ulili) Onovakpuri and Brian Dixon , and continued with inspiring panels, enriching fireside chats, and a keynote speech from Safiya Noble, Ph.D. on AI for Advancement: Unleashing the Power of Artificial Intelligence.
Founders heard from industry experts on strategies for fundraising in the current economic climate, how to expand their companies' impact across borders, strategies for board management, building leadership teams as your company matures, and more.
Since 2011, Kapor Capital has invested exclusively in “impact” startups, something Founding Partners, Freada Kapor Klein and Mitch Kapor, reflected on during their closing panel about their book, Closing the Equity Gap.?
Before the day was over, attendees were invited to view the 2023 Kapor Capital Impact Report, providing a deep dive into the industries we’ve invested, the capital deployed, the founder diversity that underpins our thesis, and where we went to source our portfolio.
It was truly an inspiring day, filled with mission-aligned founders and CEOs all working to close gaps of access for all.
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