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More than 800 powerful venture capitalists organized to pledge support for Kamala Harris. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . By late August, more than 800 venture capitalists pledged to vote and solicit donations for Harris on a new website, VCsForKamala.org. According to one of the group's organizers, the original signatories represent a combined $150 billion in assets under management. The current signatories represent a combined $276 billion, according to the group's founders.
Persons: Kamala Harris, Harris, , Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, David Sacks, Donald Trump Organizations: Service, Business
More than 100 powerful venture capitalists organized to pledge support for Kamala Harris. The effort, named VCsForKamala, comes as other Silicon Valley leaders turn to Trump. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAs the once decidedly liberal Silicon Valley splinters this election, with figures like Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, and David Sacks publicly backing former President Donald Trump, a group of powerful venture capitalists have combined forces to declare their support for Vice President Kamala Harris. On Wednesday, more than 100 leaders in Silicon Valley pledged to vote and solicit donations for Harris on a new website, VCsForKamala.org.
Persons: Kamala Harris, , Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, David Sacks, Donald Trump, Harris Organizations: Trump, Service, Business Locations: Silicon Valley
More than 100 venture capitalists said on Wednesday that they had pledged to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in November and had solicited donations for her presidential campaign, in a rejoinder to the splintering among tech leaders over whom to support in the election. The group includes Reid Hoffman, a founder of LinkedIn; Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures; Mark Cuban, the former principal owner of the Dallas Mavericks; Ron Conway, a well-known angel investor; and the billionaire Chris Sacca. “We are pro-business, pro-American dream, pro-entrepreneurship and pro-technological progress,” the group said in a statement posted to their website, VCsForKamala.org. “We also believe in democracy as the backbone of our nation.” The website asks people to sign a pledge to support Ms. Harris and another to donate to her campaign. The effort was buttressed by another group of tech entrepreneurs and workers called Tech For Kamala, which also wrote a letter this week expressing “enthusiastic and unwavering support for Vice President Harris.” The letter gathered more than 550 signatures in two days.
Persons: Kamala Harris, Reid Hoffman, Vinod Khosla, Mark Cuban, Ron Conway, Chris Sacca, , Harris, Organizations: LinkedIn, Khosla Ventures, Dallas Mavericks, Tech, Kamala
A group of right-wing venture capitalists have voiced support for Donald Trump and JD Vance, who was once a venture capitalist himself. "They don't speak for me," she said of Musk and other right-wing Silicon Valley leaders. "They don't speak for most of us. Harris, who was born in Oakland and is known as a pro-business politician, has a more sustained connection to Silicon Valley than Biden did. Next month, Harris will travel to Silicon Valley for a fund-raising trip in her continued effort reclaim the region amid its rightward tilt.
Persons: , Kamala Harris —, Harris, Reid Hoffman, Mark Cuban, Ron Conway, Leslie Feinzaig, Graham, Walker, Donald Trump, JD Vance, Elon Musk, Marc Andreesen, Ben Horowitz, David Sacks, Trump, Feinzaig, MAGA, " Harris, Biden, Vance Organizations: Service, VCsForKamala.org, LinkedIn, Dallas Mavericks, Business, New York Times Locations: Oakland, Silicon, Silicon Valley
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