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Meet the Silicon Valley billionaires, founders, and investors backing Kamala Harris
Meet the Silicon Valley billionaires, founders, and investors backing Kamala Harris
Alice Tecotzky,Noah SheidlowerAug 1, 2024, 22:13 IST
<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Mark Cuban, Reid Hoffman, and Vinod Khosla are among the dozens of Silicon Valley leaders backing Kamala Harris.Borja B. Hojas/Getty Images, Drew Angerer/Getty Images, Taylor Hill/Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>More than 100 powerful venture capitalists organized to pledge support for Kamala Harris.</li><li>The effort, named VCsForKamala, comes as other Silicon Valley leaders turn to Trump.</li></ul><p>As the once decidedly liberal Silicon Valley splinters this election, with figures like <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-reposted-deepfake-kamala-harris-violate-x-policy-2024">Elon Musk</a>, Marc Andreessen, and David Sacks publicly backing former President Donald Trump, a group of <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valley-leaders-support-harris-musk-andreessen-support-trump-2024-7">powerful venture capitalists</a> have combined forces to declare their support for Vice President Kamala Harris.</p><p>On Wednesday, more than 100 leaders in Silicon Valley pledged to vote and solicit donations for Harris on a new website, <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.vcsforkamala.org/">VCsForKamala.org</a>. According to one of the group's organizers, the original signatories represent a combined $150 billion in assets under management.</p><p>"We are pro-business, pro-American dream, pro-entrepreneurship, and pro-technological progress," reads a statement on the VCsForKamala's website. "We also believe in democracy as the backbone of our nation."</p><p>Harris, who was<a target="_blank" rel href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-biden-california-democrats-silicon-valley-tech-hollywood-2024-7"><u> born in Oakland,</u></a> has garnered support from dozens of leaders in her backyard supportive of her pro-business policies.</p><p>Here are some of the biggest names on the list.</p>
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Mark Cuban
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Vinod Khosla
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Ron Conway
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Katie Stanton
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Chris Sacca
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Aileen Lee
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Leslie Feinzaig
VCsForKamala may not have launched without Feinzaig, one of the primary organizers. She said that she formed the group partly in response to a cascade of tweets from Silicon Valley leaders supporting Trump and characterized it as a grass-roots effort.
Feinzaig is the managing director of the firm Graham & Walker and the cofounder of Female Founders Alliance, according to her LinkedIn. She celebrated the VCsForKamala launch on Twitter and posted updates throughout Wednesday, noting that by the late afternoon, 400 people had signed their names.
When Biden dropped out, Fainzaig retweeted his letter breaking the news with the caption, "It's done." She announced her support for Harris in a tweet the following day, and the day after posted a screenshot proving that she purchased a now-widespread domain name: vsforkamala.