K-POR Capital followed up on the 2019 report with another in 2022 that continued the success stories of their portfolio companies. Mitch and Frieda stepped back from day to day leadership, putting the firm in the hands of Brian Dixon and his co-managing partner Oolily O Novak-Pory. They raised a $126 million fund, which is one of the largest black-led funds that has been done.
In part 2 of this episode with veteran founders and investors Mitch Kapor & Dr. Freada Kapor Klein, we get into the data of building human-centered cultures. In part one, we heard how Mitch and Freada went all-in on investing their values, committing 100% of new investments in “gap-closing” companies that aim to improve society, even as they aim for scale and liquidity as well. Now, Mitch and Freada can share how that’s played out in practice, with both positive examples … and some negative ones as well. (Yes, they were early investors in Uber!)
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