The Importance of Making Returns for Limited Partners

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Frida Ghitis co-founded a scholarship fund at UC Berkeley called Ideal or the Initiative for Diversity in Education and Leadership. It was a response to Prop 209, a ballot initiative that killed affirmative action in California public institutions. The Ideal Scholars Fund was meant to close gaps in access that Prop 209 had widened. A light bulb turned on when Frida saw how philanthropic work and early stage investing could coalesce making both efforts more effective.

Can you build with conscience and still succeed? Mitch Kapor & Dr. Freada Kapor Klein certainly think so. As tech industry veteran founders and investors, Mitch and Freada have long embraced non-traditional metrics that put humans at the center. Mitch co-founded Lotus, the 1980s software giant, and hired Freada to help make the company “the most progressive employer in the U.S.” And years later, their early-stage VC firm, Kapor Capital, aligns their portfolio with their values, investing in companies that close gaps in access and opportunity. Human-centered metrics don’t just improve cultures — they improve the bottom line.

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