Red Lips & Eye Rolls The Podcast

In this episode we chat with Arlan Hamilton about her newly released book "It's About Damn Time". Arlan is an unapologetic Gay Black Woman that built a venture capital fund from the ground up, while homeless. She has invested in more than 130 startup companies led by underestimated founders–People of Color, LGBTQ & Women. We talk about why she has chosen to invest in these underestimated founders and her journey to building her business, Backstage Capital. Arlan Hamilton built a venture capital fund from the ground up, while homeless. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a fund that is dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. Started from scratch in 2015, Backstage has now raised more than $10 million and invested in more than 130 startup companies led by underestimated founders. In 2018 Arlan co-founded Backstage Studio which launched four accelerator programs for undere