More than 100 techies sign VCs for Kamala pledge, backing VP Harris

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More than 100 techies sign VCs for Kamala pledge, backing VP Harris

Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at the Georgia State Convocation Center on July 30, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. 

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After Donald Trump, the *********** nominee for president, gained the vocal support of a slice of the tech investing world, a large group of venture capitalists came together to back the other side.

More than 100 VCs on Wednesday

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to Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic nominee, as she ramps up her campaign to take on Trump in the November election.

The group, calling itself VCs for Kamala, is made up of investors and entrepreneurs from a range of established and rising funds, and different demographic groups. It includes Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and Dallas Mavericks ********* owner Mark Cuban, along with Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures, and Rebecca Kaden, a partner at Union Square Ventures.

“We spend our days looking for, investing in and supporting entrepreneurs who are building the future,” the group said in its pledge. “We are pro-business, pro-********* dream, pro-entrepreneurship and pro-technological progress. We also believe in democracy as the backbone of our nation. We believe that strong, trustworthy institutions are a feature, not a bug, and that our industry – and every other industry – would collapse without them.”

The VCs for Kamala list highlights a deepening political divide in Silicon Valley and the broader tech industry. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been outspoken in supporting Trump, publicly endorsing him moments after the ************** attempt earlier this month, while VCs Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz recently said they’re backing Trump, arguing his policies would be better for “little tech.”

Musk also reportedly plans to contribute millions to a pro-Trump PAC, called America PAC, along with Sequoia Capital’s Shaun Maguire and 8VC’s Joe Lonsdale. Musk’s close friend and former

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colleague David Sacks, co-founder at Craft Ventures, also vociferously supports Trump and spoke at the *********** National Convention earlier this month.

Hoffman, a longtime Democratic donor and partner at venture firm Greylock, shared a link to the pro-Harris

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, the social media site owned by Musk.

“Proud to sign the #vcsforkamala pledge,” Hoffman wrote. “It’s an investment in our democratic future.”

Erika Lucas, General Partner at VEST Her Ventures, wrote on

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that there were “a lot of women, particularly ****** Women VCs,” behind the pledge, adding “I’m proud to serve and organize with them as well our male colleagues. We understand the assignment.”

The

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is scheduled to take place starting Aug. 19, in Chicago.

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