Check Warner on tech talent, diversity hushing, and VCs meritocracy myth: 'It's completely wrong'
17 okt. 2025
06:00
Ada Ventures founder Check Warner argues that funding the best people and funding inclusively are two sides of the same coin.
In this exclusive interview, Warner shares why the best talent often goes unseen, what venture capital can do to change that, and why she remains optimistic despite the global backlash against DEI.
In this exclusive interview, Warner shares why the best talent often goes unseen, what venture capital can do to change that, and why she remains optimistic despite the global backlash against DEI.
The "VC meritocracy myth" – the assumption that the venture capital industry is a fair system where only the best ideas and most talented founders receive funding, when in reality, it is heavily influenced by bias, privilege, and the corridors of power.
When Impact Loop asked 20VC founder and podcast host Harry Stebbings recently why most of the 100+ founders he invests in are white and male, his answer was this: