Deedy Das says his founder study doesn't mean top VCs avoid Chinese-educated founders
The Menlo Ventures investor told RuntimeWire he hasn't analyzed the China-education result deeply enough to interpret it, as he expanded the study to startups founded from 2019 through 2026.
By Morgan Laning · Published
Primary source: harmonic.ai
Why it matters
The analysis examines how founder backgrounds are associated with access to prominent early-stage investors, though the observed signals do not establish what causes those funding outcomes.
Investor Deedy Das has revised his analysis of which founder backgrounds are associated with a top-tier firm leading a U.S. startup's seed or Series A round. Among startups founded from 2019 through 2026, former frontier-lab and cybersecurity backgrounds ranked near the top, IIT was positive and education in China was negative, according to his Oct. 31st post.…
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