{"id":2316963,"date":"2024-07-31T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T22:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-rakes-in-significant-support-from-group-of-venture-capitalists-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-31T18:10:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T22:10:06","slug":"harris-rakes-in-significant-support-from-group-of-venture-capitalists-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-rakes-in-significant-support-from-group-of-venture-capitalists-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris rakes in significant support from group of venture capitalists &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-rakes-in-significant-support-from-group-of-venture-capitalists-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2316963&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent development shows that approximately 200 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stock-market-tanks-after-report-on-biden-plan-to-pay-for-leftist-agenda-experts-warn-it-is-insanity\/\" title=\"Stock Market Tanks After Report On Biden Plan To Pay For Leftist Agenda, Experts Warn: \u2018It Is Insanity\u2019\">venture capitalists<\/a> \u200bhave offered their support to Vice\u200c President Kamala\u2064 Harris \u200cas the venture\u200c capital industry begins to align more closely with Republican figures, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">including<\/a> former President Donald Trump. This group publicly shared their endorsement through a newly launched website called VCs for\u2062 Kamala, featuring notable signatories such\u2063 as entrepreneur Mark Cuban, LinkedIn founder \u2064Reid Hoffman, and prominent\u200c investor\u2064 Ron Conway. In their letter, the venture capitalists emphasized their commitment\u2062 to investing in and fostering\u200c entrepreneurs who are shaping the future.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris rakes in significant support from group of venture capitalists as industry grows closer to Republicans<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1719883\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Roughly 200 venture capitalists pledged support to Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a>, as the industry warms up to former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The group published their letter of support on their new website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vcsforkamala.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"VCs for Kamala\">VCs for Kamala<\/a>. Among the signatories are entrepreneur Mark Cuban, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, and Silicon Valley &ldquo;super angel&rdquo; investor Ron Conway.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We spend our days looking for, investing in and supporting entrepreneurs who are building the future,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-leaders-slam-adam-schiff-urge-newsom-not-to-appoint-him-as-ca-attorney-general\/\" title=\"BLM Leaders Slam Adam Schiff, Urge Newsom Not To Appoint Him As CA Attorney General\">letter reads<\/a>. &ldquo;We are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-are-woefully-out-marketed-by-liberals-its-time-to-level-up\/\" title=\"Conservatives Are Woefully Out-Marketed By Liberals. It\u2019s Time to Level Up.\">pro-business<\/a>, pro-American dream, pro-entrepreneurship, and pro-technological progress.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We also believe in democracy as the backbone of our nation,&rdquo; it continues. &ldquo;We believe that strong, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-time-to-hold-corrupt-bureaucrats-like-christopher-wray-accountable-is-before-they-are-even-confirmed\/\" title=\"The Time To Hold Corrupt Bureaucrats Like Christopher Wray Accountable Is Before They Are Even Confirmed\">trustworthy institutions<\/a> are a feature, not a bug, and that our industry &ndash; and every other industry &ndash; would collapse without them. That is what&rsquo;s at stake in this election. Everything else, we can solve through constructive dialogue with political leaders and institutions willing to talk to us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A similar group, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tech4kamala.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tech for Kamala\">Tech for Kamala<\/a>, expressed its support earlier this week, boasting 550 signatures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The efforts come as a counter to a number of tech giants who have thrown their support behind former President Donald Trump in recent weeks, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, investor Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, and David Sacks. The billionaire Winklevoss twins also threw their support behind the former president.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the warming toward Trump, Silicon Valley remains a left-wing stronghold, with most leaning Democratic.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1719883\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1719883\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harris garners substantial backing from a coalition of venture capitalists as the sector aligns more with Republicans. Approximately 200 venture capitalists have expressed their support for Vice President Kamala Harris, coinciding with a growing affinity for former President Donald Trump within the industry. This group announced their endorsement through a new website called VCs for Kamala. Notable signatories include entrepreneur Mark Cuban, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and prominent Silicon Valley investor Ron Conway. The letter states, &#8220;We dedicate our efforts to discovering, investing in, and supporting entrepreneurs who are shaping the future. We advocate for business, the American dream, entrepreneurship, and technological advancement.&#8221; It further emphasizes their belief in democracy as fundamental to the nation and asserts that reliable institutions are essential for all industries to thrive. The letter highlights that this election is crucial; other issues can be addressed through constructive discussions with political leaders open to dialogue. A similar initiative named Tech for Kamala also showed its support earlier this week with 550 signatures. These movements counteract recent endorsements of Trump from several tech leaders like Tesla CEO Elon Musk and investors Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, David Sacks, along with billionaire twins Winklevoss who have also backed him. Despite this shift towards Trump among some figures in Silicon Valley remains predominantly Democratic-leaning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2316964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP22066635344677-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[15467,4021,36667,36818,32076],"class_list":["post-2316963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fundraising","tag-harris","tag-political-support","tag-venture-capitalists","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP22066635344677-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2316963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2316964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2316963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2316963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2316963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}