Investing while foreign-born: The advantages of being an immigrant venture capitalist
Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, Social Capital and Sherpa Capital are established venture capital firms founded or co-founded by immigrants. These firms
- Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, Social Capital and Sherpa Capital are established venture capital firms founded or co-founded by immigrants.
- These firms — some considered legendary in Silicon Valley — continue to make profitable, often early, investments in tech companies that become household names worth billions of dollars.
- He and his partner, Eveline Buchatskiy, who is originally from Brazil, launched One Way Ventures in Boston’s South Station neighborhood with the goal of investing exclusively in immigrant founded or co-founded startups.
- His company also invests exclusively in immigrant-founded or co-founded startups.
- Pachisia notes his previous career as a consultant to multinational companies, living in many countries, helped create his analytical framework.