Discrimination in the Venture Capital Industry: Evidence from Field Experiments · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2010.16084/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTDiscrimination in the Venture Capital Industry: Evidence from Field Experiments — mentioned by bitdizzyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26610967urn:hackerpapers:mention:2010.16084:26610967Sun, 28 Mar 2021 15:08:52 GMT<p>Since ssrn is like social science arxiv let&#x27;s just throw preprints around. This paper examines the submitted one as well as another. https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.16084 This paper examines discrimination based on startup founders&#x27; gender, race, and age by early-stage investors, using two randomized controlled trials with real venture capitalists. The first experiment invites U.S. investors to evaluate multiple randomly generated startup profiles, which they know to be hypothetical, in order to be matched with real, high-quality startups from collaborating incubators. Investors can also donate…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2010.16084/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>econ.GN