Marcelo Claure, founder and CEO of the Claure Group, has returned to the Open Opportunity Fund as Vice Chairman and General Partner. The Open Opportunity Fund is a venture capital fund that focuses on funding technology companies founded by Black and Latino entrepreneurs. Claure was a founding member of the fund while he was the CEO of SoftBank Group International and helped launch the SB Opportunity Fund, which invested $100 million in underrepresented founders. Claure will be joining Paul Judge, Chairman of the Open Opportunity Fund, in acquiring an ownership stake in the $100 million Opportunity Fund 1 portfolio from SoftBank. The fund aims to double in size with the launch of Fund 2, which will be a $200 million fund that continues to support and back exceptional tech founders from diverse backgrounds.
Marcelo Claure teams up with Paul Judge: Fueling Open Opportunity Fund!
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