We founded Daintree Capital because we see a huge investment opportunity in funding founders who are often overlooked by traditional investors. If you believe talent is equally distributed regardless of race, gender or socio-economic status, then there is a significant opportunity to invest in founders who have not had access to investment capital.

We seek out founders from all backgrounds, with a focus on those who have been overlooked by traditional investors. We are working to build a world where investment capital flows to founders based on the strength of their ideas and the depth of their work ethnic, not based on the serendipity of their life circumstances.

We invest in companies run by diverse teams because the data demonstrate these companies outperform.

Profitability Improvement

A bar graph comparing percentages of executive team diversity, with two bars representing gender diversity and ethnic diversity. Both bars are at 39%, with the left labeled 'Exec Team with Gender Diversity' and the right labeled 'Exec Team with Ethnic Diversity'. The y-axis shows percentages from 0% to 40%.

relative to gender/ethnically homogenous Exec Teams

(Source: McKinsey, Diversity matters even more: The case for holistic impact (2023)

Despite these improved outcomes, the vast majority of investment capital flows to all-male and all-white management teams

Share of Venture Capital Investment

Pie chart displaying the distribution of team compositions: 80% all male teams, 18.5% mixed gender teams, 1.5% all female teams.

(Source: Pitchbook & National Venture Capital Association Report, 2024)

This data suggest that either women have less than 2% of the best new business ideas or that the businesses they are building are significantly under-valued.

This is the investment opportunity upon which Daintree was founded.