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Michael Basch

Founder, General Partner, & CEO, Atento Capital

About

Michael Basch positions venture capital as a tool for the 99%, arguing that VC should deliberately serve founders and regions historically overlooked outside coastal hubs as both a moral stance and a superior way to find returns. He structured Atento as a single-LP fund backed by the George Kaiser Family Foundation, advocating this non-traditional model as a way to reduce risk aversion and free VCs to spend more time supporting founders in undercapitalized regions. Michael Basch positions venture capital as a tool for the 99%, arguing that VC should deliberately serve founders and regions historically overlooked outside coastal hubs as both a moral stance and a superior way to find returns. He structured Atento as a single-LP fund backed by the George Kaiser Family Foundation, advocating this non-traditional model as a way to reduce risk aversion and free VCs to spend more time supporting founders in undercapitalized regions.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Sectors
Health
FinTech
SaaS
Education
Diversity focus
Under-represented founders

Investment details

Avg check size$500K - $1M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA