Politics Won’t Fracture Startup Investing

Considering the political rifts in tech this presidential election exposed, you might think Silicon Valley is about to fracture into a scenario in which blue venture capitalists widely refuse to work with red investors and founders—and vice versa. But we’re not so sure.

There’s no doubt that at times during the campaign, the rhetoric between Donald Trump backers in tech like Elon Musk and Kamala Harris backers like venture capitalist Vinod Khosla got very heated, and it’s pretty clear a lot of people in the startup world aren’t in the mood for reconciliation after Trump’s victory Tuesday night.