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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Under-represented founders, Health, Fintech, SaaS, Education
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Pre-Seed - Series B+
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$500K - $1M
Notable Investments
Atento Capital is a single-LP venture firm backed solely by the multibillion-dollar George Kaiser Family Foundation, operating with an explicit dual mandate to generate top-tier venture returns while driving job creation and economic development specifically in Tulsa. The fund functions as the capital arm of a coordinated city-building strategy, using investments and programs to recruit startups—especially from Latin America—to relocate to Tulsa while measuring success through both financial returns and local employment outcomes.
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