The former principal owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban is among dozens of Silicon Valley investors who have solicited donations for Kamala Harris's election campaign.
The group of tech leaders - which also includes Reid Hoffman, a founder of LinkedIn; Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures; Ron Conway, a well-known angel investor; and the billionaire Chris Sacca - pledged their support for Harris on Wednesday.
In a statement on their website, VCsForKamala.org, they said: "We are pro-business, pro-American dream, pro-entrepreneurship and pro-technological progress.
"We also believe in democracy as the backbone of our nation."
The former principal owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban is among dozens of Silicon Valley investors who have solicited donations for Kamala Harris's election campaignGettyIt comes after another team of tech chiefs, named Tech For Kamala, also wrote a letter this week sharing their "enthusiastic and unwavering support for Vice President Harris."
The moves come as a major public pushback to right-wing venture capitalists.
Despite Silicon Valley being considered a liberal bastion for a number of years, Elon Musk, who leads Tesla, SpaceX and X and the investors Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz and David Sacks have supported Donald Trump.
Following Joe Biden's announcement that he will not be running for re-election, several venture capitalists have spoken against the narrative that the right is ascendant in Silicon Valley.
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"They don’t speak for me," said Leslie Feinzaig, a managing director of the venture firm Graham & Walker and a primary organiser of VCsForKamala, referring to Musk and Macks.
"They don’t speak for most of us. And they don’t speak for the founders," she told the New York Times.
She added that Feinzaig said "tweet after tweet after tweet of these guys coming out and supporting Trump" was partially what triggered the group to take action.
The website urges people to sign a pledge to support Harris and another to donate to her campaign.
The moves come as a major public pushback to right-wing venture capitalists
GettyFounder of climate tech start-up Planet FWD, Julia Collins - who launched the Tech For Kamala letter - said in order to get people involved, the group is working with other tech groups and hopes to do "one of those iconic Zoom calls".
The zoom call in reference to a series of calls that supporters have held for Harris.
"What we’re building is a grass-roots movement that includes all people in tech, not just the luminaries, not just the billionaires," Collins said.
