When Matt Joseph was raising money a few years ago for a startup he founded, Locent, a venture capitalist asked Joseph, who is black, if he had considered creating a record label instead of a tech company. 

In a different pitch meeting, a group of investors told Joseph he reminded them of Barack Obama and suggested he get into politics—a comment he felt was “racist and insulting,” even though he thinks they intended it as a compliment. 

from The Information https://www.theinformation.com/articles/as-silicon-valley-turns-attention-to-race-black-entrepreneurs-detail-prejudice