Arlan 👊🏾 (@ArlanWasHere) — Twitter Score 97 out of 1000

Arlan is a venture investor and founder who built Backstage Capital around backing founders who identify as women, People of Color, or LGBTQ. Arlan's Twitter Score is 97 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of July 2026, ranking #8,558 (top 5%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.

Arlan founded Backstage Capital and serves as its Managing Partner, with the fund having invested in companies led by underrepresented founders. Per TIME, as of March 2022 Backstage Capital had deployed about $20 million across nearly 200 companies and was raising a new $30 million fund. TIME also reported that Hamilton raised about $5 million in 2021 through a crowdfunding model to help finance Backstage Capital's operations. In March 2019, Axios reported that a planned $36 million Backstage Capital fund focused on companies founded by Black women did not come together after two anchor investors fell through.

Arlan also founded HireRunner and serves as a Strategic Advisor to Gritty In Pink. Beyond investing, Hamilton is the author of the book "It's About Damn Time" and hosts the podcast "Your First Million." Arlan's account has published 89,309 posts and has been mentioned by 386 accounts a total of 1,648 times, reflecting consistent engagement across the venture and founder communities.

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The accounts that follow Arlan include 481 founders, 80 angel investors, 94 influencers and 76 VCs, among them Chris Dixon, jesse.base.eth, Laura Shin, Anthony Pompliano, CL and Gary Vaynerchuk.