They are not necessarily known for their unique fashion sense.
Enter VC Starter Pack , a gentle satire that lets you buy a bundle that includes two of the signature part of many investors' daily outfit: A Patagonia fleece vest and a pair of Allbirds sneakers.
"It's never been easier to look like a VC," the site reads.
It's not clear who made VC Starter Pack, and there's no contact information to be found. But the site says that all proceeds go to AllRaise , a nonprofit organization dedicated to furthering diversity in Silicon Valley. The site has a disclaimer at the bottom that it's not actually affiliated with AllRaise, which the organization confirmed to Business Insider.
The site plays on starter pack memes, offering everything you'd need to fit the stereotype of a Silicon Valley investor, in both men's and women's sizes as well as a handful of accessories to complete the picture.
The partner kit, priced at $500, the vest, the sneakers, "Zero to One" by investor Peter Thiel, "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari, subscriptions to "important VC newsletters" like Wine Spectator and tech news site The Information, and access to the popular paid e-mail app Superhuman.
The next level, called "Fund II," adds $200 to the price, includes a pair of fancier Atoms sneakers, a "personalized audit of your Twitter thought leadership," and a Tesla keychain to show off your "current or future" Tesla.
There's a ring of truth to the whole joke: Just look at photos from events like the Sun Valley Conference, the "summer camp for billionaires." Photos of attendees at the conference show a wild amount of Patagonia vests, not least because the event gave them out to attendees as door prizes, showing how popular they are.
However, it's not immediately clear whether the site is actually selling any of the items it lists: The most premium package, the "vision fund," gives its price as "if you have to ask, you can't afford it." That package allegedly includes non-FDA-approved blood transfusions from young people ( another Silicon Valley in-joke ), and a mansion in Atherton, a Silicon Valley suburb that also happens to be the most expensive zip code in the United States.
However, the checkout process looks legitimate, using Stripe to take payments.
In the FAQ section, it answers the question about whether or not this is real thus: "We believe in risk taking. So should you."
