[Alex3917]

> But I also don't consider lack of venture capital or mentorship to be an important barrier to my success.

And yet that's the main criteria for qualifying for this visa. You could literally found a company the size of Google and still not qualify unless you've taken venture capital.

And since most Fortune 500 companies don’t take VC, this seems like just a hand out to investors.

[terravion]

But most fortune 500 companies are older than modern VC, which really came into being as a response to post-war tax policies. Most Fortune 500 companies can trace their founding to similarly speculative capital under a different name.