Over the past decade, open source has fueled the growth of everything from startups to solo game developers to NASA, and in the past year, the world has seen the largest number of open source contributions (Woodward, 2022; Daigle 2023). More than 30% of Fortune 100 companies have open source program offices to build and contribute to open source software, which helps entrepreneurs build innovative products and platforms faster than ever (Woodward, 2022). Moreover, open source is a key driving force in the advancement of modern digital innovations, such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and cloud services (Lin & Maruping, 2022). With the rising engagement with open source communities, there is a growing body of literature on how open source software has the potential to attract financing from investors. Because this impact on financing remains a new area of research, it is unclear whether open source engagement will improve or exacerbate the disparities in venture capital financing. As the research on the relationship between open source software and startup financing expands, this thesis aims to improve our limited understanding of how involvement in open source platforms impacts the financing dynamics of diverse entrepreneurs in the technology industry.