I realise now I was actually confused by your sentence myself.
I took
Rather than hiding opportunities from other funders like venture capitalists in the for-profit world, I believe that EA funders such as EA Grants, BERI Grants...”
to mean
“EA Grants, BERI Grants, etc. should not hide opportunities from funders like VCs from the for profit sector”.
The rest of your article can be coherently read with that interpretation. To prevent that I’d split it into shorter sentences:
“Venture capitalists in the for-profit sector hide investment opportunities from others for personal monetary gain. EA grantmakers have no such reason for hiding funding opportunities from other experienced funders. Therefore, …
Or at the very least, make it “Rather than hiding opportunities from other funders like venture capitalists in the for-profit world DO, I believe that...”
Thanks, that clarifies a bunch of things for me.
I realise now I was actually confused by your sentence myself.
I took
to mean
“EA Grants, BERI Grants, etc. should not hide opportunities from funders like VCs from the for profit sector”.
The rest of your article can be coherently read with that interpretation. To prevent that I’d split it into shorter sentences:
“Venture capitalists in the for-profit sector hide investment opportunities from others for personal monetary gain. EA grantmakers have no such reason for hiding funding opportunities from other experienced funders. Therefore, …
Or at the very least, make it “Rather than hiding opportunities from other funders like venture capitalists in the for-profit world DO, I believe that...”
Thanks for the suggestion Remmelt! I just added your primary wording recommendation to the post.