Visible News
August 2, 2024
Happy Friday, Visionaries!Since launching Visible Hands, we have seen an influx of interest from exceptional, yet historically disenfranchised founders from the Boston entrepreneurial ecosystem.Today, we are pleased to share the 2024 cohort of our VHBOS Fellowship, in partnership with the Barr Foundation! VHBOS is a nine-week, hybrid fellowship program that targets overlooked founders who are working on scalable tech or tech-enabled solutions reshaping leading industries in the northeastern area.We've selected 10 Boston-based founders for this cohort, who will each receive $10K in non-dilutive funding as well as hands-on support from our team.We are honored to be a resource to these exceptional founders and can’t wait to share more about the work they’re doing to create innovative solutions for Boston and beyond.Read here to learn more about the cohort!Be well,
The Visible Hands Team
VISIONARY UPDATES
Featured Founder:Lanning Ardente, Sorette
Lanning Ardente is the Founder & CEO of Sorette, a multifaceted lifestyle company and brand for your motherhood journey. This week, Lanning was featured in Oprah Daily, as well as announced as one of the 10 startup founders selected to be a part of our 2024 VHBOS cohort! Learn more about Sorette and shop it here.
Recent VH Visionary Features:
VHNYC Founders
Brittany Brathwaite of Kimbritive was recently featured by Pop Sugar!
VHBOS Founders
Laura Vitale of Modality was recently featured by TechStars!
VH COMMUNITY PERK ALERT
Are you a woman of color startup founder or aspiring entrepreneur? We're excited to partner with Baddies in Tech to give our community access to attend their "Baddiepreneur Accelerator," event, taking place on Day 1 of their annual conference, BaddieCon, happening August 15 in NYC! Join 200+ women of color, allies, and investors for an afternoon of networking, skill development, and pitching!
When: August 15, 12-5pm ET
Where: Civic Hall, 124 E 14th St, New York, NY 10003
Hosted by Baddies in Tech, a career development social enterprise empowering women of color tech professionals and entrepreneurs, founders, and aspiring entrepreneurs will receive access to:
Access to 10+ entrepreneurship-focused workshops and panels
Networking opportunities with top technologists, founders and investors
Small business marketplace and pitch competition and more!
Our community has been gifted 5 day passes to attend this event. Act fast and redeem yours here!
WHAT WE HAVE OUR EYES ON
➕ Founder Funding, Community Resources, and Events
💸 Funding Opportunities
For: Black startup founders
$$$: $50K
Deadline: August 4
For: founders who currently use Zappier
$$$: $5K
Deadline: August 4
For: emerging haircare founders
$$$: $50K
Deadline: August 16
For: small businesses and nonprofits
$$$: $5-$20K
Deadline: August 22
For: Latine founders in the beverage/alcohol services/sales/hospitality industries
$$$: $10K
Deadline: August 25
For: LGBTQ+ small businesses
$$$: $10K
Deadline: August 31
For: impact startups
$$$: $1K
Deadline: August 31
LegalZoom small business grantsFor: both established and budding business ventures$$$: $10K grants and/or up to $500 in LegalZoom products and servicesDeadline: September 13Galaxy of Stars Galaxy GrantsFor: women and historically marginalized-owned small businesses$$$: $4,250 grantsDeadline: September 30Her Culture Micro GrantFor: African and Caribbean women $$$: $500Deadline:
rolling deadline
⚡️ Accelerators, Programs & Competitions
For: any founder
Deadline: August 7
For: women-led tech startups$$$: $100K
Deadline: August 7
For: any founder
$$$: $400K for 7% equity
Deadline: August 9
For: any founder
$$$: $100K
Deadline: August 10
The Engine Fall 2024 BlueprintFor: aspiring entrepreneurial scientists and engineersDeadline: August 12
For: seed to Series A health or wellness-tech founders in NYC
Deadline: August 14
For: any founder
Deadline: August 29
For: veteran founders$$$: $50K
Deadline: October 6
For: Black and Brown women founders$$$: $15K
Deadline: November 6
🎪 Events
For: Boston-based AI founders & community
Date & Time: August 13 at 9am, Boston, MA
For: founders & investors in life sciences
Date & Time: September 12 at 9:30am, Cambridge, MA
GHC 24 Me + WeFor: women and non-binary technologistsDate & Time: October 8-11, Philadelphia, PA/Virtual
💼 Featured Jobs
Halogen Ventures is hiring Fellows.
Share Ventures is hiring a Chief of Staff.
NYCEDC is hiring a Senior Project Manager.
Our friends over at Liberty Mutual are hiring for multiple innovation-related positions - learn more about the available roles and apply here!
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What we are loving lately
Celebrating: "Announcing Our Third Fund to Empower Early-Stage Founders" by VH Board Observer Alex Roetter
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