Visible News
August 9, 2024
Happy Friday, Visionaries!This week, our team met up in Boston to kick off our 2024 VHBOS fellowship with our latest cohort of founders! ICYMI: here's who we're excited to work alongside over the next few months to scale and support the Greater Boston ecosystem.Wednesday night marked our first evening with the entire new cohort, where we met up at VH Portfolio founder Irene Li's Mei Mei Dumplings factory, followed by a Thursday full of orientation sessions at The Engine offices. Be sure to follow us on socials for recap content!As we finish up the week in our hometown, we invite you to read on below for the latest founder resources, funding opportunities and more.Be well,
The Visible Hands Team
VISIONARY UPDATES
Featured Founder:Irene Li, Prepshift
a platform that makes it easy for restaurant owners and managers to invest in their teams, creating better jobs and more profitable businesses. Irene is also the Co-Founder of Mei Mei Dumplings, a dumpling factory, cafe & classroom based in Boston, where we hosted the opening night of our 2024 VHBOS orientation!
Recent VH Visionary Features:
Portfolio Founders:
Clare Herceg of Let's Get Set was recently featured in Forbes!
Kelsey Willock Jones of Aura Finance was recently featured in Forbes!
VHNYC Founders
WHAT WE HAVE OUR EYES ON
➕ Founder Funding, Community Resources, and Events
💸 Funding Opportunities
For: any founder
$$$: $100M
Deadline: August 15
For: emerging haircare founders
$$$: $50K
Deadline: August 16
For: beauty founders
Deadline: August 21
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
$$$: $10K
Deadline: August 31
For: any founder
$$$: $10K
Deadline: August 31
For: impact startups
$$$: $1K
Deadline: August 31
For: independent retail founders
$$$: $5K
Deadline: August 31
For: women founders
$$$: $10K
Deadline: August 31
LegalZoom small business grantsFor: both established and budding business ventures$$$: $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$$$: $4,250 grantsDeadline: September 30Gucci Changemakers Impact FundFor: community-based organizations$$$: $25KDeadline: September 30Her Culture Micro GrantFor: African and Caribbean women $$$: $500Deadline:
rolling deadline
⚡️ Accelerators, Programs & Competitions
For: any founder
$$$: $100K
Deadline: August 10
The Engine Fall 2024 BlueprintFor: aspiring entrepreneurial scientists and engineersDeadline: August 12
For: any founder
$$$: up to $100K
Deadline: August 12
For: seed to Series A health or wellness-tech founders in NYC
Deadline: August 14
For: underrepresented founders in Greater Boston
Deadline: August 15
For: individuals driving real change in their companies, communities and society
Deadline: August 15
For: women-owned businesses
$$$
: $10K
Deadline: August 23
For: any tech founder
Deadline: August 27
For: any founder
Deadline: August 29
For: founders disrupting the pet tech space
$$$: $200K
Deadline: August 15
For: veteran founders$$$: $50K
Deadline: October 6
For: Black businesses
$$$: $25K
Deadline: October 11
For: Black women and non-binary founders
Deadline: October 13
For: Black and Brown women founders$$$: $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
Illumen Capital is hiring an intern.
Aura Finance is hiring a Product Designer.
Halogen Ventures is hiring Fellows.
Share Ventures is hiring a Chief of Staff.
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
Reading: "Mechanical Bull: How You Can Achieve Startup Success," by Cheryl Contee
Plus our fave posts of the week...
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