ALL HANDS
February 25, 2022
Visible Hands is a VC fund with a fellowship program
that supports overlooked talent in building technology startups.
Greetings to our VH Community,
This week is a heavy one for many with what is going on in the country and globally. We hope you are taking time for self-care and finding your pockets of peace. We are excited to welcome our new VH team member, Hannah Zinn, who started on Tuesday! Hannah joins us with ~10 years of experience planning programs and events of all kinds (weddings, parties, workshops, speaker series, multi-day festivals, etc.). She most recently was the Senior Program Manager for the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce where she spearheaded young professional programming and the Chamber’s DE&I festival. Hannah will be helping to strengthen the strategy and brand recognition for all Visible Hands events and programs.
Our visionaries have been diligently pushing forward with building and testing their MVPs/Betas, closing their pre-seed rounds, and spending countless hours in customer interviews. We're excited to tell you more about some of their recent accomplishments below.
As we continue our work focusing on creating programs, community, and investment opportunities for overlooked founders in tech, we are looking for a Community Specialist to formalize and grow our communities to support our portfolio companies. We are seeking a detail-oriented relationship manager to cultivate these networks--ranging from our entrepreneurs, investors seeking to fund them, and designers and engineers aspiring to work at a startup. Know someone who is a great fit? Please ask them to apply here.
Best,Visible Hands Team
VISIONARIES
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Congrats to Jessica Chao and Yaritza Vargas, Co-founders of LingoHealth, and Tony Morales, Founder of Mytho for their acceptance into Google’s Founders Academy!
Kimoyo Insights, led by Mariam Braimah, is hiring! They are looking for a motivated Frontend Engineer to join their team for a contract role to build out an intuitive, functional, fast, and delightful user experience for research studies. Apply here!
Congrats to LingoHealth for hiring Margaret Huang as their new CTO and Co-founder. Learn more about her here!
Founded by Juan Young, Melanance is hosting monthly Fundraising Circles for underrepresented founders who are currently fundraising, preparing to raise, or just finished raising for your startup. Fill out this form to join the next one!
Pico Velásquez, Founder and CEO of VIIRA will be speaking on the panel, The Metaverse, Designing a New Global Paradigm at SXSW! Sign up here: 3/14 at 11:30 AM CT.
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From left: Daniel Acheampong, GP; Yasmin Cruz Ferrine, GP; Tia Thomson, VP; Nira Kotay, Analyst; Hannah Zinn, Events Specialist
Our team members in the Boston area got together on Thursday night to welcome Hannah, our new Events Specialist, to the team. Welcome, Hannah! We're so excited to have you at Visible Hands!
WHAT WE HAVE OUR EYES ON 👀
➕ Founder Resources, Community News, and Events:
The BUild Lab Student Innovation Center at Boston University is hiring a Social Entrepreneurship Program Director. They will work with students and alumni to help them develop their entrepreneurial mindset and transform their ideas into impact. Apply here!
Republic’s VFA program is a 6-week educational experience for undergrad, MBA, or mid-career professionals looking to break into venture capital. Apply here by 3/4!
ERA is hosting Entrepreneurs Roundtable #163 on 3/8 at 6:30 PM EST. The event will feature a Q&A as well as pitches and feedback. You can apply to pitch your startup and register here.
NYU's Data Future Lab, Goodwin, Allegory, and Carmera are hosting a mock term sheet negotiation. Register here to watch on 3/3 from 12 PM to 2 PM EST!
🌎 Ecosystem Spotlights:
Henri Pierre-Jacques summarizes the great findings from the report produced by Crunchbase and Harlem Capital on investing in diverse founders. Read more here!
Are you an impact-driven founder looking for community and support? Our friends Halcyon Incubator are accepting applications for their incubator fellowship program which is free and requires no equity. Consider applying for a Halcyon fellowship by 4/8!
🧑🏽💻 Reading + Listening + Watching List:
Subscribe to FirstLook’s Consumer Brands Industry Master Calendar which covers major events, pitch competitions, grants, accelerator/incubator deadlines, and more. Click here to get the add-on for your Gmail Calendar!
Gabby Cazeau of Harlem Capital Partners put together an Airtable database of funds that invest across various stages and sectors. Check it out here!
Techstars is launching The Venture Deals course which is a set of free online lessons designed to help demystify venture capital deals and early-stage startup financing. Register here, it launches on 3/22!
TV: Love is Blind Season 2
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