VISIBLE NEWS
Visible Hands is a VC firm that provides exceptional founders from underrepresented backgrounds with the funds, hands-on support, and community they need to thrive at the earliest stages of company building.
Happy Friday, VH Community!Things have been busy at VH this past week! This week, we celebrated our inaugural VHNYC cohort with a Final Showcase event in NYC. It was so powerful to see our founders share their progress over the last weeks of the program, and to present such wonderful startups with our community in NYC. Thank you to our cohort of founders, as well as to the New York City Economic Development Corporation, for this amazing partnership.Additionally, our investments team has been wrapping up the application reviews for our Visionaries III Accelerator. We're looking forward to being able to support another Visionaries cohort in the fall!With all of the busy schedules and to-do lists that populate between the beginning of a new year and summer, it is important to remember to prioritize taking breaks for rest, recovery and resetting. Our team will be taking our own mid-year break next week, with our offices being closed through July 9th - we encourage you to take some time for yourself next week too!Here's to being well-rested and ready for the second-half of 2023. :)
Be well,The Visible Hands Team
VH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Just in case you need some wellness inspo for your wfh setup, here's some tips from us to you. <3
ICYMI: This month, we collaborated with our friends at StartOut to share founder resources throughout Pride for LGBTQIA+ founders! Check out our latest post here.
Check out VH Investor Associate, Darrel Frater's Office Hours on Twitter Spaces every Friday from 1 pm - 3 pm EST where he creates a safe space for founders to pitch VCs and discuss challenges they are facing in the business.
VISIONARY UPDATES
Founder Updates, Asks, and Wins:
Congratulations to Visionaries I Team Parfait on their feature on the Today Show!
Congratulations to VHBOS I Fellow Sesha Kadakia of Tangify on being chosen as one of 30 companies to pitch and showcase at MIT CSAIL's Imagination in Action: AI Frontiers & Implications.
Congratulations to VHBOS I Fellow Jashin Li of Growbie on being featured by Harvard Innovation Labs for Pride!
Congratulations to Visionaries II Founder Nicodemus Madehdou of JumpButton Studio on being selected as one of Technical.ly's The RealLIST Connectors in Philadelphia!
Congratulations to Visionaries II Founder Yamillet Payano of Sign-Speak on recently presenting at the AWS investor day showcase and winning an investment at the NY State Fund Matching Program!
Congratulations to VHNYC I Fellow Alexandra Ruiz of Poder Capital on being selected to be a part of the 2nd Camelback Fellowship Cohort and for being chosen as one of the recipients of the City & State Above & Beyond Innovators Awards!
Congratulations to VHNYC I Fellow Brittany Brathwaite of KIMBRITIVE on recently hosting a successful "Paps on Tap" event in NYC!
Congratulations to VHNYC I Fellow Ayomi Samaraweera of Canopy on her speaking engagement at this year's VIDCON and for recently hosting another successful creator happy hour in NYC!
Congratulations to Visionaries I Founder Michelle Dalzon of TheBOM on being chosen as a semifinalist for the 2023 Black Ambition Prize Competition!
WHAT WE HAVE OUR EYES ON
➕ Founder funding, community resources, and events:
Applications are open and rolling for the Forum Ventures B2B SaaS Accelerator, a high-touch program for early-stage founders designed to get you to the next stage. Learn more and apply here.
Open to founders of all backgrounds, Techstars New York City powered by J.P. Morgan is designed to provide equitable access to funding and support for Black, Hispanic and Latino, Indigenous American and Pacific Islander entrepreneurs building startups that aspire to make us healthier, happier, smarter and wealthier. Learn more and apply here by July 5th.
The Techstars Future of Ecommerce program, partnered with eBay, is focused on startups with innovative technologies that are shaping the future of Ecommerce, including AI, Web3, privacy, security, and infrastructure. Participants will receive the support needed to succeed in the rapidly evolving Ecommerce market through access to mentors, thought leaders, and investors from both Techstars and eBay. Learn more and apply here by July 5th.
Applications are now open for the Google for Startups Accelerator: Black Founders! The accelerator program is designed to bring the best of Google’s programs, products, people and technology to Black founder communities, with mentorship and technical project support as well as through deep dives and workshops focused on product design, customer acquisition and leadership development for founders. Learn more and apply here by August 2nd.
Publish Her is dedicated to providing resources to female-identifying business owners and authors. Applications are now being accepted for the Publish Her Business Impact Grant (BIG) program for women of color business owners. With support from community partner BankCherokee, Publish Her will award a $5,000 grant to a woman of color whose business is making a difference in the lives of others and the world. Learn more and apply here by August 31st.
🌎 Ecosystem Spotlights:
Scroobious is increasing diversity in the startup ecosystem by teaching diverse founders how to create investable pitch material through a scalable online platform and making it easy for investors to discover them through data-driven curation. Mitchell Sandler, a women-managed, majority women-owned law firm, has partnered with them to support 15 FinTech or InsureTech entrepreneurs in their fundraising efforts with free 1-year Scroobious memberships. Early-stage, US-based founders in these sectors who are working on a fundraising pitch are encouraged to learn more and apply here.
💼 Featured Jobs
Growth Warrior Capital is seeking a project lead with product sensibilities to launch a new AI offering for early-stage founders. This position would be an immediate hire, for a 3-4 month sprint, with the potential to convert to FT role as a product lead within the fund. To learn more and submit your resume, availability and rates, submit an email here.Primary VC is on the lookout for a talented Market Development Manager to join its Impact team and scale its expanding network of healthcare, financial services, and general industry executives. Learn more and apply here.
Our friends over at Liberty Mutual are hiring for multiple innovation-related positions - learn more about the available roles and apply here!
Visionaries I Team Hearth Display is currently hiring for a Marketing Manager! Learn more and apply for the role here.
🧑🏽💻 What we are watching, reading, or listening to:
Sharing: This TikTok
Watching: A circle of caring, TedTalk
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