Angeles Investors Celebrates Top 100 US Startups with Hispanic Leadership
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Angeles Investors – the investment community on a mission to find, fund, and grow the most promising startup ventures – is pleased to announce the top 100 startups in the US with Hispanic or Latino leadership. Awardees will be recognized today during the Angeles Q2
Amazon Web Services announces second year of startup investments for Latino founders
Despite Latinos comprising a significant proportion of the population, the same cannot be said for the entrepreneurial market, with Latinos receiving a disproportionately small share of investment funds.As a part of Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) three-year commitment to provide $30 million to startups founded by diverse leaders from underrepresented communities, they
GABRIELA BERROSPI FOUNDER OF LATINO WALLSTREET JOINED TOM BRADY, ERIC SCHMIDT, AND FRANCIS SUAREZ AS PART OF THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AT EMERGE AMERICAS
MIAMI, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- @newconceptpr — Award-winning financial expert Gabriela Berrospi known on social media as @gabywallstreet CEO of Latino Wallstreet @latinowallst, financial education platform, and Forbes columnist, was part of Emerge Americas @emergeamericas, the most important technology and innovation conference in the United States as a keynote speaker.Gabriela
Optum Ventures, Deerfield invest $75M in autism startup Cortica
Cortica, an autism-focused startup, raised $75 million in a Series D funding round led by Optum Ventures, the company announced Monday. Cortica also said it acquired Springtide Child Development, a firm that operates six applied behavioral analysis clinics in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and the Melmed Center, a developmental pediatrics clinical and research
PepsiCo expands its Juntos Crecemos platform to uplift Hispanic-owned startups
PepsiCo takes prides in its long-standing relationships with Hispanic-owned food and beverage small businesses and in 2021, launched Juntos Crecemos (Together We Grow), a $50m platform that provides grants, leadership training, networking and mentoring, while raising the visibility of Hispanic small businesses.Building on its Racial Equality Journey commitment, the company has
How Chicago Emerged As A Hotbed Of Diverse-Owned Startups — Hint: There’s A Billionaire Involved
Jasmine Shells, founder and CEO of Chicago-based software startup Five to Nine, surrounded by her team. ADDISON WRIGHT In just the last three years, ‘the funds that George Floyd built’ have transformed the city’s attitude toward funding, with a nudge from a firm cofounded by former U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker. Chicago
Founders That Look Like Us – LX
Black and Latinx Entrepreneurs Share Challenges In New Docuseries. An original three-part series from Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs interviews
10 startups selected for Endeavor Miami’s ScaleUp cohort. And they are …
Sixteen founders from 10 high-growth companies have been selected for Endeavor Miami’s Spring 2023 ScaleUp Cohort. The cohort represents a diverse group of founders, 85% of which are Latinx and 30% women. The companies operate in verticals such as EdTech,TalentEnterprise SaaS, Healthcare, Mobility, FinTech and F&B. Although all companies are based in Florida, they
Endeavor Miami Selects 10 Latinx Founders for EndeavorLAB Cohort
Endeavor Miami has announced its ninth EndeavorLAB cohort, designed to support underrepresented founders in Florida in building a foundation for scale. The cohort for Latinx founders will be powered by VensureHR. The initiative leverages Endeavor’s over 20 years of knowledge and best-in-class services and tools used to support entrepreneurs worldwide. The cohort
Meet the 8 Black and Latina female founders whose startups have reached a $1 billion …
Though Black and Latina women raised more than 1% of all