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
New Latino media startup launches with historic $80M raise
Latina activists and entrepreneurs Jess Morales Rocketto and Stephanie Valencia have raised $80 million to launch a new Hispanic media company called the Latino Media Network.Why it matters: It's one of the largest capital raises for a Latina-owned and operated startup in the U.S."It's pretty audacious for people like us to
Teaching the next tech Latino titans
From camps for girls to networking events for grownups, organizations all over the country are working to promote Latinos in tech.Why it matters: The numbers of Latinos and Latinas in the industry has been rising gradually in the past few years, but they're still disproportionately low in most companies. Latinos are