Venture for T.H.E.M.

Tech High-Performers & Entrepreneurial Minorities

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FUTURE

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OUR MISSION

Venture for T.H.E.M. (Tech High-Performers & Entrepreneurial Minorities) is a startup accelerator & social enterprise for early-stage Black and Latino entrepreneurs. We aim to provide financial capital, mentorship, and peer-to-peer collaboration.


The structure of our program specifically includes a 4-month cohort duration from March to June, and within those four months, our Cohort Fellows receive 1-to-1 mentors, they receive a non-dilutive investment of $1,500 guaranteed (but can increase with more fund allocation) and they are invited to monthly personalized workshops on topics such as branding, fundraising, and managing mental health as entrepreneurs.


Our mission of "invest in a better tomorrow" emphasizes the importance of empowering diverse entrepreneurs - which creates a ripple effect of opportunities for not only startups and investors, but for each of us. We are all users who benefit from their innovation and life-changing technology

OUR PURPOSE

TO BRIDGE THE GAP FOR

BLACK & BROWN ENTREPRENEURS


CHECK THE STATS...

Only 1.92% Tech Execs are Black and 3.11% are Latino

(Open MIC, 2017)



Black & Latino founders only received 3% of

$147 Billion venture cap deal volume

in the past year

(Reuters, 2020)



Black & Latino investors make up

less than

4% of the venture capital industry

(BLCK VC, 2021)






OUR INAUGURAL COHORT

Jillian Anderson - HERide


Choose to be unbothered with HERide. Our platform is a female-friendly rideshare app committed to getting women from Point A to Point B. With over 20,000+ downloads total on our platform, HERide is proving to be an alternative option made for women by women





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Ian Grant II - WaySlay


WaySlay is an on-demand delivery app for Black haircare and cosmetics, delivering beauty supplies in as little as 20 minutes. Essentially, we’re the UberEats for beauty supplies, delivering everything you can find at a beauty store - including braids, hair color, wigs, and many other products.




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Malcolm Lee - Gabb Global


Gabb Global is a low-cost, immersive, VR-based platform that provides a gateway between the classroom and real-world language learning. Gabb Global’s immersive features support English Language Learning (ELL) students with language acquisition.



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Dr. Karen Wilson - ChildNEXUS


ChildNEXUS is a two-sided educational and mental health marketplace: on the one side are youth service providers and on the other side are parents seeking resources and services for their children who are experiencing learning or mental health challenges.





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Brittany Wright - Endex


Endex is a broker agnostic social investment platform that enables the actionable sharing & monetization of investment content through custom indexes. We are building a social investment platform where retail investors can come to connect with others and build a community of like-minded investors, discover new stocks, holistic strategies and creators, perform due diligence, and trade in-app





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OUR WORKSHOPS: Founder FRidays

BRAND-BUILDING

BAG securing

BALancING it all

BEING THE CHANGE

OUR BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

OUR COMMUNITY

OUR MAIN EVENT: VENTUREPALOOZA

"The #1 Mixer in DC for the Startup Community!"

OUR FUTURE + PRODUCT: FUND.FWD

Fund.FWD is a funding discovery & management mobile application developed especially for minority entrepreneurs to track opportunities such as grants, pitch competitions, accelerators, and VC funding.


Users can also request to submit opportunities that they are either hosting or have discovered and would like to share with the community.


Fund.FWD creates your personalized dashboard to track all potential funds and acquired capital through our immense repository of resources to help further your early-stage startup!

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OUR WINS: WHAT HAVE WE ACCOMPLISHED?

1) Since our launch in January 2022, we have invested over $10,000+ into underestimated startup founders


2) Launched our #FounderFridays workshops with over 100+ attendees


3) Hosted social events such as Venturepalooza to connect 100+ diverse entrepreneurs, investors, and other industry professionals.


4) Invited to share our traction with The White House, JPMorgan Chase, The Executive Leadership Council, and the 56th Grand Boule in The Bahamas

OUR IMPACT: COHORT TESTIMONIALS

"People saw my business more often, I met a wonderful business coach (Wendy), and I lost the mentality that no accelerators wanted me.. It was great for my confidence."


-Malcolm Lee, Gabb Global (Cohort 1)

Three Blue Lines


"The resources that were sent to apply to other grants and the zoom sessions monthly were extremely informative...

Really enjoyed this cohort!"


-Jillian Anderson, HERide (Cohort 1)



OUR DREAM TEAM

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Jewel E. Bush Communications Director

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QUESTIONS about our program, cohorts or sponSORship?

Venture for T.H.E.M., LLC, 2023, All Right Reserved

Reach out via email:

kiante@venture4them.com


Social Media: @venture4them

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