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Well hello there, LatinxVC community! We hope you’re having an amazing summer and staying cool out there. Let’s jump in…
Are you our founding Executive Director?
LatinxVC is looking for a passionate, entrepreneurial, hard-working, strategic, and action-oriented Executive Director to lead an emerging organization facing significant growth opportunities. This full-time executive will build a team and infrastructure, manage day-to-day operations, coordinate with a team of employees and volunteers, lead partnerships with other organizations and sponsors, and help develop the vision and strategy of LatinxVC.
For more information on the position, including how to apply, check out: LatinxVC Exec Director Job Description.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Founding GP Showcase
The Founding GP Showcase (formerly Emerging Manager Showcase) is a marquee invite-only event to showcase Latino representation at the partner level in venture and to drive LP investments in the Latinx community. The event will feature topical discussions and presentations by Latinx GPs who are actively raising capital.
The inaugural showcase event was hosted in 2019 and featured 11 fund managers.
The next Founding GP Showcase will take place virtually Friday, November 12th, 2021 from 9am to 12pm Pacific.
If you are a Latinx GP interested in applying to showcase your fund, fill out this application form. The application period closes 09/03 11:59pm Pacific.
If you are a Latinx investor interested in attending the showcase, request an invite here.
If you are an Accredited Investor actively allocating to Latinx GPs, particularly those raising Fund I or Fund II, request an invite here.
If you’d like to volunteer in support of this event, email lps@latinxvcs.com
PAST EVENTS
LatinxVC Fellowship Program Concludes
Congratulations to the recent cohort of LatinxVC fellows!
For the last 8 weeks 22 fellows were part of the LatinXVC program where seasoned VCs help equip the candidates with insider knowledge on functional areas of venture capital.
Our mission is to grow the number of Latinx professionals in venture capital, help Latinx venture investors grow their careers and network, and increase the dollars flowing to Latinx venture investors. To achieve this, we have built not only a community but also the resources to help these fellows break into venture capital.
Thank you again to our community, partners and to this fantastic group of fellows that are going to help pave the path for the future.
See the inaugural class here:
Path to Partner Fireside Chat
Many thanks to Leandro Bedolla for organizing a “path to partner” Zoom-side chat, and to Rami Reyes and Jomayra Herrera for speaking about their backgrounds, experiences, lessons learned, and insightful tips with a small group of LatinxVCs on the partner track.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Lisette Tellez, part of the LatinxVC operating committee, raised a >$40m Fund II for Ocean Azul Partners.
Consuelo Valverderaised a $22m Fund II for SV Latam Capital.
Cristina Nuñez from True Beauty raised $42m for her first fund.
Adriana Saman was promoted to principal at Clocktower.
Guillermo Grimaldo joined Goldman Sachs’ VC and Growth Equity Group as an investor.
Joanna Lichter Cohen joined Emerson Collective as a senior associate.
Luis Garcia joined Cultivian Sandbox Ventures as an associate.
Mariano Salinas has joined Argentum as an associate.
Congratulations to everybody on their moves and their money moves! We are proud of you all and excited about what you’ll do next! Vamos!
JOB SEEKERS
If you’re looking to join the ranks of LatinxVCs in venture, make sure you are subscribed to our jobs newsletter.
Sign up for our jobs newsletter here!
LAST CALL!
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If you’re a LatinxVC, become a LatinxVC member here
If you’re LatinxVC and interested in a venture career, sign up here.
If you’re an LP interested in supporting Latinx investors and GPs, shoot us an email at LPs@latinxvcs.com
If you’re a fund looking for Latinx talent, post a job here.
If you’re media or press, shoot us an email at press@latinxvcs.com
Thanks for reading!
-- Your LatinxVC leadership team; Rami, Maria, Alex, Juan-Pablo, Ilse, Jacob, Hector, Carmen, Lauren, Noramay, Daniel, and Flavia (your newsletter ninja - send your hottest events, brags, and content to flavia@buildgroup.com)