Hispanic Heritage Month, Inaugural Summit (Miami) and mentorship program applications!
September 2022
Hi LatinxVC Community,
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! We know this time is a busy one for our members who are all leaders across the industry. We want to thank you for all the work you do, we see it and appreciate that it take a village to shift an industry like ours.
Our Board and committees have also been hard at work the past couple of months and we are excited to share with you what we’ve been up to. We hope you can join us in the various opportunities coming up!
In this issue:
Mentorship Program applications open!
Inaugural LatinxVC Summit!
Welcome our Executive Director, Mariela Salas.
Our community wins 🥳
Opportunities
Mentorship Program
We launched out mentorship program last year with the goal of providing our Associate/Principal community an opportunity to tap into our amazing Partner/GP LatinxVC members as they grow in their careers. The program was a success in many career moves, promotions and life decisions we’ve all seen. We are excited to continue it this year and grow our mentor pool.
We are opening the applications for the 2022 mentorship program today! Gracias to all who are giving their time to help early-career VCs. If you’re a Principal or Associate apply here to join our 2022 cohort. Deadline to register is October 7th (spots are limited).
We’ve always known Miami is great! 🌴
We are so excited for our Inaugural Annual Summit. We had the vision for this event when we started the organization and see it as an opportunity for all of us to come together every year. Of course, we felt that Miami, FL would be perfect for the inaugural summit. This will be an opportunity to focus on topics that we know are a top priority for Latinx VCs and LPs in 2022. You can purchase a ticket here. If you register before October 1st you can get early bird pricing. We can’t wait to see you there!
If you or an organization you know is interested in being a founding sponsor shoot our team a note to annualevent@latinxvcs.com.
Introducing Mariela Salas, the new LatinxVC Executive Director
Earlier this month we welcome Mariela to #TeamLatinxVC! She is eager to meet members of our community in the various events regional events that lead up to our annual summit, make sure to follow her on twitter and welcome her. She’s heads down leading the way on our Summit, Annual Report and building partnerships with organizations building the ecosystem.
Our Community (wins 🥳)
🎉 We had several wins this past quarter with members of our community making serious moves on the capital side. Let’s all celebrate them!
L’Attitude Ventures closes on $100M fund to to back Latina(o) companies that are based in the U.S.
Maria Salamanca, (LatinxVC co-founder and board President) has joined Ulu Ventures making it the only $100M+ VC fund with 3 Latinas as Partners!
Congratulations Beatriz Acevedo, for being listed as an Entrepreneurial Icon on
ALPFA (Association of Latino Professionals for America) Most Powerful Latinas 2022
Kapor Capital, Black-Led VC Firm Focused On ‘Impact,’ Raises $126 Million. 53% of their investments have a founder who identifies as Black and all investments have a founder who identifies as an underrepresented person of color.