Investment & Inclusion Series: Amplifying Funders Of Color

Name: Investment & Inclusion Series: Amplifying Funders Of Color
Start: 2021-01-26T14:00:00-05:00
End: 2021-01-26T15:30:00-05:00
Location: Online via Zoom Conferencing

January 26 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Free

We’re running this panel as an ONLINE event via Zoom. We’ll email the Zoom link to all the registrants shortly before the event starts.

Any questions, please email [email protected]

Increasing funding for #NewMajority founders also means increasing the number of BIPOC making investment decisions at VC firms, and increasing their access to making angel investments. We’ll be talking to new funds by and for new majority groups and to organizations training the next generation of investors of color. We’ll explore policy changes and initiatives that are being undertaken to grow this group into decision makers - not just associates - and actions that can be taken by ecosystem players to support these initiatives.

NOTE: #NewMajority is the term we will be using going forward to rewire the negative connotations of using ‘under’ when using words like minority, underrepresented, undervalued linked to BIPOC etc. With minority-majority population shifts and as more people of color, women, immigrants, LGBTQ, veterans, disabled & neuro-diverse founders create businesses at a high rate our use of language is important in reflecting population shifts.

This open & ‘imperfect’ conversation is calling in all investors, entrepreneurs and community builders who want to support a more diverse and equitable startup ecosystem.

This event is part of a series of conversations curated by The Capital Network & The Venture Capital Inclusion Lab titled: Investment and Inclusion - Effective Approaches and Practices

From pipeline, portfolio and performance, this Series will explore how investors can create a more diverse portfolio that will support underrepresented founders while growing their returns. We will look at the data, strategies and DEI best practices around doing so and look to experts who have achieved this.

Want to collaborate /sponsor this series of conversations? Please email us at [email protected] for more details!

Moderator: Banu Ozkazanc-Pan

Director of Venture Capital Inclusion Lab; Prof at Brown University; Co-Academic Director, IE Brown EMBA

Samer Yousif

Chief Of Staff at BLCK VC

Eli Velasquez

Board Member at Angel Capital Association, Co-founder & MD at Investors of Color Network

Courtney Scrubbs

Founder, The DAWA Investment Network

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