Latinx founders have been overlooked in the venture capital world for too long — Visible Hands and Google are working together to change that. Visible Hands is partnering with Google to form VHLX, a virtual-first fellowship program to support overlooked Latinx founders. …

Apply Now for the Visionaries III Accelerator Program — It seems like almost every day, we’re hearing more success stories about founders who have taken their lives into their own hands, quit their 9–5s, and pursued their dream businesses. …

Visible Hands — a venture capital firm with multiple programs that funds and empowers underrepresented founders launching high-growth startups — announces its first cohort of 20 entrepreneurs for VHBOS, a hybrid, 10-week Fellowship for Boston-based founders. …

Much is a social banking platform that helps millennial and gen-z users who feel overwhelmed and anxious about their financial situation eliminate financial stress. Much automates the tedious parts of personal finance so users can focu on the money decisions that really matter. Carmen Perez always envisioned being a business owner. “In high school, my [senior] quote was…

accel-EQ is the premier digital healthcare platform for medical providers. Accel-EQ automates medical documentation using machine learning and artificial intelligence to increase efficiency and eliminate wasted time, allowing providers to spend more time on their patients. Growing up raised by first-generation parents from the Dominican Republic and Ecuador, Fuentes was…

BK-XL, THE LARGEST BIPOC ACCELERATOR, ANNOUNCES ITS INAUGURAL COHORT OF FOUNDERS — Twelve BIPOC Founders Selected among 2,000 Applicants Startups to Receive up to $500,000 Each, Participate in Ten-Week Program, and Commit to Building their Businesses in Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY — April 4, 2023 — Today, BK-XL, a new Brooklyn-based early-stage startup accelerator for BIPOC founders, announced its initial cohort of twelve…

Why “diversity demands” aren’t distracting, but rather are paramount in times of financial crises Last week, breaking news headlines about Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and its sudden collapse in the financial market infiltrated our lives at a breakneck speed. …

It’s no secret that the representation and support of Latinx founders in VC and entrepreneurship have been historically low. In 2021, Latinx founders received just roughly 2.1% of VC funding, according to data collected by Crunchbase. In 2020, Bain Research reported that out of the top 500 VC and private equity deals made in the ecosystem, less than 1% of those deals involved a Latinx founder. Understanding the Latinx…

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Although the cultural month runs until Oct. 15, it’s important to celebrate and uplift Hispanic and Latinx culture 365 days out of the year — especially in the VC and entrepreneurship space. Although the U.S. population is roughly 18% Hispanic/Latinx-identifying per the 2021 U.S. …