Join us on June 13th for Venture Out–we can’t wait to celebrate Pride with you! The venture ecosystem severely lacks diversity in many ways and since 2019 the Pride Fund has been working with local, regional, and national partners to help add a bit of color to the venture ecosystem. […]
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We’re on the road again! Join us in Pittsburgh with Innovation Works! We’re going on the road to visit with our next door neighbors to talk about the Pride Fund, our ventures, and why we “invest” in Pittsburgh! Derrick Maultsby Jr., Venture Attorney at Frost Brown Todd, will moderate a panel, including […]
Freedom: Celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride at NYSE In collaboration with our partner: Grindr (NYSE: GRND) With special thanks to The Pride Fund (that’s us), JoyCoast, LGBTQ+ Directors Association We are excited to celebrate Pride Month this year by joining alongside the NYSE on June 25 to support their special Pride-themed panel […]
A W*NDER(ful) Conversation with Tanisha (T.) Robison. – SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR. AVID READER. ROADTRIPPER. VETERAN. Join us for an exciting conversation with a serial entrepreneur. As a gay, veteran, black woman – or as she likes to say “an ultraminority”, T. continually strives to leverage her experience, platform and voice to […]
We’re excited to be back at SXSW in 2024! We hope you’ll join us for the third annual Midwest House Pride Brunch. If you’re in Austin for SXSW please join us from 9a-12p at 75 1/2 Rainey on Sunday for great music, fun yoga, community, and collaboration. At 11a we will have […]
“For pioneering LGBTQ+-focused video-streaming service Revry, it’s been a complicated time, but, its founders say, a crucial one for a service trying to provide underserved audiences with shows that speak to their lives, while connecting brands safely with a substantial, lucrative core audience. In a rare gathering of all four […]
“Black Tech Week, (BTW) returns and is set to once again connect tech entrepreneurs, investors, and professionals to educational opportunities, resources, and to one another. Candice Matthews Brackeen, Founder of Black Tech Week, aims to bring together some of the greatest innovators in technological industries. “As Black people we’ve been […]
“Mission-focused venture capital funds started within the last three years in Columbus are investing – and already seeing returns as startups are acquired – amid a rough year for VC in general and emerging fund managers in particular. Pride Fund LLC, focused on LGBTQ+ founders, and Ohio Impact Fund LP, backing for-profit social […]
“The percentage of US adults who identify as LGBTQ+ has doubled in the last decade—from 3.5% in 2012 to 7.1% in 2022. And Gallup predicts the possibility that that percentage may exceed 10% in the near future. Despite this, LA-based VC firm Backstage Capital estimates that LGBTQ+ founders still receive less than 1% of […]
Will wee see you at Venture Out 2023? If you are an LGBTQI+ founder, a fund or family office interested in finding more incredible diverse start-ups, or a community partner excited about the intersection of the LGBTQI+ and the Venture communities please join us in Columbus on June 15th. Join […]