Dear Friends, As 2023 draws to a close, I am thrilled to share with you the strides we’ve made this year at Pride Fund 1. Our journey has been marked by notable achievements, profound community impact, and unwavering commitment to our mission of empowering LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs and startups. Despite the […]
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“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 […]
Just in time for Valentines Matchmaking service provider Tawkify announced today it acquired S’More, an “anti-superficial” dating app that had experimented with blurred profile photos, and even blurred video chats, in an attempt to get people to get to know one another without the focus on physical appearance. With the acquisition, S’More is sunsetting its […]
Pride Fund 1 Capital Partner Christian Cowan making waves with ’21 New York Fashion Week NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Yahoo, a premier global media and technology company, is proud to return as the Official Innovation Partner of IMG’s New York Fashion Week: The Shows 2021. This fall season, Yahoo has continued to […]
Born into a large Mormon family in a small town in Missouri, Tanisha Robinson never felt as though she belonged. She described herself as a misfit in her church and in her hometown, which was mostly white and religious. Robinson later went on to join the army as an Arabic […]
If you want to watch movies and TV shows created for LGBTQ audiences, you now have more streaming services than ever to choose from. Some mainstream platforms, like Netflix, feature queer entertainment as part of their larger catalog, and other platforms, like Revry, primarily focus on LGBTQ programs. Read more on the […]
The Vision Beyond™ solution is an augmented reality-powered telecollaboration tool for enhanced provider-to-provider communication in healthcare and education application Between talent shortages and widening gaps in healthcare equity, the healthcare industry will be unrecognizable in ten years’ time. Today’s telehealth solutions cannot provide the regional and global collaboration necessary to […]
Featuring Pride Fund 1 venture Revry’s CEO Damian Pelliccione Despite nearly 15 million Americans identifying as LGBTQ+, it’s still treated as a niche group by many marketers. LGTBQ+ representation cannot be relegated to the month of June. While the marketing industry may have seen brands lean in to the community […]
Revry Closes Seed Round with Powerhouse Partners Revry, the world’s first global LGBTQ+ TV and streaming network, announced the close of its seed round investment with participation from esteemed partners Elevate Capital, Pride Fund, Gaingels, Tie Angels and Debut Capital. “They are primed to be the most valuable and influential […]
We are excited to announce Pride Fund I’s investment into Revry! Revry is a streaming platform that provides trusted, authentic, and convenient premium LGBTQ+ content to queer audiences. This investment is a fractional fulfillment of Pride Fund I’s mission to empower phenomenal entrepreneurs & invest in unique and under-tapped communities. […]