“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 […]
Words of Pride
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“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 […]
In today’s crowded marketing landscape, it’s more important than ever to have a unique message that stands out from the competition. As the only LGBTQ+ streaming network that is diverse owned and targeted, we have that with Revry. Our four equal co-founders reflect the community we serve and are minority […]
Think the Midwest is still just flyover country? Midwest Drive is about proving you wrong. According to a recent feature in Entrepreneur, the Midwest mindset is all about hard work, sweat equity, efficiency, and—above all—smart, deliberate growth. Filmmaker Spencer Elliott-Hair (director of Fly Black Boy) took a drive around SXSW […]
Last month we had the great pleasure of hosting the Pride Fund Drag Brunch at SXSW in Austin, TX–I mean why not…we’re PROUD! At our big fabulous drag brunch we had the premier of the Austin episode of Words of Pride. The timing of the premier and the location in […]
A little brunch with some great friends and Drag Queens–who could ask for anything more! This year the Pride Fund was back at SXSW and had the pleasure of serving as co-host to the 2023 Pride Brunch at the Midwest House! We premiered the Austin “Words of Pride” episode, had […]
Well, Seattle, Washington is known for a number of things…like being home to Starbucks, a vibrant grunge music scene, the Space Needle, Pike Place Market, headquarters to a number of tech companies including Amazon and Microsoft. On the Words of Pride tour we had the chance to visit Seattle…and we […]