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 […]
Words of Pride
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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 […]
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 […]
We spent a wonderful time on the road meeting some amazing LPs, entrepreneurs, and community members from across the country in cities like Austin, Seattle, Cleveland, and San Francisco…to name a few. And while the Pride Fund team traveled to many locations the time we spent at home in Columbus, […]
It’s not every day your Managing Partner and CEO get to sit down alongside such a venture trailblazer like Arlan Hamilton at SXSW talking about community, venture, and identity.
I struggle to find a good, or appropriate, balance between action and pontification—both are critically necessary elements for demonstrating success. As a new and nontypical face in the venture capital space it is even more critical to demonstrate a resounding understanding of facets of the business so that others feel a sense […]