“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 […]
Words of Pride
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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 […]
Lenovo Partners with OpticSurg: Lenovo and OpticSurg Collaborates to enhance workflow for frontline healthcare providers. Lenovo, a leading provider of computing hardware, and OpticSurg Inc is an award winning tech-enabled software company using AR/AI to give frontline healthcare workers and providers the tools they need to optimize healthcare delivery, are collaborating to […]
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, […]