Stacy Brown-Philpot

Cherryrock Capital leads Series A and B financings of software companies led by Black and Latine founders based in the US.

Sean Mendy

Westbound Equity Partners is an early stage fund focused on capitalizing underrepresented founders, investing in companies serving underrepresented consumers, and helping early stage companies build diverse teams.

Nasir Qadree

Zeal Capital Partners seeks to partner with diverse management teams building high growth early stage businesses rethinking the building blocks of wealth, from employment pathways, financial technology with a lens towards inclusion, and health equity.

Manny Smith

There are 6.7 million students in community college across the United States. 80% aspire to attain a bachelors degree. EdVisorly is scaling a platform to make this achievable.

Jessica Reid Sliwerski

Ignite Reading is supporting more than 15,000 students across 14 states to become readers with the goal of teaching 1 million students to read.

Patrick Cook-Deegan

Over 1 million students and 30,000 educators have built the skills needed to lead meaningful and purposeful lives through Wayfinder's innovative curriculum and trainings.