ABOUT THE PROGRAM
April to October
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5–10 funds per cohort
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First-time fund managers across VC, PE, and Private Credit
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1:1 operational and advisory support and expert sessions
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Virtual GP+LP gatherings
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Free for GPs
2024 Fellows
Alumni Fellows
2023
Shalanda Armstrong
Venture firm investing in early-stage, diverse management teams across the untapped customer segments in FemTech and Future of Work.
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2024
Seed-stage Venture fund focused on Black and Innovative Founders.
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Himalaya Rao-Potlapally
2022
Focusing on solutions to scale trends that bring Black and Latinx cultures to the mainstream—and help reduce the racial wealth gap.
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Tessa Flippin
2022
Collide Capital is a seed-stage enterprise and consumer services fund, is not your typical venture capitalist, currently focusing on building its first fund.
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Brian Hollins
2022
Collide Capital is a seed-stage enterprise and consumer services fund, is not your typical venture capitalist, currently focusing on building its first fund.
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Aaron Samuels
2022
Colorful Capital brings support to enterprises founded and led by members of the broad LGBTQ+ community.
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William Burkart
2022
Colorful Capital brings support to enterprises founded and led by members of the broad LGBTQ+ community.
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Megan Kashner
2023
Venture studio and fund backing pre-seed companies shaping the future of work in agriculture.
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Connie Bowen
2024
Diverse led venture capital firm specializing in early-stage medical technology investing.
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Jenny Barba
2024
Diverse led venture capital firm specializing in early-stage medical technology investing.
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Jeff Chu
2022
Genius Guild builds and invests in high growth companies led by Black founders that serve Black communities and beyond.
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Kathryn Finney
2022
The Mezzanine Fund generates market returns by creating sustainable business value beyond creating value from financial engineering.
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Anne Richie
2023
Community-powered venture firm investing in pre-seed and seed-stage companies at the intersection of technology and impact.
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Erica Wenger
2024
Seed-stage VC firm built by a genuine outlier investing in exceptional founders who are redefining core industries.
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Daniel Dart
2023
Early-stage venture fund to support diverse founders building the sustainable hardware of cities.
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Laura Fox
2023
Early-stage venture fund to support diverse founders building the sustainable hardware of cities.
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Sonam Velani
2023
A fund that caters to what founders need the most at the earliest stages: clear metrics for success, and the capital and support to help them achieve it.
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Sydney Thomas
2024
Providing transformational growth capital to businesses owned and/or managed by women and people of color based in the New American South.
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Emily Halpern
2024
Providing transformational growth capital to businesses owned and/or managed by women and people of color based in the New American South.
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Tamika Tyson
2022
All three partners bring a different set of skills and experiences that create a balanced and effective team. The team has sat on both sides of the table as founders, as well as investors.
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Adam Choe
2022
All three partners bring a different set of skills and experiences that create a balanced and effective team. The team has sat on both sides of the table as founders, as well as investors.
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Amanda Heyman
2022
All three partners bring a different set of skills and experiences that create a balanced and effective team. The team has sat on both sides of the table as founders, as well as investors.
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Danielle Steer
2022
This fund aims to invest in bold founders who have innovative business models and are building early-stage technology solutions with early traction, whether in dollars or data.
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Shila Nieves Burney
About the Program
When does it happen?
1 annual, 6-month cohort
April through September
Biweekly, hour-long fund building sessions
Who do we support?
First-time, underrepresented fund managers across VC, PE, and Private Credit
US-based team and fund
Targeting market-rate returns
Close to launch or actively fundraising for Fund I
What does the fellowship experience look like?
5-10 funds per cohort
1:1 operational and advisory support
Facilitated expert sessions on fund building topics
Virtual GP+LP gatherings
Cohort and alumni community
Vetted network of LPs and service providers
Exclusive GP resources
Free for GPs