Founders of Color Showcase 2020
Congratulations to the winners of our audience choices for Best Investment Opportunity (AgTools) and Best Pitch (Flikshop)
Please view the May 11th showcase recording HERE
Find the full program HERE
Interest Form: HERE (Use this form to indicate your interest in potentially investing)
One remaining Information Session: Q&A on the companies, due diligence, and investing. Register here: May 21
Did you know that less than 5% of venture capital in the United States goes to companies with female, Black, and Latino CEOs? 1,2 Let’s work together and change this!
Join us and other like-minded funds, angel groups, and other investors/entities with an investment thesis that includes investing in scalable companies led by founders of color. Next Wave Impact is convening this showcase on Monday, May 11th. We will have 10 finalists present their companies.
We are looking for like-minded investors that share our investment thesis of investing in underrepresented entrepreneurs. Accredited investors are encouraged to consider investing in one or more of these companies after undertaking their own due diligence or in collaboration with others.
10 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED!
| Company | CEO | Sector | STATE | Primary SDG |
| Agtools | Martha Montoya | agtech | CA | 9 |
| BlocPower | Donnel Baird | cleantech | NY | 11 |
| Courtroom5 | Sonja Ebron | legal tech | NC | 10 |
| Flikshop | Marcus Bullock | communications | DC | 9 |
| LiftEd | Andrew Hill | edtech | NY | 4 |
| MedHaul | Erica Plybeah | transportation platform | TN | 3 |
| Meetcaregivers | Florence Furaha | health services platform | MA | 3 |
| Neopenda | Sona Shah | medtech | IL | 3 |
| Possip | Shani Dowell | edtech | TN | 4 |
| Qoins Technologies | Christian Zimmerman | fintech | GA | 10 |
Congratulations to all of our semi-finalists!
| Company | CEO | WEBSITE | STATE |
| Agtools | Martha Montoya | https://www.agtechtools.com/ | CA |
| BlocPower | Donnel Baird | http://blocpower.io/ | NY |
| CareCar | Joshua Itano | http://carecar.co/ | CA |
| Courtroom5 | Sonja Ebron | http://courtroom5.com/ | NC |
| Flikshop | Marcus Bullock | https://www.flikshop.com/ | DC |
| Innovare – Social Innovation Partners | Adrian J (AJ) DeLeon | https://innovaresip.com/ | IL |
| LiftEd | Andrew Hill | https://theliftedapp.com/ | NY |
| MedHaul | Erica Plybeah | https://www.gomedhaul.com/ | TN |
| Meetcaregivers | Florence Furaha | https://meetcaregivers.com/ | MA |
| My Money My Future | Ramona Ortega | https://www.mymoneymyfuture.co/ | NY |
| Neopenda | Sona Shah | https://neopenda.com/ | IL |
| Noria Water Technologies | Sivan Cohen | http://www.noriawater.com/ | CA |
| PeduL | Kayla Jackson | https://www.pedul.com/ | NJ |
| Pigeonly | Frederick Hutson | https://pigeonly.com/ | NV |
| Possip | Shani Dowell | https://possip.com/ | TN |
| Provider Pool | Janna Westbrook | https://www.providerpool.co/ | MO |
| Pulmonaer Analytics | Sunti Wathanacharoen | https://asthmainsight.com/ | KS |
| Qoins Technologies | Christian Zimmerman | http://qoins.io/ | GA |
| Re-Nuble | Tinia Pina | https://www.re-nuble.com/ | NY |
| Uulala | Oscar Garcia | https://uulala.io/ | CA |
Thanks to our sponsors!
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Prizes and Prize and Workshop Sponsors
Our Investor Partners include:
Social Venture Circle, Rockies Impact Fund and Rockies Venture Club, Techstars, Kachuwa Impact Fund, Beta Boom, Village Capital, Vilcap Investments, VentureWell, Endeavor, Camelback Ventures, Pipeline Angels, Citrine Angels, Astia Angels, Score 3, Impact America Fund, Rising America Fund, VamosVentures, Collab Capital, Connectic Ventures, Kapor Capital, Harlem Capital, Southwest Angel Network, Women’s Investor Network, Female Founders Alliance, VC Include, Illumen Capital, SustainVC, Chloe Capital, Ad Astra Ventures, SoGal Ventures, Builder Capitalism, O³, Gratitude Railroad, The 22 Fund, Queen City Angels, Mission Driven Finance, Republic, Main Street Angels, Social Impact Now, XXcelerate Fund, Boston Impact, GAN Ventures, Ozone X Fund, WOCstar Fund, Valor Ventures, the Angel Capital Association, and many, many more. Join us!
Special thanks to ACA for hosting us as a pre-ACA Annual Summit event!
For future sponsorship opportunities please contact Alicia via email: alicia@nextwaveimpact.com
1 Pitchbook, 2019
2 Kauffman Foundation, 2018