🔮 2024, +$1M funding opportunities, market trends, broken cap tables, SaaS metric trackers, speakers, and more
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Hi all! I've been pretty swamped with Ganas Ventures and life in general, but here's a quick update and what you need to keep in mind for 2024:Â
Ganas Ventures is thriving with 13 awesome portfolio companies: Around, Ask Alex, Careerflow.ai, Chptr, Distribute, Latitud, Leadsales, Masa, Papaya, Shappi, Storybook, The Swarm and one other we will announce soon. Bonus: we have markups, and startups are led by 92% BIPOC-, 62% women-, and 8% LGBTQ- founders.
As for 2024, I expect continued turbulence in the startup world. Valuations will continue to adjust. Many companies will die. And yet, startups solving real problems efficiently will raise and grow, and investors will find some great opportunities as things level out.Â
Life is full of ups and downs, and we must take a moment to acknowledge this, find the opportunity in what comes our way, and learn to celebrate wins - especially the small wins.
Happy holidays and see you in your inbox in 2024.
​​​​​​​​​​✨ Lolita Taub, GP at Ganas Ventures | twitter | lumaÂ
Ganas Ventures invests in pre-seed and seed community-driven startups in the US and Latin America. ​​We’ve been featured in Forbes, Nasdaq, Techcrunch, and more.
​​​​​​​​​Congrats
The Ganas Ventures Team made Angel Investor’s list of Top 40 VC Firms Investing in Latino Startups. Sasha McKenzie and her team raised a $150M Wellington Fund 1. Aubrie Pagano and her team raised a $78M Alpaca Fund 3. Adrianna Samaniego was made Partner at Female Founders Fund. Rei Wang and Anita Hossain of The Grand (port co) raised a $4.7M Seed. Rehan Choudry of Chptr (port co) raised a $1.5M Seed. Emma Sánchez Andrade Smith of Jefa (port co) was acquired by Tala. Babba Rivera of Ceremonia (port co) became Sephora’s first Latina-owned haircare brand. Sandra LaPlante of Papaya (port co) made HolonIQ’s 2023 North America EdTech 200 List.
Exclusive offer: Try their go-to-network platform for free at theswarm.com The Swarm also partnered with Ganas Ventures to give you 70% off your first year on The Swarm (pay $99/month instead of $299/month).
​Funders
CBInsights | Read up on global funding & IPO trends
Pitchbook | Learn about specialist & generalist fund performance
Endeavor | Get the blueprint of unicorn founder profiles
​​​​​​​​​Startup-Investor Matching Tool | VCs: meet thesis-aligned underrepresented founders
​​​​​​​​Sponsored | Speaking opportunity: Ganas Ventures hosts a monthly Ganas Experts Series chat where experts share gems with underestimated founders, funders, and friends, and we’re looking for 2024 speakers. Learn more and become a guest speaker here.
​​​​​​​​​Founders
Asking for a founder | Learn about broken cap tables & see if you have one
Asking for a founder | Find out if VCs expect founders to work full-time
​​Asking for a founder | Get a list of tools to track SaaS performance metrics
​​​​​​​​​LaaS | Underrepresented founders: get resources made for you
​​​​​​​​Sponsored | Founders: Are you searching for your next office space in Mexico City? Look no further! Around is expanding with amazing plug-and-play locations.
​​​​​​​​​Money
Sephora | Black beauty founders: apply for $100K grants​​
Ganas Ventures | Community-driven founders: apply for $100K
Lattitude | US Latino founders: apply for up to $1M
HerSuiteSpot | WOC founders: aply for $1K grants
Wish | Black founders: apply for $500-$2K
​​​​​Workers Lab​ | BIPOC women: apply for $200K
​​​​​Amber | Women founders: apply for <$10K grants
​​​​​​​​Z Fellow | Technical tinkerers: apply for a $10K grant
​​​TechRise | Chicago founders: apply to win $50K
​​​​​​​​​​SoGal Foundation | Black women founders: apply for $5-$10K in grants
​​​​​​​​​​1863 Ventures | Black founders: apply to get a 3Rs $5K grants
​​​​​​​​​​Equity Crowdfunding | Raise up to $5 million
​​​​​​​​​​Startup-Investor Matching Tool | Founders: get intros to investors
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