🥳 Celebrate WHM with Ganas! Trends, valuations, loans, VC, crowdsourcing, funding & more
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It's Women's History Month, and we’re celebrating women globally and Ganas Ventures' second birthday accomplishments! By the way, did you know that women-led venture funds are boosting support for women-owned startups? We are, and women LPs are as well. If you need some woman-LP inspiration, read Susan Kimberlins’s blog.
I’m so proud that Ganas, a 100% Latina-owned and led VC fund with over 30% women LPs and over 40% Deal Partners, has a diverse portfolio with 62% of our investments in women-led companies like Avify, Careerflow.ai, Chptr, Latitud, Masa, Papaya, Shappi, and Storybook!
Oh and, before I forget, Ganas is kicking off our LATAM tour this month! I'll be speaking at South Summit Brazil, and we'll also be visiting Nicaragua and Guatemala. If you're in town, we'd love to see you at our events. So, RSVP!
​​​​​​​​​​✨ 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
Calanthia Mei of Masa (port co) raised a $5.4M Seed and sold out of their CoinList sale in 17 minutes, raising $8.75M. Kimmy and Sergio Paluch raised $14.5M for Beta Boom Fund II. Derek Ali of EngineEars (port co) raised a $7.5M Seed round. Jannine Versi and Alessandra Henderson of Elektra (port co) raised $3.3M. Naomi Osaka of Pressed Roots raised $3.1M. Beatriz Acevedo and Mary Hernandez of Suma (port co) raised $2.2M. Alexandra Fine of Dame (port co) acquired Emojibator. Robby Peñacastro of Leadsales (port co) won Connect MX and made the Top Mexican Startups to Follow in 2024 list.
​​​Sponsored | Listen to the season finale of the Commas podcast with host Sequoia Blodgett. In this episode, Lolita Taub shares her Latina VC journey, Ganas Ventures insights, and founder tips in today's market.
​For investors
Crunchbase | Get the latest deal count and funding trends
Pitchbook | Explore VC Emerging Opportunities
The Banker | Find out why LATAM is the best growth market for startups
​​​​​​​​​Startup-Investor Matching Tool | VCs: meet thesis-aligned underrepresented founders
Sponsored |Â Lolita Taub of Ganas Ventures will speak with David Connors of The Swarm (port co) on The Go-To-Network Playbook panel on March 27th. Join to learn more about the power of community in business.
​​​​​​​​​For founders
Carta | Check out startup round and valuation trends
​​Horak | Get a loans vs VC vs crowdfunding recap
Pitchbook | Read about how FOs are investing in startups
​​​​​​​​​LaaS | Underrepresented founders: get resources made for you
​​​​​​​​​​​Sponsored | Get insider tips from top experts at the Ganas Ventures Expert Series! Join us monthly for fireside chats and Q&A sessions that fuel your startup's success. RSVP today!
​​​​​​​​​Money
AIIG | AI founders: apply for $10K grants
Ganas Ventures | Community-driven founders: apply for $100K
ChicagoDPD | Chicago founders: apply for $5M
B2BNB | Illinois founders: apply for $5-$30K grants
Sephora | Black beauty founders: apply for $100K grants​​
Lattitude | US Latino founders: apply for up to $1M
HerSuiteSpot | WOC founders: apply 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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