🌈 Pride, 2024 tech trends, ecosystem rankings, unicorn formula, funding opportunities, and more
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Big news this month: Mexico's got a new president - she’s a PhD in climate science - and we just invested in LATAM's Manzana Verde! Forbes released its 2024 Midas List of top investors, while scientists announced a wild plan for the first human head transplant. Plus, a court ruling could shake up fee disclosure rules for VC funds.
On a personal note, I'm recovering from surgery (all good!) and can't wait for our June 25th Ganas Expert Series chat with Susie Trujillo on Founder Operational Mastery. Sign up to learn the secrets of scaling your startup!
Happy Pride Month!
​​​​​​​​​​✨ Lolita Taub, GP at Ganas Ventures | X | lumaÂ
Ganas Ventures invests $100K checks into pre-seed and seed community-driven startups in the US and Latin America. ​​We’ve been featured in Forbes, Nasdaq, Techcrunch, and more.
​​​​​​​​​Congrats
Honey Homes (port co) raised a $9.25M Series A-1. Rogue Women’s Fund raised $13M for Fund I. Behind Genius Ventures raised an $8.9M Fund II. Storybook (port co) won 5 Telly Awards. Suma Wealth (port co) made Latino Leaders 100 Latinas of 2024 list. Zócalo Health (port co) won the Latinas in Tech 2024 Latina Entrepreneur of the Year award. OpenseedVC and Type Capital launched. Hello Alice made American Banker’s Most Influential Women in Fintech 2024 list.
​​​​​​​​​​​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!
​For investors
CB Insights | Catch up on the 2024 Global Tech Trends Report
LAVCA | Explore the 2024 LATAM Trends in Tech Report
UBS | Dive into the 2024 Global Family Office Report
​​​​​​​​​Startup-Investor Matching Tool | VCs: meet thesis-aligned underrepresented founders
Sponsored | Check out SomosVC’s 3rd Annual Report on the State of Latino/a VCs.
​​​​​​​​​For founders
FastCompany | Check out this unicorn formula
Crunchbase | Learn how to raise your Series A
Business Insider | Get insight into AI startup acquihires
​​​​​​​​​LaaS | Underrepresented founders: get resources made for you
​​​Sponsored | Community-driven founders and funders: what is a community-driven community? In a recent The Swarm (port co) webinar, Lolita Taub, GP of Ganas Ventures, shares her answer, best practices for founders, gtm, and more.
​​​​​​​​​Money
ATT | Women founders: apply for $50K by 7/10
VS | LATAM founders: apply for $100K by 8/11
Accion | Founders: apply for $10K grants by 9/13
BGV | BIPOC women founders: apply for $30K by 11/6
AIIG | AI founders: apply for $10K grants
Ganas Ventures | Community-driven founders: apply for $100K
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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WOW on the section illustrating "Startup Ecosystem Ranking" how intresting there is no ranking for startups working on cutting age AI. Pluse no Latinx or Hispanic Entrepeneur's startups working on AI beyond generated AI listed in the ranks.