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Major Updates

VCFamilia Award Nominations End 6/2

Nominate a friend or colleague for the 2025 VCFamilia Catalyst and Rising Star Awards!

During the VCFamilia Awards, we'll be honoring:
- The VCFamilia Catalyst Award: Granted to an incredible General Partner leading a Fund I-III who has had a positive influence on the Latine community throughout their career.
- The VCFamilia Rising Star Award: Granted to an exceptional junior investor (non-GP) within the VCFamilia community who has demonstrated remarkable promise over their career, having achieved significant milestones (such as a promotion, acceptance into a fellowship or mentorship program, or the successful sourcing and execution of a significant deal) in the last 12 months.

We are accepting nominations for the Catalyst and Rising Star Awards. The winners of these awards must be (or become) a VCFamilia member and able to receive their award in-person at the awards reception. Please take a moment to complete this form and nominate a friend or colleague for the VCFamilia Catalyst and Rising Star Award by June 2 11:59PM PT.

On another note, keep buying early bird tickets here! We’re going to start our referral competition for it shortly 🙂 

Thank you to Comcast Lift Labs for being our 2024-2025 Partner!

LaFamilia been partners with Comcast Lift Labs for over 3 years and they have been nothing but supportive and genuine in their commitment to our community. Learn more about them below:

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Celebrating Familia Wins🎉

• Congrats to Ignacio Castro and Jake Lefker on a successful launch! Click the post above to see more photos.

• Shoutout to Veronica Juarez, VCFamilia Steering Committee Member, and Magda Guillen-Swanson for leading our LP/GP Luncheon last week! See more above.

• Thank you so much for the love of our Newsletter Referral Program! Keep climbing up and claim some swag, access and more (scroll to the end to refer!)

🗓️ Eventos

FYI – as we’re getting bigger as a community, we will prioritize event entry to members that have been active in building community. This includes being active in the Slack/Whatsapp, volunteering as a city lead/supporter (sign up here) etc. We can only continue to provide resources if we have the community support along the way. La unión hace la fuerza!

• New York City Tech Week

  • June 5 - Kick off the day with Breakfast Club—a vibrant morning meetup curated for early-stage founders, active investors, and ecosystem champions. Hosted at Arlo! RSVP here.

  • June 5 - Yep same day. Join us, Gaingels, Vamos and Lazo for VC Backyard- VC & Founder speed-dating! RSVP here.

• Los Angeles

  • June 10 - Venture & Comunidad will bring together those in the South Bay for good vibes and a dynamic mini-panel featuring a powerhouse trio: a trailblazing founder, a visionary VC, and a purpose-driven angel investor. RSVP here.

FYI Hubspot graciously offered LaFamilia FIVE FREE tickets to their HUGE INBOUND Conference in September ($1300 value). We were able to give it to 5 folks in LaFamilia- Aurora Diaz, Aldo del Valle, Elizabeth Reyes, Karen Sheffield, and Pedro Crespo. Congratulations!

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Meet the Co-Founder Series

Next Week - FounderFriday Preview - Francisco Javier 🇧🇴

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Francisco Javier Román is a Santa Cruz–based entrepreneur building for the millions of small businesses often overlooked by traditional fintech. As Co-Founder and CFO of tuGerente, Francisco is helping Latin America’s SMEs gain real financial visibility, with tools built for their reality, not someone else’s balance sheet.

From selling a clunky MVP to 25 early adopters to expanding into Mexico and securing institutional funding from IMPAQTO Capital (a VCFamilia member), Francisco, Freddy Arredondo (CEO | Co-Founder), and his team are proving that world-class tech can scale from Bolivia without relocating its roots.

About tuGerente

• tuGerente is an all-in-one SaaS platform that helps Latin American SMEs manage inventory, sales, and finances in real time.

• First international institutional funding from IMPAQTO Capital (based in Ecuador and the U.S.).

• Achieved successful market entry into Mexico, signing first clients while continuing to scale a 40+ person team headquartered in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

• Lesson Learned: Don’t confuse what your customers say they want with what they actually need; listen deeper.

Community Ask:

• Looking to connect with impact-aligned investors and partners who believe in sustainable growth (Reach out: [email protected]).

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Funding & Resources for Early-Stage Founders and VCs 🫰🏽

• The Cartier Women's Initiative is an annual international entrepreneurship program that aims to drive change by empowering women impact entrepreneurs. Submission period ends on June 24 - apply here.

• Slauson is hosting a 1-Day Summer School July 15th - apply by May 30th here.

• LBAN is hosting their Capital Matching Day June 6. Meet 100+ Latina/o-led startups across all stages. Sign up here.

• AWS, NVIDIA, and Microsoft for Startups: 3 programs to join - learn more here from our FounderFamilia member Santiago Carvajal.

• We (LaFam’s Kim Hernandez) found a full list of funding opportunities here.

Open Positions in VCs 💼

• Cerity Partners is hiring an Investment Healthcare Associate (Multiple Cities)

• Soma Capital is hiring an Investment VP / Principal (SF)

• Varys Capital is hiring a Senior Venture Associate (Remote)

• Optiver is hiring an Investment Principal (NYC)

• KKR is hiring a Fund Financing Associate (NYC)

• Redbeard Ventures is hiring a Summer VC Analyst (NYC)

• Roche Venture Fund is hiring a Head of Venture (Switzerland)

• Sonen Capital is hiring an Impact Associate (SF)

• Impact Ventures is hiring a Managing Director (TX)

• Grayscale Investments is hiring an Analyst (CT)

• ArcTern Ventures is hiring an Associate (SF)

• igniteXL Ventures is hiring an Associate (SF)

• Theory Ventures is hiring an Investor (SF)

• Harvard Impact Labs is hiring an Associate Director (Boston)

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