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📣Weekend in Review: Retreat +AngelFam

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🎊Upcoming Events:

Thanks to Braze for being one of our sponsors at the NYC FounderFamilia Dinner. Braze is the leading customer engagements platform helping brands forge lasting connections through engaging customer experiences. They also have a Tech for an Equitable Future Grant Program for underrepresented founders (guau!)

If accepted, you’ll receive:

• A free Braze Go package for 12 months with: Unlimited Push Notifications, Webhooks, and In-App/In-Browser messaging for up to 75,000 Monthly Active Users

• 500K Message Credits and two IP addresses

• Onboarding services (6 weeks)

• A dedicated Customer Success Manager + more!

Learn more and apply here! Applications are due January 16, 2026.

Celebrate the holidays with purpose and community! 🎁 Join the BLCK VC x LaFamilia Holiday Party in Chicago! 🗓️ Dec 2nd at 6:30pm. If your heart’s in giving back this season, consider volunteering to make it extra special. Sign up to volunteer here!

FAMILIA WINS 🏆️ 

• Congrats to Elias Torres because Agency is announcing their $20M Series A and publicly launching Kai. Read more here!

• Congrats to Arturo Elizondo because The EVERY Company has secured $55M in Series D funding to expand production of their groundbreaking animal-free egg proteins- now even featured in products at Walmart stores nationwide. Read more here!

Meet The Founder- Lynette Correa-Velez ⭐️

Lynette Correa-Velez, M.Ed., a proud first-generation graduate and mission-driven founder from Chicago, is reimagining how we empower women in the workplace. With over two decades of experience in career coaching and a deep commitment to equity, she founded Págame Project- a career platform combining AI and human insight to close the global women’s wage gap. Through RitaAI, a GenAI career coach agent, and hybrid executive coaching, Págame equips women to negotiate salaries, navigate workplace challenges, and build equitable career paths. Read more here!

VCFellow Feature 📸

Raised in the Bronx, Jasmine Ahmed Llopis learned early that opportunity isn’t one-size-fits-all. While others networked over Zoom, she was walking block by block for New York City’s Test and Trace Initiative- seeing how systemic barriers shape people’s paths.

Now in venture, she brings that same lens- seeing founders not as pitch decks, but as whole people shaped by culture, family, and grit. Her mission: to build a more human-centered approach to investing, one that honors every layer of the founder journey. Read the full spotlight here.

AngelFamilia Wednesdays 🪽

Danny Navarro, Head of Startups for North America at Google, shares his journey with us as a masterclass in conviction and community. That "failed" investment in an early AI company affirmed his thesis, even though the timing was off. It taught him that "Timing is absolutely everything."

Learn more about his strategy and how he's leading Alas Angels here.

The New Framework for Enterprise Voice AI

Enterprise teams are automating more calls than ever — but without a consistent framework, deployments become unpredictable, costly, and slow to scale.

The BELL Framework introduces a structured way to design, test, launch, and improve Voice AI agents with reliability.

Get the guide enterprises are now using to de-risk voice automation and accelerate deployment.

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

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

• Find the ultimate Starter Guide to San Francisco for Founders here, created by Michelle Fang.

• See 52 funds that have recently raised and are actively investing here!

• Our WhatsApp is a great space for our community to grow their companies & networks. We’ve had someone build their second cohort for an AI startup, promote pitch comps, help one another with resources for funding, & find new people to connect with in their city. Join our WhatsApp communities here.

Open Positions in VC and Startups 💼

• Forum Ventures is looking for a Head of Investor Relations (NYC)

• Viridan Group is looking for a Investment Associate-Energy Transition (NYC)

• Suffolk Technologies is hiring a VC Associate (BOS)

• Arkitekt Ventures is looking for Venture Fellows (NY)

• Cathay Innovation is looking for an Vice President (SF)

• Marquee Ventures is hiring an Associate (IL)

• Catalyze is hiring for a Operations Associate (NY or ATL)

• State of Wisconsin Investment Board is looking for a Portfolio Manager (WI)

• Rethink Impact is hiring for a Senior Analyst, Fund Finance & Operations (US)

• VC Lab is looking for a Venture Associate (US)

• First Round Capital is hiring a Chief of Staff (SF)

• The Family Fund & Founder Community is looking for a Head of Fund Operations & Finance (US)

• NewsBreak is looking for a Senior Principal (Mountain View)

• Sandbox Industries is hiring a Investment Associate (Healthcare & Insurance) (TX or IL)

  Partner with us! For a chance to reach the Latine VC community, check out our sponsorship opportunities here. And if you found this newsletter helpful or inspiring, share the love below for a chance to access our referral program prizes!👇🏽 ¡Hasta la próxima!