Tomorrow is Thanksgiving for our U.S. Familia! We're thankful to our global community for uniting in full force to build a stronger ecosystem for Latine founders and funders. We have grown to 320+ VCFamilia members over the past 2 years and 375+ members strong in FounderFamilia since its launch in July 2022.

We're also thankful to all of our allies, partners, sponsors, and true believers. None of this is possible without all of you... every social share, mention to founders or funders, and new connections made has helped us grow and deepened our impact. Simply said, we are grateful for all of you!

As a non-profit we are also gearing up for Giving Tuesday. Stay tuned from news from us a day before on Monday!

In this issue, you'll read about some incredible wins from our community, an opportunity to meet with top Latine companies (thanks to our partner LBAN), job opportunities, and a search for our first FT hire 🙌🏽

LeadSales Investment!

Let's all give a big FELICIDADES to LeadSales, the winner of our 2nd Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Pitch Competition. They recently raised a $400k seed round led by VCF member Miriam Rivera of Ulu Ventures, and joined by familia members Lolita Taub of Ganas Ventures. We love to see our communities succeed especially with Latina investors coming together, and we're glad to play a part in LeadSales' entrepreneurial journey with the $50k prize from the competition. Read all about it here.

Capital Matchmaking with LBAN

The 14th Cohort of LBAN's Business Scaling Program is in its final four weeks. The program is exclusive to Latine founders, designed to help them scale quickly, build a network, and prepare to further finance their companies. The culmination of the program is capital matchmaking with investors.

Want to meet the companies in Cohort 14? Meet them and fill out the Capital Matchmaking Session form to select your top companies. LBAN will work with you to facilitate an introduction and arrange a virtual call or meet IRL at Stanford on December 3rd.

5 VC Job Openings

VCs are hiring, even if the public market outlook looks rocky. Here are some of the top postings:

• Chief of Staff, Eniac Ventures, NYC

• Investment Analyst, Arrington Capital, Remote 

• Growth Manager, Contrary, Remote 

• Partner, M12, SF 

• Managing Director, Techstars, Chicago, IL

La Familia is Hiring!

We are looking for our first ever full-time hire for the Head of Programming. If you know anyone who has program management experience and is looking to be immersed in the startup ecosystem, on both founder and funder sides, send them to us.

You can read more about the opportunity in this job description, including how to apply here.

Call for wins and content

We love to amplify what is happening in our community. Please email us at [email protected] with all of your wins, new content, and PR items to be shared.