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[VCF] Asian Heritage Month, Sequoia, and Burrito Rankings - Issue #7
Welcome to VCFamilia Issue #7. This is a biweekly update to keep you in the know about everything going on in the Latinx venture community.
🌮Cinco de Mayo is upon us!
If you are a VC who identifies as Latinx and would like to join the slack, please fill out this form. Feel free to join the Linkedin group that includes allies + follow us on Twitter.
Coming Up:
🌮 Cinco de Mayo! We're having a belated Taco Bar Crawl on May 8th led by Af Hernandez in San Francisco. Luis Valle (who is now in Miami with Softbank) back in SF ranked EIGHTY burrito spots with reviews. Please love and appreciate this ranking spreadsheet - we will be visiting the top places on the list so RSVP by DMing Af here.
Sequoia: Join us for an exclusive conversation with Alfred Lin, Partner at Sequoia Capital, who was recently named the world’s top investor by Forbes. Lin is on Sequoia’s early-stage team where he has sourced a broad range of legendary startups from AirBnB to DoorDash. In partnership with Latina Venture Students and Latinx MBA. RSVP here.
Wepa! Community Wins:
Latinx Excellence: Congratulations in order for VCFamilia rockstars Cain Yepez, Leandro Bedolla, Julieta Moradei, and Jesus Salas for receiving HBCUvc's Emerging Venture Leader awards! Thankful for y'all - advocating for each other and lifting each other up, we grow as a community. See the whole list of incredible movers and shakers here: http://bit.ly/vcfhbculist
FORTUNE: More praise for the work Alejandro Guerrero is doing with the Diversity Rider in Fortune below:
Much work remains if venture capital is to break out of its white- and male-dominated paradigm.
Latinx co-investing in deals: Chingona x Angeles, ActOne x NewView, coming very soon, some more 🤫. We have a deal flow circle every month for Latinx investors and results are already underway.
3/ Congrats to @rubenagarcia and the @certiverse team on their $2M Seed raise from @hydeparkvp, @ChingonaVC, @AngelesInvestor, and Hunt Holdings, LP.
globenewswire.com/news-release/2…
— Harlem Capital (@HarlemCapital)
6:58 PM • Apr 30, 2021
We @ActOneVC are so happy for our immigrant founders @semerda & @dbirulia at @Veryfi_Inc for closing their $12mm Series A led by @newviewcap, with the amazing Latina VC @jazminsmedina joining their board. 🚀 forbes.com/sites/rebeccas…
— Alejandro Guerrero 🇲🇽🇺🇸 (@aguerrerovc)
8:22 PM • Apr 27, 2021
Community Gatherings:
What’s life without spontaneity? LA VCF meetup in the books - thank you @Econoahmad@laincubator for hosting (on 🌍 day!)
— VCFamilia (@FamiliaVc)
8:49 PM • Apr 22, 2021
The VCF x Envision teams collaborated on a panel about challenges first time founders face when fundraising and shoutout to Mita Carrmian, Daniel Lobaton, Chris Errico, and Daisy Garcia for dropping gold nuggets the entire time.
Appreciation Corner
Why we do what we do (Maya Matthews posted this after the Derek Chauvin trial conviction, la lucha sigue):
Extraordinary firms, orgs and individual investors who are doing it right and have published great resources: @HarlemCapital@BLCKVC@FamiliaVc@Work_Bench@cleocapital@HBCUvc@meghalexander@NaithanJones@Syd_Lykes and many many others whose Twitter handles I don’t know ☺️
— Maya Matthews (@MayaJMatthews)
11:32 PM • Apr 20, 2021
And we appreciate you ♥️