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[VCFamilia] Issue #10 - 170+ Members, 20+ VC Jobs, Pride Month & Co-Investments
"Esto es para ustedes, pa' que se lo gozen" - Tego
This community lives for bringing us together and allowing us to bring our culture to the VC community. The tremendous growth and engagement could not have been possible without an engaged community and audience, therefore THANK YOU!
We're just getting started and we're so excited to show you what's next! Here's to cap tables & croquetas, term sheets & tamales, board seats & bocadillos.
Happy Pride Month! Join us on Tuesday June 29th at 1pm ET as Adrianna Samaniego & Nicole Detommaso discuss the intersectionality of Latinx and LGBTQ+. Register here and spread the word!
We're having a member meetup in Austin! 🤠 Reply to this newsletter to receive the invite, see y'all soon.
If you are a VC who identifies as Latinx and would like to join our VCF slack, please fill out this form. Feel free to join the Linkedin group that includes allies + follow us on Twitter (almost at 1,500!).
Coming Up:
Celebrating our #PRIDE: In celebration of Pride Month, please join VCFamilia in highlighting Latinx LGBTQ+ voices in venture capital. Adrianna Samaniego (FFF) and Nicole DeTommaso (Harlem Capital) will be sharing their experiences as Latinas in VC and observations on how we can make the space more inclusive and diverse. Moderated by Cheryl Campos. Register here.
Internal: For VCF Slack members, we will be hosting our monthly parranada to meet and welcome new members on Thursday July 1st - you’ll receive the calendar invite shortly!
Wepa! Community Wins:
Be the change you want to see: This community was built on changing the VC landscape and making sure we have a seat at the table. Read more and if you're interesting in partnering or something else, feel free to reply to this newsletter... and we're now at 170+!
The Power of VCFamilia — Meet 150+ Latinx Venture Capitalists | by Cheryl Campos | Jun, 2021 | Medium — cycampos11.medium.com
VCFamilia was founded in response to a pain point shared by many Latinx venture capitalists: isolation. In finance and tech, we’ve frequently been “the only one” in the room, which is an experience I…
🌱Latinx investor collab: Shoutout to Alejandro Guerrero & Adriana Saman coinvesting Crediverso's $3.1m seed round and Adrianna Samaniego and Cheryl Campos coinvesting in Kindra's $4.5m round!
We at @ActOneVC are incredibly proud to have co-led @crediverso’s seed round with @BessemerVP, with @p72vc and my Latina hermana @adrisaman at Clocktower Ventures joining as well. It’s time to help the Hispanic community access the credit building journey
news.crunchbase.com/news/exclusive…
— Alejandro Guerrero 🇲🇽🇺🇸 (@aguerrerovc)
7:15 PM • Jun 21, 2021
Proud to have invested with @karaweber + @thecommunityvc in LA-based Kindra, the “proactiv of menopause.” And better yet to do it with hermana @Adrianna_Says + @fcubedvc leading the $4.5m round thanks to @FamiliaVc 🙌🏽
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— Cheryl Campos 🇺🇸🇵🇪 (@modelvc)
2:12 PM • Jun 21, 2021
Community Gatherings:
Thank you Top American Latinx Tech Leaders for the invite with VCF members Carolina Huaranca, Mario Ruiz, Elias Torres, and Cheryl Campos below. Amazing how energizing in-person events are, especially with powerhouse Latinx all in one room!
Thank you @TopLatinxTech@RicardoGarciaAm and @AndrewYang for having us today!
— VCFamilia (@FamiliaVc)
12:14 AM • Jun 18, 2021
Recent VC Job Postings
To see them come up live, follow our twitter!
Dallas / NYC - Gore Range Capital - Associate
SF - Rock Health - Venture Fellow
NYC - Catalyst Investors - BD Analyst/Associate
London / DC - Village Capital - Investment Analyst & Partnerships
Remote - Hometeam Ventures (led by VCF Julieta Moradei!) - Venture Research Fellows
Santa Monica - March Capital - Investment Associate
Madison - CUNA Mutual Group - Venture Growth and Experience Manager
Mexico City - Quona - Analyst
NYC - ERA - Global Program Manager
SF / Redwood - Bessemer - Marketing Program Manager
NYC - AXA Venture Partners - Analyst
Remote - Work with VCF Lolita! - Role
Remote - Samaipata - Associate
NYC & London - Northzone - Associate
SF - YCombinator Continuity Fund - Research Associate
Remote - Harlem Capital - Venture Internship
SF / Remote - 500 Startups - Associate
Remote - Vamos Ventures (led by VCF Marcos Gonzalez!)- Senior Associate, Principal, Head of Platform
Remote - Republic - Venture Programs & Community Manager
SF - Infinity Ventures (led by VCF Mario Ruiz!) - Associate
Remote - CityLight Ventures - Operations Associate
Remote - 776 Ventures - Analyst
Appreciation Corner
This is what we're here for, we build as climb!
Creating #community in response to a shared pain point: Latinx isolation in VC
Thank you @modelvc for creating @FamiliaVc a space to connect, share lived experiences, and change the narrative of #VC.
Prepárate 🌎... 😉— Cristina Apple Georgoulakis (@cristina_laki)
5:06 PM • Jun 9, 2021
And we appreciate you too ♥️