Making Entrepreneurship Funding More Inclusive

A leadership development and education program for under-served and entry-level professionals interested in advancing decision-making representation in crowdsourcing, angel investment and venture capital arenas.  A community growing penchant for affinity investing, these emerging leaders will create the momentum and interest from limited partner investors (LPs) harnessing constancies that can launch innovative funds based on emerging track record of building overlooked teams and funding successful ventures.

A fellowship program in venture capital for students attending historically Black, Hispanic and Tribal Colleges and Universities.  The fellowship provides venture capital fundamentals training, experience, and mentorship, and it strategically builds career pathways and relationships between the venture capital industry and minority-serving institutions. By increasing the racial and ethnic diversity in the venture capital field, the ScoutZ Project will foster a new wave of entrepreneurship that is inclusive and equitable.  

The SL2M Hub builds the entrepreneurial infrastructure by supporting early-stage and second-stage founders that demonstrate product feasibility for clients’ scores and create jobs by doubling economic impact to annualized increase in industry-combined sales, savings, and investment, while ensuring 25% rural representation. It sources innovation by raising awareness in regional industry related-demand, predominantly targeting entrepreneurs and innovative startups that match local industry strengths in health innovation, biotech, clean energy, broadband, advanced manufacturing, food and beverage, and technology, including Ai, data science, and IoT.