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NVCA Member Spotlight: Nationwide Ventures

blog, Diversity, Member Spotlight January 6, 2022/by Sabrina Fang

Welcome to our Member Spotlight series where we give a profile overview of our many diverse members. For this deep dive, we spoke to Amelia Gandara, Principal at Nationwide Ventures to learn more about her firm.

NVCA Member Spotlight: Shadow Ventures

blog, Diversity, Member Spotlight November 8, 2021/by Sabrina Fang

Welcome to our Member Spotlight series where we give a profile overview of our many diverse members. For this deep dive, we spoke to KP Reddy, Founder and CEO at Shadow Ventures to learn more about his firm.

Diversifying the VC Industry, Venture Forward Celebrates One Year Anniversary

blog, Diversity, Ecosystems June 16, 2021/by Maryam Haque

Venture Forward turns one today! After several years in the making, we publicly launched on June 16, 2020 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting organization to NVCA, to meet the growing needs of the VC industry related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), education, research, and history preservation. Read more

Women in VC Making a Big Impact: Carmen Palafox

blog, Diversity March 31, 2021/by Maryam Haque

This new series focuses on successful women in VC and rising stars who are making a big impact as investors and who are making a making positive impact on the venture ecosystem. For this edition, we spoke with Carmen Palafox, Managing Partner at MiLA Capital. Carmen shares details on her VC career, her work with All Raise and Latinx VC, and more!
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Women in VC Making a Big Impact: Bethany George

blog, Diversity March 29, 2021/by Maryam Haque

This new series focuses on successful women in VC and rising stars who are making a big impact as investors and who are making a making positive impact on the venture ecosystem. For this edition, we spoke with Bethany George, Managing Director at Rev1 Ventures. Bethany shares details on her VC career, her work with VentureNext, and more!
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Women in VC Making a Big Impact: Kathryn Weinmann

blog, Diversity March 12, 2021/by Maryam Haque

This new series focuses on successful women in VC and rising stars who are making a big impact as investors and who are making a making positive impact on the venture ecosystem. For this first edition, we spoke with Kathryn Weinmann, Senior Associate at Norwest Venture Partners and a recipient of the 2021 NVCA Rising Star award. Kathryn shares details on her VC career, her work with the Emerging Venture Capital Association (EVCA), and more!
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Black History Month: Celebrating Leaders & Initiatives Driving More Black Representation in VC

blog, Diversity, Ecosystems February 26, 2021/by Maryam Haque

Black employees comprised 3% of all investment partners at U.S. VC firms in 2018, and 1% of total venture funding went to Black or African American startup founders in 2020. As an industry, we are far from where we should be with respect to Black representation among senior leaders. We have a long way to go, but as we’ve reached the end of February and Black History Month, we want to reflect on some of the positives and progress in the industry by highlighting a few leaders, organizations, and efforts that are driving meaningful change for more Black representation in VC. These groups and individuals (and others!) are making history. At Venture Forward, we share the mission of shaping a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive (DE&I) industry, and we’re excited to recognize their accomplishments. Read more

VentureForward Blog Series: SoGal Ventures

blog, Diversity, Venture Forward October 3, 2019/3 Comments/by Maryam Haque

Through our VentureForward initiative, NVCA is always looking to shine a spotlight on initiatives, organizations, and people who are helping to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. We recently connected with Elizabeth Galbut at NVCA member firm SoGal Ventures to learn more about her firm and her role as a judge for the SoGal Global Pitch Competition, a global startup pitch competition for women and diverse entrepreneurs. Read more

Human Capital in VC: Data & Discussions to Unlock Opportunities

blog, Diversity, Research, Venture Forward July 25, 2019/2 Comments/by Maryam Haque

Last month, we released the second edition of the NVCA-Deloitte Human Capital Survey, which captures critical data on the workforce at venture capital (VC) firms, measures progress against our 2016 survey, and uncovers the current state of diversity and inclusion (D&I) across the industry. Read more

We Want YOU to Help us Understand the Current State of Human Capital in VC

blog, Diversity, Venture Forward October 17, 2018/by

In today’s world, having good, trusted data and using it effectively is a key component of running a successful company, VC firm, or practically any other type of organization. Good data is that important.

That creed is just as applicable when it comes to efforts to improve opportunity for underrepresented groups in the venture industry and build more innovative and collaborative teams. We at NVCA believe that in order to create informed solutions, we must understand the current state of the workforce and benchmark that against our findings from 2016. Having reliable, fresh data on the composition of the venture industry is greatly needed to continue to monitor our progress and identify areas to improve diversity and inclusion in our community. Read more

Member Spotlight: Creative Ventures

blog, Member Spotlight September 26, 2022/by Robin Ceppos

For this deep dive, we spoke with James Wang, General Partner at Creative Ventures.

Learning to be an effective leader in the boardroom

blog, Events September 21, 2022/by Jason Vita

All VCs know that investing in a startup goes well beyond writing a check. To help a portfolio company succeed requires the investment of a VC’s time. Young companies need advice and leadership, which is why many VCs sit on the boards of their portfolio companies. And it’s also why NVCA held its first-ever Board […]