Chichi Anyoku

Westbound Equity Partners is an early stage firm investing financial and social capital into exceptional leaders and teams who come from all walks of life to build generationally great companies. Our support goes beyond capital: the Westbound team and Network partner deeply with founders to build intentional, winning cultures and scale with excellence.

Defining the future of venture.

The Cap Table Coalition is made up of high-growth startups, VC firms, and emerging fund managers who want to work to close the racial wealth gap. If you are an underrepresented investor or a founder looking to pledge, join us! https://captablecoalition.com/ Inspired by the Act One Diversity Rider and Finix’s fundraising efforts to diversify startup cap tables, were working to make it as easy as possible for everyone to join the movement.

Our mission is to bring together everyday residents across difference, to build community and drive change on local issues. At GenUnity, we envision “a community by everyone for everyone,” because when we are co-creators in building the systems that impact us, we are all better off. Our issue-focused community leadership programs bring residents together to tackle the issues critical to their communities. Each cohort convenes up to 50 residents–from ‘proximate experts’ experiencing the issue to the ‘siloed experts’ working in institutions to address them–for 10 weeks, 3 hours/week. Through facilitated sessions and small-group discussions with local partners, members go through successive modules that build up their understanding of the issue, connecting people’s lived experiences to the systems and power structures that shape them. In the process, they develop leadership skills–from active listening, to systems thinking, to action planning–and the inquiry-based conversations that members engage in help folks uncover “why” issues persist in their community and “how” they can use their power to drive change. Upon completing the program, members join our Lifetime Community of Practice (LCOP), where they continue to build deep peer-to-peer connections and collaborate on the execution of their action plans. Together, the GenUnity community is translating passion and learning into civic action–from introducing new legislation to changing workplace policies–ultimately transforming what we believe is possible with democracy.

Westbound Equity Partners is an early stage firm investing financial and social capital into exceptional leaders and teams who come from all walks of life to build generationally great companies. Our support goes beyond capital: the Westbound team and Network partner deeply with founders to build intentional, winning cultures and scale with excellence.

Defining the future of venture.

The Black New Venture Competition and Master Series seeks to inspire, engage and elevate Black tech professionals and entrepreneurs through interactive workshops, funding opportunities, dynamic panel discussions and networking opportunities. The Black New Venture Competition - the largest pitch competition for Black early-stage entrepreneurs - provides entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their startups to win $175K. Our curated curriculum and diverse speakers will explore topics related to fundraising, digital marketing/media, product market fit and navigating the tech industry. We hope strategic initiatives like this will be powerful in advancing the discussion on diversity in tech and entrepreneurship and strengthen the pipeline of talent in these sectors.

The Cap Table Coalition is made up of high-growth startups, VC firms, and emerging fund managers who want to work to close the racial wealth gap. If you are an underrepresented investor or a founder looking to pledge, join us! https://captablecoalition.com/ Inspired by the Act One Diversity Rider and Finix’s fundraising efforts to diversify startup cap tables, were working to make it as easy as possible for everyone to join the movement.

Our mission is to bring together everyday residents across difference, to build community and drive change on local issues. At GenUnity, we envision “a community by everyone for everyone,” because when we are co-creators in building the systems that impact us, we are all better off. Our issue-focused community leadership programs bring residents together to tackle the issues critical to their communities. Each cohort convenes up to 50 residents–from ‘proximate experts’ experiencing the issue to the ‘siloed experts’ working in institutions to address them–for 10 weeks, 3 hours/week. Through facilitated sessions and small-group discussions with local partners, members go through successive modules that build up their understanding of the issue, connecting people’s lived experiences to the systems and power structures that shape them. In the process, they develop leadership skills–from active listening, to systems thinking, to action planning–and the inquiry-based conversations that members engage in help folks uncover “why” issues persist in their community and “how” they can use their power to drive change. Upon completing the program, members join our Lifetime Community of Practice (LCOP), where they continue to build deep peer-to-peer connections and collaborate on the execution of their action plans. Together, the GenUnity community is translating passion and learning into civic action–from introducing new legislation to changing workplace policies–ultimately transforming what we believe is possible with democracy.