Shaydi DeJesus

Backstage Capital is a venture capital fund investing in the best startups led by underrepresented founders in the U.S.

Since 2020, a new category of fund managers, known as Capital Activists, has emerged. They utilize high-risk power law investing for social change. Full Spectrum Capital aims to be the hub for these new Social Justice GPs. By making early commitments, even during the fund design phase, we strive to enhance the success of these funds. Our first fund is the Community Wealth Fund (CWF), an integrated venture capital fund innovating in comprehensive deep-impact and social justice investing, building community wealth while targeting fair returns for investors. Many of our LPs invest through their Donor-Advised Fund (DAF), Nonprofit, or Trust. By doubling their resources, we can double their impact. Focusing on investments with deep community connections can lead to higher financial and social returns. We target stand-alone Fund I, II, and III with a fund size of under 50MM. These have a proven history of higher returns because the fund managers are hungry, ambitious, and looking to prove themselves to raise future funds. Our investments target wealth-building solutions for communities rather than individuals in food, climate, finance, health, and education industries. We support employee ownership pools, trusts, and residential ownership of affordable housing developments.

Capital & Capitol. Two important factors that majorly impact a startup’s future. The Texas Venture Alliance is a non-profit focused on amplifying the venture community across the state and advocating for startups and investors at the Texas Capitol.

Republic is a financial technology firm specializing in private market investment services. Republic operates a marketplace platform for community finance, accredited investment opportunities, full-service tokenization, digital asset management, blockchain advisory, and private institutional capital. Republic has deployed over $2.6 billion in investments, supported over 2,500 ventures, with a community of over 3M users across 150 countries. Republic is backed by dozens of leading investment firms and financial institutions and has co-invested with the best names in venture and private equity. Founded in 2016, Republic is headquartered in New York City with offices worldwide. For additional information, visit republic.com or @joinrepublic on X. Worth building™

Backstage Capital is a venture capital fund investing in the best startups led by underrepresented founders in the U.S.

Military Connected Capital seeks to offer access to "patient capital" for veterans, military spouses, and other military-connected entrepreneurs to help them launch, grow, and scale their startups and small businesses. Patient capital investing bridges the gap between the efficiency and scale of market-based approaches and the social impact of pure philanthropy. Patient capital has a high tolerance for risk, has long time horizons, is flexible to meet the needs of entrepreneurs, and is unwilling to sacrifice the needs of end customers for the sake of shareholders. At the same time, patient capital ultimately demands accountability in the form of a return of capital: proof that the underlying enterprise can grow sustainably in the long run. Patient capital is not a new concept, but it is gaining more attention with the growth of the ”impact investing” industry. Impact investments are, to some extent, the contemporary manifestation of patient capital. They are made in “companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate social and environmental impact alongside a financial return,” according to the Global Impact Investment Network. In its 2016 survey of the impact investing industry, the network found that 156 respondents managed $77.4 billion in impact-focused assets, and further growth is expected. Where the network was able to use comparative data, it recorded an 18 percent compound annual growth rate in assets under management between 2013 and 2015. The 2016 survey also found that around a third of the impact investors questioned seek below market-rate returns, which demonstrates the important role of patient capital in the industry. If you are interested in learning more, lets talk!