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L’ATTITUDE Ventures is a $100 million venture fund dedicated to investing in early-stage (pre-seed to Series A) U.S. Latina/o entrepreneurs. To date, we have invested in 38 companies spread across 12 major U.S. cities, with over 40% of our portfolio companies being led by Latinas. U.S. Latinos represent the most entrepreneurial and significant growth cohort in the country, accounting for one in every four new entrepreneurs and 27% of net GDP growth. L’ATTITUDE Ventures helps to identify and foster these entrepreneurs by providing early investment, substantial capital, and access to an unparalleled network of global expertise and relationships. This includes the insights and experience of two former Fortune 200 CEOs: Oscar Munoz, former CEO of United Airlines, and Sol Trujillo, former CEO of Telstra, as well as Gary Acosta, CEO of NAHREP; Laura Moreno Lucas, former Managing Director at Nasdaq; and Pete Amaro, formerly of The Raine Group. By leading investment rounds, securing board representation, and highlighting Latina/o entrepreneurial innovation, L’ATTITUDE Ventures is transforming the landscape for Latino entrepreneurs.

We are a global venture capital firm with investments in 14 countries. Our portfolio companies represent diversity in about 20 sectors, including AI software, HR Tech, e-commerce, real estate, financial software, and more. As a team, we are passionate about driving innovation and supporting exceptional founders as they scale up their businesses. Our expertise in data mining is reflected in our accomplishment of writing a textbook on the subject that has been downloaded over a million times and translated into 14 languages. We have also contributed to the Mars Exploration Rover Mission in partnership with NASA, having written code that runs on another planet. At Rocketship.VC, we have the largest database of start-up activity, which enables us to stay on top of industry trends and identify promising investment opportunities. Follow our page for updates on our portfolio companies, insights into our investment strategy, and the latest news from the start-up ecosystem.

L’ATTITUDE Ventures is a $100 million venture fund dedicated to investing in early-stage (pre-seed to Series A) U.S. Latina/o entrepreneurs. To date, we have invested in 38 companies spread across 12 major U.S. cities, with over 40% of our portfolio companies being led by Latinas. U.S. Latinos represent the most entrepreneurial and significant growth cohort in the country, accounting for one in every four new entrepreneurs and 27% of net GDP growth. L’ATTITUDE Ventures helps to identify and foster these entrepreneurs by providing early investment, substantial capital, and access to an unparalleled network of global expertise and relationships. This includes the insights and experience of two former Fortune 200 CEOs: Oscar Munoz, former CEO of United Airlines, and Sol Trujillo, former CEO of Telstra, as well as Gary Acosta, CEO of NAHREP; Laura Moreno Lucas, former Managing Director at Nasdaq; and Pete Amaro, formerly of The Raine Group. By leading investment rounds, securing board representation, and highlighting Latina/o entrepreneurial innovation, L’ATTITUDE Ventures is transforming the landscape for Latino entrepreneurs.

We are a global venture capital firm with investments in 14 countries. Our portfolio companies represent diversity in about 20 sectors, including AI software, HR Tech, e-commerce, real estate, financial software, and more. As a team, we are passionate about driving innovation and supporting exceptional founders as they scale up their businesses. Our expertise in data mining is reflected in our accomplishment of writing a textbook on the subject that has been downloaded over a million times and translated into 14 languages. We have also contributed to the Mars Exploration Rover Mission in partnership with NASA, having written code that runs on another planet. At Rocketship.VC, we have the largest database of start-up activity, which enables us to stay on top of industry trends and identify promising investment opportunities. Follow our page for updates on our portfolio companies, insights into our investment strategy, and the latest news from the start-up ecosystem.

Ulu Ventures is a top seed stage venture fund in Silicon Valley focused on innovation across enterprise, fintech, consumer, health, and sustainability. Ulu generates great financial results using a disciplined, repeatable decision-making process that analyzes risk-reward trade-offs and also reduces cognitive bias. The majority of Ulu portfolio companies are founded by diverse teams that include women, minority, URM and/or immigrant founders. Ulu’s investment thesis is based on the concept that diversity is profitable. The firm has more than $200M AUM, 10 unicorns in the portfolio and is dedicated to increasing diversity in the entrepreneurial and assets under management communities.

StartX is the startup accelerator, fellowship, and community for Stanford students, professors, and alumni. We help Stanford’s highest-potential early-stage founders build a better future. StartX is a community-run nonprofit organization, and we take 0% equity from our startups.This allows us to attract the best entrepreneurs and collaborate with others in the StartX ecosystem. We are supported through grants, donations, and corporate sponsorships, including $8M in grant funding from Stanford University, Stanford Health Care, and Kauffman Foundation. We are Industry and Stage Agnostic StartX founders tackle big problems in every industry, from biotech, medical device, hardware, cleantech, and non-profit to consumer and enterprise IT. The strength of our community speaks for itself: 2× higher chance of reaching $100M+ valuation than the best accelerators 1.7× higher seed valuation than the average Stanford startup +50% more successful at reaching Series A than industry average $8.4M average venture funding raised by StartX companies 85% StartX companies still growing + acquired over 8 years 5× proportion of venture funding raised by female-led StartX companies compared to industry average

Illumen Capital is an impact fund of funds addressing systemic inequity by reducing racial and gender bias in investing. Working closely with the world’s leading social psychologists at Stanford SPARQ, we combine investment capital with evidence-based tools and training designed to reduce implicit racial and gender bias in order to unlock latent return and multiply impact. We believe an inclusive and optimal asset management industry will be the cornerstone of an equal and equitable future. Less bias. Better returns. One investment.