Investing in underrepresented
founders
PORTFOLIO & CRITERIA
Diversity Fund
2019 Launch
DETAILS
Who We Invest In
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Persons of Colour
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Women
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Persons with Disabilities
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Indigenous Peoples
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LGBTQ+
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Immigrants
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Refugees
Where We Invest
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Canada
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U.S.
How We Invest
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Pre-Seed
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Seed
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Post-Seed
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Series A
Sourced From
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Incubators
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Accelerators
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Innovation Hubs
The mission of the Fund is to #ChangetheNarrative by increasing diversity and inclusion within
venture capitalism, technology, and entrepreneurship.
Investment Portfolio
COMING SOON
key stats
ECONOMICS INFLUENCING DIVERSITY INVESTING
$4TN
Women and minority owned businesses represent a multi-trillion dollar market in North America.
Companies with gender and ethnically diverse executive teams or founding teams are consistently positively correlated with higher profitability than their peers.
-Morgan Stanley
The Growing Marketing Investors Are Missing Report 2018
~1%
Rise in EBITDA for every 10% increase in gender and racial diversity on the senior executive team.
-Mckinsey & Co
Why Diversity Matters 2018
15x
Additional sales revenue for companies with the highest levels of racially and gender diversity than those at the lowest end.
-Deloitte & NVCA
Human Capital Survey 2017