Winners Welcome

Welcome to the latest episode of More Equity's Latina Luminaries series, hosted by Harlem Capital's Melody Hahm. In this episode, we sit down with with Suzy Ferreira, Founder and CEO at Dinie, a complete infrastructure that enables businesses to offer credit to their customers.

Suzy's journey from Iturama, Brazil to co-founding Dinie required resilience, passion, and determination. While working in corporate banking she realized that her true mission was helping small businesses gain access to fair credit products.

Join Melody and Suzy as they discuss Suzy's journey, raising money in the height of the pandemic, and how she has navigated the unique challenges faced by women in male-dominated industries.

Welcome to the latest episode of More Equity's Latina Luminaries series, hosted by Harlem Capital's Melody Hahm. In this episode, we connect with Angela Acosta, the founder and CEO of Morado, a SaaS platform for the beauty salon industry in Latin America. Angela's unique upbringing and career experience has helped her create and scale Morado, which is now operating in 100 cities in Colombia and backed by investors like Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, and QED.

With a background in fintech and working for Rappi, one of Latin America's biggest unicorns, Angela was well situated to find success. She talks about her initial aspirations to work in consulting, her foray into Fintech, and ultimately her passion for the beauty industry that led her to start Morado.

Angela emphasizes the importance of empowering Latina women in the workforce, particularly in the beauty industry. With 84% of the Latin American workforce in the beauty industry being women, Angela sees an opportunity to make an impact and provide more opportunities and financial control to these women. Her mission is to give Latinas access to resources and money to grow their businesses and make their own decisions.

Join Melody and Angela as they discuss Angela's journey, the challenges she has faced, and her commitment to using technology to solve problems in the beauty industry and empower Latina women.

Welcome to More Equity. Today, we’re bringing you a new episode from our Diverse Emerging Managers Series: The Next Wave — hosted by Gabby Cazeau.

In this episode, Gabby speaks with Megan Ruan, General Partner at Gold House Ventures. Having studied at Yale, London School of Economics, and Stanford, Megan is a GP at Gold House Ventures, a $30 million vehicle investing in the next generation of exceptional Asian and Pacific Islander (API) founded companies.

Welcome to More Equity. Today, we’re bringing you a new episode from our Diverse Emerging Managers Series: The Next Wave — hosted by Gabby Cazeau.

In this episode, Gabby speaks with Brandon Hoffman, founder of Sunset Ventures. A Wharton alum currently based in Los Angeles, Brandon invests in pre-seed and seed stage startups. Prior to his career in venture capital, Brandon was working in the music business and was inspired by the disruption Spotify brought to the industry.

Welcome to More Equity. Today, we’re bringing you a new episode from our Diverse Emerging Managers Series: The Next Wave — hosted by Gabby Cazeau.

Today we speak with Sydney Thomas, founder of Impressionism Capital. Impressionism Capital invests in companies that reflect the real world, focusing on communities that haven't been "over-fished". Before founding Impressionism, Sydney worked in the public sector under multiple administrations and then transitioned into venture capital, joining the team at Precursor Ventures.

Welcome to More Equity. Today, we’re bringing you a new episode from our Diverse Emerging Managers Series: The Next Wave — hosted by Gabby Cazeau.

Today we speak with Ana Carolina Mexia and Maria Gutierrez, partners at Nido Ventures. Nido is a pre-seed and seed stage fund that backs companies in Spanish Speaking LatAm and companies who are targeting the latinx community in the US. Before Nido, Ana was a software engineer at LinkedIn, while Maria is a former global supply chain manager at Apple and Tesla. Both are currently completing MBAs at Stanford.

Welcome to More Equity. Today, we’re bringing you a new episode from our Diverse Emerging Managers Series: The Next Wave — hosted by Gabby Cazeau.

Today we speak with Miguel Armaza, founding partner of Gilgamesh Ventures. Gilgamesh is an early-stage fintech venture capital fund that invests primarily in Latin America. Before transitioning into venture capital, Miguel was a banker for Citi and MUFG across Europe, North America, and LatAm. He holds an MBA from Wharton and an MA from the Lauder Institute and has lived in several countries, including Bolivia, China, Russia, Ireland, Uruguay, Italy, and the US.

Welcome to More Equity. Today, we’re bringing you a new episode from our Harlem Capital Limited Partner Series — connecting with Harlem Capital LPs to share insights on navigating the VC fundraising journey.

In today’s episode, we speak with Hunter Somerville — Partner at the StepStone Group and a member of the private equity team, focusing on venture capital and growth equity investments. The StepStone Group is a global private markets investment firm focused on providing customized investment solutions and advisory services to clients. They have $134B in assets under management, and $570B in client assets allocated. Prior to StepStone, Hunter was a general partner with Greenspring Associates — a venture capital and growth equity investment firm acquired by StepStone in 2021 — where he was responsible for the sourcing and due diligence efforts on fund, direct and secondary opportunities, as well as the assessment of micro-vc managers for the Firm.

Tune in as Jarrid and Hunter discuss the unique advantages and lessons learned from investing in venture capital through fund of funds, direct, and secondary investments.

Welcome to More Equity. Today, we’re bringing you a new episode from our Harlem Capital Limited Partner Series — connecting with Harlem Capital LPs to share insights on navigating the VC fundraising journey.

In today’s episode, we speak with Josh Kopelman, co-founder and Partner at First Round Capital, an early stage venture capital firm. Prior to creating First Round, Josh has been an active entrepreneur and investor in the Internet industry since its commercialization — founding 3 companies all with successful acquisitions or IPOs. Josh not only serves as an LP for Harlem Capital, but also as a mentor – using his experience as a fellow GP to provide insight and clarity on the journey to building a successful fund.

Tune in as Henri and Josh discuss the logistics of being a General Partner — from the mechanics of evolving your fund strategy to managing ownership and evaluating liquidity opportunities.

Welcome to More Equity. Today, we’re bringing you a new episode from our Harlem Capital Limited Partner Series — connecting with Harlem Capital LPs to share insights on navigating the VC fundraising journey.

In today’s episode, we speak with Travis Haney & Ryan Rathman from the State of Michigan Department of Treasury. The State of Michigan manages a $100 billion pension fund which invests the retirement funds for Michigan public employees. Travis & Ryan, who focus on private equity and alternative investments, share insights from managing the portfolio, which has been investing in venture capital since 1983.

Tune in as Jarrid, Travis, and Ryan discuss how the pension landscape has evolved its views on VC, the benefits of having a pension fund on your cap table, and advice for emerging managers going through their first market cycle.