Elevate/Elevar
20 Black & Latinx Founders named Finalists for Elevate/Elevar Accelerator—Vote now!
Residents of City of St. Louis wards 1, 3, and 21—now you decide which businesses are supported to grow and to create living-wage jobs in your neighborhoods. Voting ends Friday, November 22nd at 3pm.
Read MoreLast call! Elevate/Elevar Application Closes Sunday
Koran Bolden shares a few words with Elevate/Elevar applicants as they approach the application finish line.
Read MoreSt. Louis Accelerator Program Aims To Get Black And Latino Entrepreneurs A Seat At The Table
According to a report by Diversity VC and Rate My Investor, less than 1% of all venture capital funding supports black entrepreneurs and 1.8% of funding backs Latino founders. The St. Louis organization WEPOWER aims to boost those percentages. Recently, the company initiated Elevate/Elevar, an accelerator program for black and Latino entrepreneurs.
Read MoreNew business accelerator launches for black, Latinx entrepreneurs
Read the Post-Dispatch’s coverage of Elevate/Elevar. “The goal is for each firm in the cohort to receive $30,000 within the first couple of months of the program.”
Read MoreRegister for VISION, the small business innovation symposium
This is the 5th Annual Vision Symposium. Vision is the region’s largest and ONLY inclusion innovation conference celebrating, educating, and supporting women, people of color, and immigrant emerging entrepreneurs and existing business owners.
Read MoreAnnouncing the Elevate/Elevar Accelerator!
Apply to the region’s only accelerator for Black and Latinx entrepreneurs of early-stage companies!
Read MoreVote for WEPOWER! We’re in the running to present at SXSW 2020!
Black and Latinx entrepreneurs receive less than 2% of startup funding. <2%!! And we want to talk about it!
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