entrepreneurship

A More Inclusive Approach to Venture Capital: Action Steps for Venture Capitalists, Ecosystem Builders, and Philanthropies is a guide for creating a more inclusive venture capital ecosystem. The guide includes action steps, organized both by type of actor and by time frame for implementation, surfaced at a day-long, off-the-record convening focused on how the venture capital ecosystem can be more inclusive and accessible to a wide range of founders, and how venture funds dedicated to supporting women and people of color can be smarter about bolstering investment returns. 

Urban innovators share a commitment to using new approaches, and often new technologies, to tackle long-standing challenges that seem unsolvable to others and that affect a large number of cities.  Despite urban innovators’ insightful ideas on new ways to solve metropolitan areas’ most difficult challenges, many lack access to critical resources, tools, and funding.