$500k in Non-Equity Grants for South LA Founders
The events of recent months and the movement for Black lives have only deepened our commitment to advancing racial equity and justice in our city. In response to our survey data, which showed persistent gaps in access to capital for founders of color, we are thrilled to announce the PledgeLA Fund for South LA Founders. We need your help to make this happen!
We’re raising this non-dilutive fund to provide founders in South LA with access to funding, training, and networks to grow their companies. This fall, PledgeLA will select 20 Black and Latinx founders to receive $25k to take their businesses to the next level, along with three months of support and mentorship from Grid110. As they receive this support, each entrepreneur will be paired with an advisory team of PledgeLA founders and investors.
- Is your company interested in supporting the fund? Contact us at info@pledgela.org.
- Are you a founder interested in participating? Sign up here to get updates.
PledgeLA is a coalition of tech companies and venture capital firms working to measurably increase diversity, equity, and community engagement, hosted by the Annenberg Foundation and the Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti.
Thanks to our PledgeLA Members
- #WeAllGrow Latina Network
- 2Swim
- 33 Capital
- 70 Million Jobs
- 7TILL8 Wetsuits
- 81cents
- Act One Ventures
- Activist Artist Management
- AlgoPay, Inc.
- Alpha Edison
- amginE Ink, LLC
- Amplify
- Aspiration
- AudioCardio
- Autochrome
- Avisare
- Backstage Capital
- BAM Ventures
- Baron Davis Enterprises
- Basepaws
- BCG Digital Ventures
- Beach View Capital
- BESE
- Beyond Meat
- Bird
- Blue Fever
- Blue Skies Unlimited
- Boingo Wireless
- Bonfire
- Bracket Capital
- Breadware Inc.
- Brilliant Ventures
- Bryant Stibel
- BUENA
- CareNodes
- CGI
- Clocktower Technology Ventures
- Comcast Ventures
- COMUNITYmade
- Cooley LLP
- Core Innovation Capital
- Cornerstone OnDemand
- Countrywood Holdings
- CPR Save
- Creative Spoons
- CREXi
- Croquet Corporation
- Crosscut Ventures
- DailyKarma
- DASH Systems, Inc.
- Data 360
- Denken Solutions Inc.
- Developing Capacity Consulting
- Diverse Communities Impact Fund
- Dollar Shave Club
- dot.LA
- Early Growth Financial Services
- Elevate My Brand
- Embark Ventures
- Emblematic Group
- Employment Technology Fund
- EMWDESIGNS
- Encantos
- Enplug
- Ettitude
- Everytable
- Evolution
- Expy Health
- FabFitFun
- Factual Inc.
- FairClaims
- Fama
- FamiLeague, Inc.
- FareShare
- FEARLESS World Building for Womxn
- Fernish
- Fifth Wall Ventures
- Fika Ventures
- findSisterhood
- Finli
- First Republic Bank
- FLATLAY Inc.
- Flavors from Afar
- Gearup 360 Group
- Giftata
- Gladeo
- Golden
- Greycroft
- Grid110
- Halogen Ventures
- Hawke Media
- Heir Apparent
- Helpr
- High Tide Tours
- HMC INQ
- Holisticism
- Honey
- HopSkipDrive
- Hot Bit VR
- Hub101
- Idealab
- Inclusology
- influence.co
- Intelatin
- Jam City
- Jimaye
- Joymode
- Jump Watts Inc
- Kitchen Table App
- KohFounders
- KW Capital Partners
- Larta Institute
- Launchmaps
- Lawgood
- LDR Ventures
- LPC Ventures
- Liquid
- List Ventures
- Lorals
- Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)
- Luma Launch
- Lumenus
- M Ventures
- M13
- MaC Venture capital
- Mahmee
- March Capital Partners
- MarsBio
- MediaAlpha
- Me Tyme Network Inc.
- Microsoft
- Mikomoss Labs
- MiLA Capital
- MixR
- MOBD Ventures
- Mondays Labs
- Moonshots Capital
- Motiv
- Mucker Capital
- Muse Capital
- Navitas Capital
- NEXT Trucking
- Noun Project
- Nuyorktricity
- Officebook
- Okapi Venture Capital
- Omaze
- OPV
- OurOffice Inc.
- Ozobot
- PAIRE
- Peak Metrics
- Perch Mobility, Inc.
- Pick My Solar
- Ping
- Pledgeling
- PLG Ventures
- Plug and Play
- PLUS Capital
- PocketCFO
- Pocketwatch
- Presidential Consulting & Marketing
- Pritzker Group Venture Capital
- Quake Capital
- Rapid7
- Reel
- Riders Share
- Roadster Capital
- SA&M Preccelerator
- Sabio Enterprises, Inc.
- SamsungNext
- ScaleHealth
- Scopus Ventures
- Silicon Valley Bank
- Snap Inc.
- Sound Ventures
- Soylent
- Stage Venture Partners
- Starburst Accelerator
- Stat Zero Group
- SteelHouse
- Stellar Agency
- StillMark
- StoryPlace
- SUEZ
- Sutton Capital Partners
- Sweet Flower
- sweetgreen
- Symantec
- TALA
- Tale Venture Partners
- Tastemade
- TechMahindra
- Technology Companies
- Techonsite Corporation
- Techstars
- TecnoLatinx
- TenOneTen Ventures
- TG2M Media
- The 22 Fund
- The Bouqs Company
- The Handoff Company
- The West Coast Consortium for Technology & Innovation in Pediatrics
- Thrive Market
- Toucan
- Tradesy
- Trappit, US
- Trousdale Capital Management
- Troy Capital Partners
- TuesdayNights
- Two Bit Circus
- TYLT Ventures
- UNOMi
- Upfront Ventures
- USC Marshall Venture Fund
- Valence Enterprises, Inc.
- VamosVentures
- Vertical Networks
- Virgin Hyperloop One
- VNTANA
- Watertower Ventures
- Wavemaker Partners
- Wellsayer
- WeTransfer
- Women.work
- Women’s Innovation Fund Accelerator
- Wonder Ventures
- Zypp