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Hey! Are you going to be at SXSW?

Backstage Capital and BlackWomenTalkTech are hosting the Black Founders & Funders Mixer - Sunday, 3/12

👉🏾groupblack.co/sxsw#events

At Backstage Capital, we’ve invested in 200+ startups led by underestimated founders. We have a few things to say about the state of the funding ecosystem.

I enjoyed working on this article w/ Backstage GP, Brittany Davis, for Mashable✨ (@iBrittDavis)

mashable.com/article/arlan-…

We are proud to be part of VCs For Repro, a coalition of VCs united to support access to abortion.
Learn more: @vcsforrepro #vcsforrepro vcsforrepro.com

Big news! Backstage is partnering with @kingscrowd for our Flex Fund II!

We’re excited to combine Kingscrowd’s industry leading analysis with Backstage’s groundbreaking positioning to help evaluate investment opportunities.

kingscrowd.com/highlighting-u…

PARTAKE FOODS CLOSES SERIES B! 🍪🚀

'Partake Foods is back with $11.5 million in Series B funding, which Woodard said is one of the largest raises by a Black woman for a food and beverage company.'

techcrunch.com/2022/10/04/par…

Our CEO and fearless leader, tanya van court was named by Inc. Magazine to its 2022 100 Female Founders list. She is listed among some pretty extraordinary and phenomenal women entrepreneurs and we are here to tell you that she is 1000 percent deserving of this recognition. #FinTech

Congrats to the Founders in fellow Backstage Capital portco's Goalsetter Partake Foods & Mixtroz for making the @inc 100 most dynamic Female Founder's list, 2022! 🔥 inc.com/female-founders

We see you Mixtroz Partake Foods Bitwise Industries Goalsetter! inc.com/female-founder…

The Bandwagon team has been COOKING lately! These updates to Proof of Experience Token are🔥. We have worked with athletes like Kelvin Beachum Jr and willshipley1, brands like Takeover World and @akidsco, and orgs like Kauffman Fellows, Backstage Capital, and Clemson Football! What's new? 👀

Backstage Capital is 7 years old! 🥳

✅ 200 portfolio companies, worth billions, employing thousands
✅ one of the largest portfolios of underestimated founders
✅ $20M+ under management + institutional backing from Comcast, Bank of America + more

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Help a Headliner out:

Congratulations to Backstage Capital companies Pilotly and Adventurely® • Work From Anywhere, who received funding from Google for Startups Black Founder's Fund!

'Although Partake Foods was inspired by [her daughter], Woodard now views her brand as a tool to create radical inclusivity in the food ­industry.'

Congratulations to Partake! Named #45 on the #Inc5000 list of fastest growing companies in the US.

inc.com/magazine/20220…

BIG NEWS‼️

'We are thrilled that Bank of America is a core investor in our newest, largest fund.' Arlan 👊🏾

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Oh, this just hit me like a ton of bricks. Backstage Capital mentor and friend, Rachel Reynard, passed away suddenly last October. She was so supportive to me and dozens of our founders. Grief is a tricky thing.

Congrats to Backstage cos Beyond, ToDooly and Sunhouse who were selected for the Google for Startups Latino Founders Fund!

When we #FundLatinoFounders , we empower entire communities. Thank you to our partner Google for Startups for this funding!

blog.google/outreach-initi…

This is a reminder that ⁦Pandia Health offers birth control delivered! In some states, they can even write the prescription for you. They are a ⁦Backstage Capital⁩ portfolio co & many of our Crowd syndicate investors participated in their last round. pandiahealth.com

.Backstage Capital are proud investors in GoodrCo., including the first check in this latest round! Jasmine Crowe-Houston is changing the world.