Backing

Leading Next-Generation

Diverse

Emerging Managers

Greenbridge Capital

I want to help accelerate the diversity and inclusiveness of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The best way I can envision making a difference is to be willing to be on and advise the next generation of venture firms. 

Our goal is to support the world’s best and most inclusive emerging investors. We have also backed the best firms leading innovation in climate change opportunities.

—Jason Green, The Greenbridge Family Foundation

Above banner photo courtesy of Zeal Capital.

Diverse

Emerging Managers

Here are some of the exciting teams we have chosen to back, each playing a role in changing the face of entrepreneurship.
Buoyant Ventures logo.

  • Invest in and actively support founders creating high-impact digital solutions in our fight against climate change, while delivering exceptional outcomes for our stakeholders.

  • Above photo: Amy Francetic, Founder and Managing General Partner

Stacy Brown-Philpot, Founder and Managing Partner at Cherryrock Capital smiling.
Cherryrock Capital logo.

  • Cherryrock Capital is the first Black Woman-founded, multi-hundred-million-dollar venture firm focused on Black and Latine founders. They invest in startups to take them from scrappy innovation to scalable growth.

  • Above Photo: Stacy Brown-Philpot, Founder and Managing Partner

Samara Hernandez, Founding Partner of Chingona Ventures, smiling at the camera.
Chingona Ventures logo.

  • Focus on industries that are massively changing and founders whose backgrounds uniquely position them to create businesses in growth markets that are often overlooked. Focus areas are in financial technology, female technology, food technology, health/wellness, and the future of learning.

  • Above Photo: Samara Hernandez, Founder and Managing Partner

Brian Hollins and Aaron Samuels, Founders and Managing Partners of Collide Capital, pose together smiling.
Collide Capital logo.

  • Collide Capital’s mission is to guide founders on their institutional capital journey and equip them with resources, knowledge networks, and hands-on operational support for successful exit.

  • Above Photo: Co-Founders, Brian Hollins and Aaron Samuels

Sean Mendy, Partner at Concrete Rose Capital, smiling.

  • At Westbound, we invest financial and social capital into exceptional ventures led by, solving for, or built together with underrepresented people of color. Our core team and our extended Westbound Network of experienced entrepreneurs, operators, and investors partner deeply with our founders to accelerate their vision.

  • Above Photo: Sean Mendy, Partner

Divergent Capital founders Lucy Wang and Katie Shea pose together smiling.
Divergent Capital logo.

  • Divergent Capital is founded by two female GPs making thesis-driven pre-seed and seed investments in deep technical and scientific innovations.

  • Above Photo: Lucy Wang and Katie Shea

Karen Kerr, Managing Director of Exposition Ventures.
Exposition Ventures logo.

  • Exposition Ventures invests in entrepreneurs who are at the early stages of building and scaling hardware and software companies that enable the digital transformation of the infrastructure of doing business.

  • Karen Kerr, Managing Director

Alexandria Lafci, Founder and Managing Partner of Hometeam Ventures.
Hometeam Ventures logo.

  • Hometeam Ventures aims to close the housing gap by investing in early-stage founders bringing breakthrough technology to one of the world’s largest but least innovative industries: construction & housing.

  • Above Photo: Alexandria Lafci, Founding GP

Maya Horgan Famodu, Managing Partner of Ingressive Capital.
Ingressive Capital logo.

  • Ingressive Capital believes in the grit of Africans and their ability to leapfrog, transcend, and transform with limited resources. They invest in pre-seed and seed start-ups in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Egypt, and Morocco.

  • Above Photo: Maya Horgan Famodu, Founder and Partner

Marlon Nichols, Managing General Partner at MaC Venture Capital.
MaC Venture Capital logo.

  • MaC Venture Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology start-ups leveraging shifts in cultural trends and behaviors.

  • Above Photo: Marlon Nichols, Founder & Managing Partner

Emily Kirsch, Founder and CEO, Powerhouse.
Powerhouse Fund logo.

  • Powerhouse Ventures’ mission is to identify and support founding teams building innovative software to rapidly transform our global energy and mobility systems.

  • Above Photo: Emily Kirsch, Founder and CEO

Monique Idlett Mosley (left) and Erica Duignan Minnihan (right), General Partners at Reign Capital.
Reign Ventures logo.

  • Reign Ventures is an early-stage fund investing in exceptional founders building extraordinary companies. They see the value of investing in women and minorities when other funds just see a blind spot.

  • Above Photo: Monique Idlett-Mosley & Erica Duignan, Co-Founders and Managing Partners

Austin Clements and Away Relan, Managing Partners at Slauson & Co. smile in the foreground. Palm trees and blue sky are visible in the background.
Slauson & Co. logo.

  • Slauson’s mission is to democratize access to entrepreneurship by bridging the gap between untapped founders – historically overlooked by the traditional venture ecosystem – and the right capital and resources required to create sustainable equity & economic inclusion.

  • Above Photo: Austin Clements & Ajay Relan, Founders & Managing Partners

SoGal Ventures Co-Founders and Managing Partners Pocket Sun and Elizabeth Galbut smiling, greenery visible in the background.
SoGal Ventures logo.

  • SoGal Ventures is the first women-led, next-gen venture capital firm. They are investing in next-gen billion-dollar businesses that unapologetically benefit people, society, and the planet.

  • Above Photo: Pocket Sun & Elizabeth Galbut, Co-Founders and Managing Partners

Sarah Sclarsic and Sierra Peterson, Voyager VC Founding Partners.
Voyager Venture Capital logo.

  • Voyager invests in technology companies creating the future of mobility, energy, materials, food, the built environment, analytics, industrial systems, and carbon removal.

  • Above Photo: Sarah Sclarsic and Sierra Peterson, Co-founders and Managing Partners

Nasir Qadree, Founder and Managing Partner of Zeal Capital Partners smiles in front of greenery.
Zeal Capital Partners logo.

  • Zeal Capital Partners invests in diverse management teams reimaging the building blocks of wealth, from education to employment to financial health, that turbocharge economic mobility.

  • Above Photo: Nasir Qadree, Founder & Managing Partner

Impact-focused

Funds

Here are some of the exciting firms leading innovation across an array of important issues facing our world.
Buoyant Ventures logo.

  • Invest in and actively support founders creating high-impact digital solutions in our fight against climate change, while delivering exceptional outcomes for our stakeholders.

  • Above Photo: Amy Francetic, Founder and Managing General Partner

Founding Partner at Earthshot Ventures, Dawn Lippert, smiles with greenery in the background.
Earthshot Ventures.

  • Earthshot Ventures invests in entrepreneurs making a dent in climate change. Collectively, their team has invested in 150+ climate start-ups over the last twelve years and celebrated more than 25 exits.

  • Above Photo: Dawn Lippert, Founding Partner

James Everett, Managing Partner with the Ecosystem Integrity Fund.
Ecosystem Integrity Fund logo.

  • The Ecosystem Integrity Fund (EIF) is an early growth stage investor in companies contributing to environmental sustainability. Their mission is to use private capital to accelerate the transition to sustainability, resulting in a healthier planet, healthier communities, and strong economic growth. EIF seeks to demonstrate that there is no trade-off between having a positive impact and achieving outstanding financial returns.

  • Above Photo: James Everett, Managing Partner

Chris Sacca, Lowercarbon Capital Managing Partner.
Lowercarbon Capital logo.

  • Lowercarbon Capital backs kickass companies that make real money slashing CO2 emissions, sucking carbon out of the sky, and buying us time to unf**k the planet.

  • Above Photo: Chris Sacca, Managing Partner

  • GreyMatter helps founders navigate the complex mental health startup journey.

  • Above Photo (l to r): Natalie Bartlett, Danish Munir, Andrew Barr, Anna Wang

Emily Kirsch, Founder and CEO, Powerhouse.
Powerhouse Fund logo.

  • Powerhouse Ventures’ mission is to identify and support founding teams building innovative software to rapidly transform our global energy and mobility systems.

  • Above Photo: Emily Kirsch, Founder and CEO
Propeller VC logo.

  • Propeller invests in transformational leaders at the earliest stages of ocean-climate innovation in massive markets.

  • Above Photo: Part of the Propeller team, including Steven Fox, Julie Pullen, Brian Halligan, and Rodrigo Prudencio.

Sarah Sclarsic and Sierra Peterson, Voyager VC Founding Partners.
Voyager Venture Capital logo.

  • Voyager invests in technology companies creating the future of mobility, energy, materials, food, the built environment, analytics, industrial systems, and carbon removal.

  • Above Photo: Sarah Sclarsic and Sierra Peterson, Co-founders and Managing Partners

Gary White and Matt Damon, WaterEquity Co-Founders smiling with a crowd from a community in Indonesia that has been positively impacted by WaterEquity's work.
WaterEquity logo.

  • WaterEquity is an asset manager with an exclusive focus on an exclusive focus on ending the most urgent issue of our time – the global water and sanitation crisis.

  • Above Photo: Gary White, Co-Founder & CEO and Board Chairman (left) with Co-Founder Matt Damon (right).

Greenbridge

Investments

Here are some of the exciting teams we have chosen to back, each playing a role in changing the face of entrepreneurship.

Jessica Sliwerski, Co-Founder and CEO of Ignite Reading.
Ignite Reading logo.

  • Ignite Reading is on a mission to ensure that every student is a confident, independent reader. They are training tutors to be expert reading instructors who provide students with the differentiated instruction they need. They are tutoring students in districts across the country, welcoming new district partners, and working tirelessly toward their goal of ensuring every student has the foundational skills to be a confident, independent reader by the end of first grade.

  • Above Photo: Jessica Sliwerski, Co-Founder and CEO