Realist Ventures

08/17/2023

A small number of Black women lead their own venture funds or nonprofits, offering opportunities to underrepresented entrepreneurs. Sadly, fewer than 0.40% of Black women have secured VC capital funding. Please join us to advocate for greater equity in opportunities and unite in backing Fearless Fund!

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03/13/2023

Realist Ventures' non-profit program aimed at supporting underrepresented founder's holistic needs, Realist Lab, has launched it's first Realist Lab Venture Launch Fellows Program! Applications are now open!
Realist Lab’s first initiative is a radical fellowship program with a mission to transform the startup landscape by supporting a founder’s holistic needs and eliminating the traditional barriers that prevent underrepresented founders from successfully launching and scaling their companies.
Our “Venture Launch Fellows Program” provides founders with support support. Phase 1 consists of:
- A structured curriculum consisting of core business practices,
- Founder wellness,
- Tailored specializations in technology taught by professionals who are consultants in their respective industries.
Selected founders from Phase 1 will then have the opportunity to enter Phase 2 where our core support team of in-house engineers, in-house marketers, and business advisors will help an eligible founder with technical, marketing, and expert assistance to launch and/or successfully scale their business. Check out our website for see if you're eligible, and apply now for your chance at joining this innovative program! https://realistlab.org/apply

03/10/2023

Realist Ventures' non-profit program aimed at supporting underrepresented founder's holistic needs, Realist Lab, has launch it's first Realist Lab Venture Launch Fellows Program! Applications are now open!

Realist Lab’s first initiative is a radical fellowship program with a mission to transform the startup landscape by supporting a founder’s holistic needs and eliminating the traditional barriers that prevent underrepresented founders from successfully launching and scaling their companies.

Our “Venture Launch Fellows Program” provides founders with support support. Phase 1 consists of:
- A structured curriculum consisting of core business practices,
- Founder wellness,
- Tailored specializations in technology taught by professionals who are consultants in their respective industries.

Selected founders from Phase 1 will then have the opportunity to enter Phase 2 where our core support team of in-house engineers, in-house marketers, and business advisors will help an eligible founder with technical, marketing, and expert assistance to launch and/or successfully scale their business. Check out our website for see if you're eligible, and apply now for your chance at joining this innovative program! https://realistlab.org/apply

02/24/2023

Realist Lab was able to exceed their $5000 raising goal in yesterday's Fairfield Giving Day! We want to thank you for your continued support! We're forever grateful to our Realist community!!

Thank you very much!!!! Your participation in yesterday's Fairfield County Giving Day helped us exceed our $5,000 goal!!
You helped us raise critical funds to do more for our community in CT. We are better together and appreciate you joining the efforts to empower more entrepreneurs to scale.
We are grateful to Fairfield County Giving Day and look forward to sharing our impact with you this year.

02/24/2023

Join us in our mission to close out the racial wealth gap. Support us here: https://lnkd.in/epgPbhtM n our 24 HR Fundraising event!! FUNDRAISING ENDS 11:59PM ET TONIGHT!!!! A huge thank you to Bank of America and Fairfield County's Community Foundation for partnering with us on these efforts!

02/23/2023

Realist Lab is on a mission to empower women and minority owned businesses! Support us here : https://www.fcgives.org/organizations/realist-lab-inc in our 24 HR Fundraising event!! FUNDRAISING ENDS 11:59PM ET TONIGHT!!!! A huge thank you to Bank of America and Fairfield County's Community Foundation for partnering with us on these efforts!

02/23/2023

Realist Lab the non-profit arm of Realist Ventures will be fundraising to help empower underrepresented founders in the annual Fairfield County's Community Foundation event in partnership with Bank of America! Join us tomorrow, February 23, 2023 for this 24-HOUR online fundraising event!!

Realist Lab is a revolutionary initiative that re-imagines outdated business paradigms and empowers entrepreneurs through innovation in our mission to build a more equitable future.

We would appreciate any and all forms of support, whether it be donating to our platform linked here https://www.fcgives.org/organizations/realist-lab-inc
and/or sharing and liking our posts!!!

Fundraising starts at 12:00 AM ET and ends at 11:59 PM ET on Thursday, FEB 23, 2023

Thank you so much for all of your support!!!

02/23/2023

Realist Lab, our non-profit arm of the Realist ecosystem will be a featured organization in Fairfield County's Community Foundation tomorrow !!

On Thursday, February 23, FCCF will host its 10th and final Fairfield County's Giving Day. Support a favorite local nonprofit with a donation of $10 or more!

02/07/2023

Join Realist Lab as we host our first HELPFEST event in Stamford, CT!

HELPFEST is a series of events, hosted at various venues where founders come and receive the guidance, tools, insight on access to funding sources, founder programming, etc. that elevate their businesses. HELPFEST events are held in coordination with Realist Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Realist ecosystem. Resources are provided by investors and industry experts in their respective fields. This week's HelpFest panelists are Realist Ventures/Realist Lab's Founder, Marie Rocha, and Realist Lab Managing Director, Christine Sullivan.

We want to thank this week's HelpFest sponsor, The Stamford Partnership, and Isis-Rae Goulbourne for providing the forum for this week's event!

Venue: StartLab Community Co-Working
Location: 250 Harbor Drive Stamford, CT 06902
Date: Thursday, February 9, 2023
Time: 9AM -12PM ET