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Can you believe it? Together, we made history.

Can you believe it? Together, we made history.

LGBT+ VC Summit Recap

Jackson Block & Tiana Tukes
June 28, 2023

LGBT+ VC walks alongside Governor Hochul in the 2023 NYC Pride March

2023 Summit Week At-A-Glance

A week ago, LGBT+ VC hosted its first annual LGBT+ VC Summit, convening more than 500+ LGBTQ and ally limited partners, venture capitalists, and tech investors from Stonewall to Silicon Valley.

Over the course of five days, the nonprofit hosted leading VCs and founders for insightful conversations and meaningful programming.

Left to Right: David Karp, Mio Akita, Charlotte Newman

Summit Week Speakers

Brita Filter, RuPaul’s Drag Race

Caitlin Strandberg, Lerer Hippeau

Charlotte Newman, AWS Startups

Christina Russ, Truist Ventures

David Karp, Tumblr

Evelysse Vargas, Zeal Capital Partners

Gary Stewart, Techstars NY

Jackson Block, LGBT+ VC

Joshua Pulman, Truist Ventures

Lisa Lewin, Primary Venture Partners

Lindsay Fitzgerald, Vesey Ventures

Mike Yeh, Microsoft

Secretary Mio Akita, Japan

Nehemiah Green, AWS Startups

Ryan Remington, Savills

Roslyn Jin, Anter

Tiana Tukes, LGBT+ VC

Summit Week Schedule

Monday, June 19^th - Summit Week Opening Reception hosted at Savills, celebrating Pride & Juneteenth

Tuesday, June 20^th - Summit Day One at AWS Startup Loft

Wednesday, June 21^st- VC Worldwide with Microsoft at the United Nations

Thursday, June 22^nd - Pride Party with GayJoy at Ace Hotel Brooklyn

Friday, June 23^rd - Invite-Only Closing Reception at Rockefeller Center

How to Contribute

Partner with us year-round

Make a tax-deductible donation

Join your local chapter

We Thank Our Partners

Thanks to the generosity of our partners, LGBT+ VC Summit Week was an incredible success, offering programming at no-cost. LGBT+ VC is a 501©(3) nonprofit charity organization dedicated to advancing LGBTQIA+ prosperity through venture capital.

Thank you to Ace Hotel / Atelier Ace, Amazon, Amazon Web Services (AWS) - AWS Startups, Coca-Cola, Cooley LLP, Fenwick & West, Good Black Art, Hauser & Wirth, HubSpot, Lowenstein Sandler LLP, LVMH - Moët Hennessy, Rockefeller Center, Savills, Tishman Speyer, & Withum.