About Future Founders
Future Founders is a non profit organization that helps 18 to 30-year-old entrepreneurs create and scale ventures across all industries. The organization’s multiple accelerator programs are offered free of charge, and focus on pairing a strong peer community of like-minded founders with intensive coaching from seasoned entrepreneurs. Over the last four years alone, Future Founders has helped hundreds of companies collectively generate over $33 million in revenue, raise $36 million in capital, and create 543 jobs.
About The Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers
The Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) was established in 1997 for the purpose of becoming the key junction for university-based entrepreneurship centers across the U.S. to collaborate, communicate, and jointly advance excellence in entrepreneurship through the unique role and position of the centers in the academic and business communities. GCEC (formerly known as the National Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers -NCEC), has evolved to include international universities as well. Today, GCEC stands as the premier leadership organization addressing the emerging topics of importance to the nation’s university-based centers for entrepreneurship. It has become the industry vehicle by which the top, established entrepreneurship centers, as well as emerging centers, can work together to share information, develop programs and initiatives, and collaborate and assist each other in advancing, strengthening, and celebrating the contributions and impact of individual centers–as well as the overall role of university-based entrepreneurship center.
About Startup Grind
Startup Grind is the world’s largest community of startups, founders, innovators, and creators. It brings like-minded yet diverse individuals together to connect, learn, teach, help, build, and belong. It runs local events, flagship conferences, startup programs, partnerships, and online media + content – collectively reaching over 3.5 million individuals worldwide.
About StartupTree
StartupTree is the leading platform used by top universities and organizations to unlock the potential of ecosystems through data to create more robust networks. The company scales up mentorship, competitions, networking opportunities, and events for participants looking to join or launch the next Big Idea; all the while developing essential skills for their careers. StartupTree is on a mission to democratize access to resources including for underrepresented students and entrepreneurs.
About TechCrunch
TechCrunch is the leading media company at the heart of the global startup ecosystem. TechCrunch delivers trusted journalism that enables founders and investors to stay informed, gain insights and take action as they build the technology businesses that shape the future. TC+ provides subscription membership services that equip startup founders with industry analysis and research. TechCrunch engages with the community via a live event series including Disrupt, TC Sessions and TC Early Stage alongside TechCrunch Live, a weekly virtual events series.
About Techstars
The Techstars worldwide network helps entrepreneurs succeed. Founded in 2006, Techstars began with three simple ideas — entrepreneurs create a better future for everyone, collaboration drives innovation, and great ideas can come from anywhere. Now we are on a mission to enable every person on the planet to contribute to, and benefit from, the success of entrepreneurs. In addition to operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, we do this by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Techstars has invested in more than 2,200 companies that today have a combined market cap valuation of more than $30 billion.
About United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
For more than seven decades, the principle that “A mind is a terrible thing to waste” has remained at the heart of UNCF, enabling it to raise more than $5 billion and help more than 500,000 students and counting not just attend college, but thrive, graduate and become leaders. UNCF accomplishes this in three ways: By awarding more than 10,000 students scholarships, worth more than $100 million, each year. By providing financial support to 37 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). And by serving as the nation’s leading advocate for the importance of minority education and community engagement. Since its founding in 1944, UNCF has helped to more than double the number of minorities attending college. The six-year graduation rate for UNCF African American scholarship recipient is 70%. This is 11% higher than the national average and 31% higher than the national average for all African Americans.