Emerging Leaders Fellowship Program – US

BGV incubates underrepresented women founders and ecosystem builders across multiple local ecosystems as a means to amplify women leaders and to create an “each one, teach one” model for growing the long-term entrepreneurial knowledge and sustainability of underrepresented founders. Black Girl Ventures cultivates local leaders, who in-turn cultivate their community as a service to the greater good of creating equal opportunity to thrive at the intersection of being a underrepresented women founders and an entrepreneur. Together, they will create access to social and financial capital for underrepresented women Founders!

What does this entail?

During the 3-month leadership skills development fellowship, Emerging Leaders Fellows will:

• Be matched with a group of peers in their city
• Receive business leadership training through the Jetpack for Leaders curriculum, a 3-month virtual skills development program facilitated by industry leaders
• Host a local BGV Pitch competition in their city designed to create low barrier access to non-dilutive capital for other underrepresented women.
• These founders will then go on to access culturally-centered entrepreneurial education through the six-week JetPack Accelerator curriculum.

What you’ll gain?

• You’ll receive a $5k stipend – plus in-kind resources to grow your business!
• Leadership skills development training through the BGV Jetpack for Leaders curriculum
• Lifetime membership to the BGV Connect platform: BGV Connect is Black Girl Ventures’ online incubator for underrepresented women founders.
• You’ll gain a network and visibility as a business leader in your city
• You will have the opportunity to select 8-10 underrepresented women founders to receive capital through the BGV Pitch Competition
• You’ll have access to BGV’s expanding network of partners and capital providers
• You will have the opportunity to facilitate BGV’s exclusive curriculum training for other women founders in your community
• Black Girl Ventures co-branded swag from BGV and the sponsors!

Qualifications

To be considered for admission to the program, applicants must be:

• Identify as an underrepresented woman founder.
• Have a passion for empowering and building the ecosystems of Black and Brown women founders in your community!
• Have the ability to commit to approximately 8 hours per month (4 hours through Jetpack for Leaders + 4 hours self-directed).
• This opportunity is only available to residents of the following cities: Los Angeles, Austin, Chicago, New York City.

For more information, visit Black Girl Ventures Foundation.