
Intentionality investing in founders from diverse backgrounds while making outsized returns is not mutually exclusive. To us, investing in diversity means investing in the future of entrepreneurship.
Paradigm supports amazing founders with diverse backgrounds by creating a robust, inclusive and authentic ecosystem of mentors and funders to help grow the next generation of entrepreneurs.
FOR ENTREPRENEURS
The entrepreneurial grind can be grueling… We are community first and authentically inclusive.
FOR INVESTORS
We are building a national network of idea-stage and early stage entrepreneurs. Join the Paradigm network as an investment partner.
FOR PARTNERS
As a mentor, partner or supporter, there are several ways to build with Paradigm.
Inclusive
There are serious inefficiencies in deploying seed capital to early stage startups founded by entrepreneurs of color.
for example:
Capital is concentrated on demographic and geographic lines…
…but a broader market clearly exists…
99%
of venture funding goes to non-people of color.
77%
of VC funding is concentrated in 3 states.
1/3
of new entrepreneurs are people of color.
$2.4T
is spent annually by consumers of color.