OUR MISSION

Venture Partners is creating pathways for the everyday American to become a successful founder or funder.

We provide workforce development, education, and training to individuals at the intersection of cultural, socioeconomic, and geographic diversity in order to decentralize wealth and build community power.

OUR VISION

To build build hyper-local economies where community members direct capital flow and innovation.

This interconnected resource allocation and wealth building system will return us to the true meaning of “economy”– the management of home– by allowing the people most removed from power to have a say in how their communities are developed.

OUR STORY

Venture Partners was founded in 2021 when Himalaya Rao-Potlapally and Nathan Foos joined forces to shake up the existing power dynamics in entrepreneurship and capital allocation. They noticed that, while many organizations were working to diversify their organization, most were focused on a single identity aspect (such as race/ethnicity), rather than embracing the multi-dimensionality needed to make organizations truly representative of the communities they serve.

Today, Venture Partners trains and places intersectionally diverse people into leadership and decision making roles to create a more efficient, effective, inclusive, and ultimately sustainable pathway for innovation.
Read more about our recently updated programs here.

ORGANIZING FRAMEWORK

In 2024, Venture Partners made the decision to align with the Solidarity Economy (SE) movement.

The SE is a framework for re-organizing economic activities to benefit people and our planet instead of generating endless profit. SE provides tangible, hopeful solutions to advance our society beyond its current economic paradigm, uniting values-aligned individuals and organizations around a distinct movement.

Venture Partners acts as an educator and unifier within the SE movement, building a new workforce that:
❇Uses non-extractive, community-based financing practices; and
❇Invests in underestimated entrepreneurs who represent the communities they serve