In Their Own Words

Republic defines their program in the following way: "At Republic, we believe that in order to close the funding gap for underrepresented founders, the VC industry must also make significant strides in diversifying its decision makers. Techcrunch recently reported that women make up only 8% of VC partners, who are the ones ultimately writing checks and deciding who gets funded. And less than 3% of VC partners are Black or Latinx.

While Republic works to shrink these gaps by letting everyone open their wallets to invest in startups on our platform, we've decided to go a step further. Today we're launching our inaugural Venture Partner Program with a focus on women of color. "

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What is a Republic Venture Partner

Republic's global network of mission-driven venture investors and executives is known as Venture Partners.

Venture Partners are Republic's closest partners in the goal to democratize investing are the Venture Partners. They're assisting them in creating an ecosystem of investors dedicated to assisting entrepreneurs in obtaining the finance and human resources they require to succeed. They talk the talk and walk the walk, and they have the skills to make a difference. They are made up of venture capitalists, ecosystem builders, and founders.

Republic is a financial technology company that specializes in investment-related services in the private markets, which include a retail investment platform, a blockchain advisory service, and a private capital division. Republic has deployed over $700 million in investments, supported over 600 companies, with a community of over 1.5M users across 100 countries. Republic is backed by dozens of leading investment firms and financial institutions and has co-invested with the best names in venture and private equity. Founded in 2016, Republic is headquartered in New York City with offices worldwide. For additional information, visit republic.co or @joinrepublic on Twitter.