True Ventures Spoke Program
Empowering diverse entrepreneurs to evaluate and make venture capital investments.
Overview
Spoke is True Ventures' scout program designed to empower entrepreneurs and business leaders from the True community to evaluate and make venture capital investments alongside the firm's partnership team. The program represents True's commitment to democratizing access to venture capital decision-making and promoting diversity in investor networks. It seeks to support founding teams historically overlooked in the industry, fostering a more inclusive investor ecosystem.
Investment focus
Spoke was designed to empower individuals to source and evaluate venture capital investments with explicit focus on founding teams historically overlooked in the industry. The program seeks representative entrepreneurs and creative visionaries building businesses with lasting, impactful potential.
Program details
Designed for Founders, Investors, Operators, Scouts. Participation is generally part time.
Check if you are eligible
Check your eligibility for True Ventures Spoke ProgramBenefits
True Ventures described mentoring participating startup founders and leaders by sharing knowledge about early-stage venture.
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This one invites people; you cannot apply cold. The way in is work the program can already point to, and the people its own pages name.
Questions about this program
How do I join the True Ventures Spoke Program?
This one invites people; you cannot apply cold. The way in is work the program can already point to, and the people its own pages name.
What is the format and time commitment?
Participation is generally part time.
About True Ventures
True Ventures
Venture Capital
Empowering entrepreneurs at the early stages.
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From public sources
What the sources say about True Ventures Spoke Program
True Ventures named Clarence Bethea, Paul Campbell, and Liz Zalman as Spoke’s first program investors.
Source: Introducing Spoke: The True Ventures Scout ProgramTrue Ventures dated its Spoke launch announcement February 3, 2021.
Source: Introducing Spoke: The True Ventures Scout ProgramTrue Ventures described itself as launching Spoke for people from its community.
Source: Introducing Spoke: The True Ventures Scout ProgramTrue Ventures used the title “Introducing Spoke: The True Ventures Scout Program” for its 2021 launch announcement.
Source: Introducing Spoke: The True Ventures Scout ProgramTrue Ventures’ 2022 cohort announcement names Darshan Shankar, Adizah Tejani, Mayank Mehta, and Andrea Thomaz as new Spoke participants. (True Ventures, 2022)
Source: Meet True’s 2022 Spoke Program CohortTrue Ventures said it mentors participating startup founders and leaders by sharing knowledge about early-stage venture. (True Ventures, 2022)
Source: Meet True’s 2022 Spoke Program Cohort
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