LAT VC is a United States based venture capital platform, focusing on Latino owned and led businesses that are looking for funding and mentor-ship. This company was formed by leading experts, offering funding to early stage innovative Latino owned businesses in the United States.

Latino businesses are the most underfunded businesses in the country with only 1.8% securing the funding they need, while seventy two percent use their hard earned savings. They are important to the US Economy and are the fastest growing entrepreneurs in the country. Through venture capital, these businesses are able to grow and thrive, increasing job opportunities, education and financial equality.

LAT VC has certain investment criteria that must be met, combined with an easy online pitch submission form. The investment criteria is focused on the company's mission to increase the success and growth of US Latino entrepreneurs. The criteria includes a US Latino funder that owns a minimum of twenty five percent f the business or a collective of US Latino founders owning twenty five percent of the business. In addition to this, they will consider US Latino C-suite executives owning ten percent of the business, this includes CEO, CFO and CTO.

Any business submitting a pitch form to Latinx Venture must be in the early stages, Pre-seed to Series A and be tech enabled, this can be a tech-enabled or software business that solves an important societal problem. They should be scalable and be based in the United States. The pitch submission form can be found on the information packed LAT VC website.

Kennie Blanco, a Managing Partner and the CIO at LAT VC, said “We have also introduced Match-Up, which has taken place over the past couple of years at the L'ATTITUDE annual national based conference. The winner of the pitch competition wins the L'ATTITUDE Start up on the Year Aware, receiving capital, press coverage, introductions to co-investors and an accelerated opportunity to join the LAT VC portfolio.”

LAT VC has funded $34 million over twenty seven companies with an average check size of $1 million at Match Up. Twenty three companies were invited to showcase at Match up with thirty eight percent of the founders being female. This was after receiving five hundred match up pitch submissions.

Match up enables companies to showcase their business in front of capital investors with only twenty start ups being invited to take part. Match UP will take place this September in Miami during the L'ATTITUDE annual conference.

About Us:

LAT VC is a purpose led venture company that invests in early stage US Latino led and owned businesses with large and high growth opportunities. The company started in 2019, addressing the troubling economic costs to our country and the underfunding of US Latino entrepreneurs. The company invests, elevates and accelerates Latino owned businesses by investing early. LAT VC invests from $200,000 to $1.5 million in Latino led and owned technology companies that offer or provide technology as core to businesses. Full details on LAT VC the process and pitch submission form can be found on their information packed website at https://lattitudeventures.com/.