Concrete Rose is an early stage fund focused on capitalizing underrepresented founders, investing in companies serving underrepresented consumers, and helping early stage companies build diverse teams. Concrete Rose-backed founders gain access to social capital via the Concrete Rose Network of best-in-class investors, operators, and public figures committed to our mission.
In addition to driving impact through our investments, we commit 50% of our carry to the Concrete Rose Community Foundation, which identifies and funds nonprofits closing opportunity gaps for underrepresented talent in America.
In addition to driving impact through our investments, we commit 50% of our carry to the Concrete Rose Community Foundation, which identifies and funds nonprofits closing opportunity gaps for underrepresented talent in America.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2019
Investors 2
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| 10.08.2023 | Nestment and Bilt Rewards Team Up To Convert Rent Payments Into Home Co-Ownership | Nestment Logo “I hear peers too often thinking they have to choose between starting a family and buying a home, or have to leave the community they love to move somewhere affordable but undesirable. We are breaking these false binaries by c... |
| 21.02.2023 | Nestment Launches Home Co-Buying Platform to Make Ownership a Reality for a New Generation | “Investing in real estate is still one of the best ways to build generational wealth and find financial freedom, but the white picket fence dream has grown increasingly elusive for millennials who’ve come of age in the shadow of ‘08’s crash... |
| 08.06.2022 | Five to Nine raises $4.25M seed round to help improve the efficiency of DEI initiatives | Five to Nine, which makes event management software, has closed a $4.25 million seed round led by Black Ops Ventures. Launched in 2018, the company’s software lets enterprises plan programs for their employee resource groups (ERGs), which e... |
| - | Here are 49 Black women who raised $1 million or more in VC funding last year | Ami Colé founder Diarrha N'Diaye Katherine Pekala This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Fewer than 200 Black women have ever raised $1 million or more in venture-capital funds. ... |
| - | Concrete Rose’s Will Bumpus on Mission-Driven Investments | On this episode of the LA Venture podcast, Concrete Rose Capital Partner Will Bumpus discusses how the firm hopes to support a virtuous cycle of wealth and opportunity for underrepresented communities of color. &... |