As only the second Black woman elected to the city council in Portland, Maine, Victoria Pelletier is no stranger to the obstacles Black women face when running for and serving in public office. In a powerful op-ed for Ms. Magazine, she writes about her experience as an elected…

“Between now and dinner, you can have the best conversation you have ever had with a teen in your life.” Here’s how, according to Dr. Emily Weinstein from Center for Digital Thriving.

So much fun chatting with LexiBSpeaks for an episode in Season 2 of You Can Sit With Us podcast.

Exciting to explore Reboot Representation's impactful work and share some family 🫖

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Understanding our country’s exclusionary past is essential to building a more inclusive future.

Explore our partner GCIR' timeline of citizenship in the U.S.—and learn how this history can inform modern-day solutions that advance equity for all. pvtl.ventures/3xhjVUl

'At Pivotal, we see expanding women’s power and influence not as a single issue but rather as a prerequisite to progress on more or less every issue.”

In The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Pivotal’s president, Brooke Anderson, wrote about the urgent need to increase women’s representation in all…

Our partner YoungFutures is on a mission to “help the helpers” by funding solutions that promote young people’s wellbeing in a tech-driven world.

Check out Sierra M. Fox-Woods' article in Behavioral Health Tech about Young Futures' $1 million funding challenge—and how you can apply…

Love seeing our partners Beta Boom and Growth Warrior Capital featured on Business Insider’s list of Black investors who are working to make the venture capital industry more diverse, inclusive, and innovative! pvtl.ventures/3TMJbLe

Congratulations! You are an inspiration, Amanda 🚀!

It's true that social connection is essential to our survival. As YoungFutures' Katya Hancock noted during our #SXSW2024 panel, being socially connected increases a person's odds of survival by 50%.

Learn about Young Futures' $1 million funding challenge to advance solutions…

By investing in seed-stage companies, Ulu Ventures is combatting bias when it’s likely to be strongest against women and founders of color. Learn more about their approach to investing from co-founder Miriam Rivera: pvtl.ventures/43pr15o

We're proud to support partners like YoungFutures in their efforts to help young people and their caregivers navigate a tech-filled world. Learn more about our work to champion young people's mental health and wellbeing via Inside Philanthropy. pvtl.ventures/3PsdoN8

🖥️ Join PitchBook’s webinar tomorrow at 1pm ET to hear from speakers, including Pivotal’s Renata Aráuz-DeStefano, about the state of venture capital funding for women founders in the U.S.

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What's it like for teens to grow up in a tech-driven, social-media-fueled world? How can adults better support them?

Read the fascinating takeaways from our #SXSW2024 event on #digitalwellbeing with YR Media, YoungFutures, and Center for Digital Thriving: pvtl.ventures/sxsw2024

'How much do you have to change yourself to get systems that weren’t made with you in mind to somehow work for you?'

Learn how this question inspired Algorithmic Justice League founder Dr. Joy Buolamwini's efforts to advocate for safer and more inclusive AI systems: pvtl.ventures/3v0t8je

Women-led funds like Growth Warrior Capital and Ulu Ventures are seizing opportunities that others in the venture capital industry have missed—and their efforts are paying off. Learn how in Erin Harkless Moore' recent article for PitchBook's latest report: pvtl.ventures/3TewfvZ

Non-profits, this is your chance! The #LonelyHeartsClubChallenge will award up to $1 million to empower teens to find their way. Applications now open. Discover more & apply here: bit.ly/yfutures
#YoungFutures Pivotal Ventures K Noonan Sierra M. Fox-Woods Katya Hancock

Adding our thanks to Jessi Cape at Austin Chronicle for covering our #SXSW2024 event on young people's #digitalwellbeing with YR Media, YoungFutures, and Center for Digital Thriving!

As Jessi wrote, one of the most important takeaways is that 'You don’t need fancy tools, you can…

If you're at #SXSW2024 this week, check out our partner IllumiNative's panel today at 2:30pm CT!

That’s a wrap on our #SXSW2024 panel! Thank you to our incredible speakers for sharing such important insights about how to better support young people’s #digitalwellbeing .

Speakers from left to right: K Noonan of Pivotal Ventures, Dr. Emily Weinstein of Center for Digital Thriving,…