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Angeles Investors to Announce Top 100 Startups with Hispanic DNA & Adelante Award Honoree

Chicago, IL, May 4, 2022 -- Angeles Investors– the investment community on a mission to find, fund, and grow the most promising startup ventures – will recognize the top 100 startups in the U.S. with Hispanic or Latinx DNA and Adelante Award honoree at its Q2 Pitch Night Event & Awards in Silicon Valley on May 12, sponsored by Silicon Valley Bank.

The Angeles 100 is not a ranked list, but rather a collection of inspiring venture-backed startups driving innovation. These startups will have built, or are building, great companies of the exact kind Angeles supports and invests in. This year’s honorees exemplify how startup founders drive the business forward and set their organizations up for success.

The Angeles Investors Adelante Award is the inaugural award to be given annually to a leader who has demonstrated exceptional dedication to advancing entrepreneurship within the U.S. Hispanic and Latinx community - moving the United States of America forward...Adelante!
“We’re excited to be live at the Computer History Museum to celebrate great business achievements, exceptional leadership, reconnect with peers, forge new partnerships, and obtain new perspectives into the fast-paced venture capital industry from the world’s leading investors and entrepreneurs," said Adela Cepeda, Angeles Board Chair and Director at BMO Financial Corp.

Keynote speaker and CEO & Founder of Conectado, Guillermo Diaz, Jr., will open the event with a discussion on Leveraging the Metaverse to Connect, Grow our Community and Grow our Economy, followed by panel discussions featuring CEOs of America's Top Early Stage Ventures. Accredited investors will have an opportunity to hear a few of America’s top startups pitch for funding and invest as Friends of Angeles.

Nominations for the Angeles 100 are solicited from Angeles members, partners, and the general public. Awardees are evaluated on their accomplishments and their ability to raise funding for their startup venture.

Event tickets may be purchased online.

Angeles Investors is a community of investors on a mission to find, fund and grow the most promising Hispanic and Latinx startup ventures. Angeles 100 awardees will be recognized during the 2022 Angeles Investors Q2 Pitch Night Event & Awards Celebration on May 12, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.

For sponsorship and membership opportunities or to purchase event tables, contact Dahlia Mjarez at members@angelesinvestors.com.

Media are invited to attend.

Angeles Investors Announces Dr. Jerry Porras as 2022 Adelante Award Honoree

Chicago, IL, May 4, 2022 -- Angeles Investors – the investment community finding, funding, and growing the most promising startup ventures – will recognize Dr. Jerry I. Porras as the 2022 inaugural Adelante Award recipient. Dr. Porras will be recognized with this prestigious award during the Angeles Q2 Pitch Night Event & Awards in Silicon Valley on May 12, sponsored by Silicon Valley Bank.

The Angeles Investors’ inaugural Adelante Award is given to a leader who has demonstrated exceptional dedication to advancing entrepreneurship within the U.S. Hispanic and Latinx community - moving the United States of America forward...Adelante!

“Having the opportunity to celebrate Dr. Porras as our North Star is so rewarding and so appropriate,” shared Frank Carbajal, Best Selling Author, Founder & President of Es Tiempo LLC, and Angeles Investors Advisor. “He represents the best of our entrepreneurial heritage and embodies the Angeles mission,” said Frank.

“Professor Porras is a visionary with passion and energy that has created opportunities for Latino businesses throughout the United States. His work advances our mission of investing in and supporting Latino startups,” said Adela Cepeda, Angeles Investors Board Chair and Director at BMO Financial Corp.

Dr. Porras is an American organizational theorist, Lane Professor Emeritus of Organizational Behavior and Change at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Co-Director, Latino Entrepreneurship Program. He is best known as co-author of the 1994 bestseller Success Built to Last: Creating A Life That Matters, written with James C. Collins.

Professor Porras received his BSEE from Texas Western College, his MBA from Cornell University, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Among the honors he has received are the Brilliante Award from the National Society of Hispanic MBAs, the Silver Apple Award from the Stanford Business School Alumni Association, and the Kanter Medal from the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology.

Angeles Investors will celebrate Dr. Porras and the top 100 startup ventures with Hispanic DNA, called the Angeles 100, during the Angeles Q2 Pitch Night Event & Awards on May 12 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.

Join the celebration! Tickets to this event may be purchased online. Sponsorship opportunities and event tables are also available on a first come first serve basis. Email members@angelesinvestors for more Information. Seating is limited.

For additional information please contact Dahlia Mijarez at members@angelesinvestors.com.

Media are invited to attend.