Manos Accelerator’s David Lopez Talks Lack of VC Funding for Latino Startups

*Creating wealth is key to Latino political and economic advancement. It’s best done when Latinos help Latinos reach their potential. VL

By Robert Schoon, Latin Post

Jennifer Lopez might have garnered the most attention from an audience not used to hearing business pitches from global pop superstars last week at the Venture Capital Association’s VentureScape conference. But it’s her father David, co-founder of the Latino startup-focused Manos Accelerator, who most challenged the assumptions of those investors in budding businesses.

Lopez, through his Manos Accelerator and his presentation at the VC conference, is trying to boost Latino entrepreneurship in technology, an industry where a wide diversity of creative voices has yet to flourish.

Manos provides three-month programs to help promising Latino and Latin American startups get the training, resources and mentorship they need to take their technology businesses to the next level.

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