Senofer Mendoza is on a mission to fund diverse and historically-excluded business owners by using an improved model of venture capital. Based in Boston, Mendoza Ventures is women-owned and the first LatinX-owned venture fund on the East Coast. The firm is run by Senofer and her husband Adrian Mendoza, entrepreneurs and veterans of the Boston startup ecosystem. They focus on diversity as playing an important role in their investment decisions, as roughly 75% of Mendoza’s portfolio consists of start-ups led by immigrants, people of color, and women. Mendoza Ventures seeks to create positive changes in the fields of cybersecurity, technology and artificial intelligence.
The Business of YOU: Supporting Diversity and Inclusion in VC with Senofer Mendoza
