Paige Finn DohertyFounding Partner, Behind Genius · Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures

How Has Grid110's Partnership With Slauson and Co Impacted Founder's Success? #shorts

29 Jun 2022 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, the speaker explains Grid110’s “Friends and Family” partner program, launched in collaboration with Los Angeles‑based venture firm Slauson & Co. The partnership, formed with partners Austin and AJ, aims to support founders who fall outside Slauson & Co’s typical investment thesis. The program provides a nationwide cohort offering $20,000 grants and high‑profile mentorship from industry leaders, mirroring the structure of the Pledge LA initiative. The segment highlights the motivation behind the partnership, the resources available to founders, and the community‑building intent of the program.

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And then Friends and Family is another partner program. We just completed the first cohort for that earlier this year in partnership with the venture capital firm Slauson& Co. They're based here in Los Angeles. We've known the partners Austin and AJ for several years now, pillars of this community. And when they launched their fund, they knew that they would only be able to invest in a certain number of founders every year, but they wanted to be able to do more. And they wanted to help founders that maybe fell outside of their thesis or their ability to invest. And so they wanted to partner with us to launch a nationwide program called Friends and Family that very similarly to the Pledge LA program was connecting founders with, you know, access to capital in the form of grants. So it was $20,000 in grants, incredible mentorship by some just industry titans to come in and speak.