Our friends at The Community Development Venture Capital Alliance (CDVCA) invite you to the Unlock Capital Welcome Event. Please join us for an evening between peers, collaborators, and CDVCA (New York and Puerto Rico) staff, as they introduce you to Unlock Capital 1st Cohort participating businesses and entrepreneurs. The evening will include an introduction about CDVCA and Unlock Capital, and a short presentation of each business, short-term goals, and plans for growth.

Unlock Capital tailors services to each companies’ individual needs focusing on finance, growth and investing. Mentoring, education, and technical assistance is provided virtually by business professionals, industry partners and investors on these and other topics:

• Understanding the investor mindset

• Engaging angel investors and venture capital firms

• Preparing for initial investments

• Building the company’s capital stack

• Navigating the due diligence process

• Pitching different types of investors

• Understanding debt and equity investment options

• Enabling non-dilutive financing options

• Understanding the costs of investments