Welcome to Season Three of Uplifting Conversations! In this exciting premiere episode we dive into the inspiring stories of two remarkable leaders at the forefront of all things uplifting.

Join Toussaint Bailey as he sits down with Uplifting Capital's Linda Assante (Managing Partner, CIO) and Linda Magara Horner (Partner, Impact Investments & Corporate Strategy). Their stories, accomplishments, and goals will leave you impressed and inspired.

Noramay Cadena and Shayna Harris are Managing Partners of Supply Change Capital, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage food tech. Jon Carter is an entrepreneur, investor, and Co-Founder & CEO of Prado. Together they are working to change the future of food. Join us in this important conversation to learn more about one of our underlying funds and the people they invest in.

Noramay Cadena https://www.linkedin.com/in/noramay/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondcarter/ @jondcarter (Instagram & X)

We often discuss the lack of funding available for underrepresented founders and entrepreneurs, which is necessary and important. But what happens when we have a more UPLIFTING conversation, and tell more stories about the people working to change this? We are doing so today. La Keisha Landrum Pierre, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Emmeline Ventures, is a purpose-driven investor and 3x founder on a mission to create a more equitable world. Sydney Paige Thomas, Founder and GP of Symphonic Capital, has worked side by side with founders for almost a decade, ensuring they are able to achieve their goals. Both of these women have an insatiable drive to positively impact the venture capital space by using their unique superpowers. This episode is one for the books. La Keisha Landrum Pierre: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lnlpierre/ Emmeline Ventures: https://www.emmelineventures.vc/ Sydney Paige Thomas: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sydneypthomas/ Symphonic Capital: https://www.symphonic.vc/ Toussaint Bailey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toussaint-bailey-8b174760/ Tamerri Ater: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamerriater/ Uplifting Capital: https://upliftingcapital.com/

Sandra LaPlante is a woman on a mission to bring affordable and accessible tutoring to the people who need it most. Having lived in two worlds - one of privilege in her home country, Peru, and in the US, where she worked multiple jobs to put herself through engineering school, Sandra realized affordable tutoring options were scarce. She founded Papaya Tutoring to help transform student’s lives by making STEM education more inclusive.

Aaron Samuels and his partner, Brian Hollins, are Founders and Managing Partners of Collide Capital, an investor in Papaya Tutor. Their mission is to guide under-networked and overlooked founders on their institutional journey and equip them with resources, knowledge networks, and hands-on operational support for a successful exit.

Uplifting Capital is a Collide Capital Limited Partner. Our collective efforts to help underrepresented founders solve the world’s most pressing problems, is how real impact is made.

We hope you enjoy and are inspired by this episode.

Papaya Tutor: https://papayatutor.com/ Sandra LaPlante: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandravlaplante/ Aaron Samuels: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-levy-samuels/

Pierre Le Veaux witnessed wealth at the highest level during his time as an Investment Banker at Goldman Sachs, while also witnessing a community of underrepresented entrepreneurs and non-accredited investors without access to capital and investment opportunities that could help grow their wealth. As General Partner at Seed At The Table, Pierre is helping to solve an important problem. Seed At The Table, is a mission-driven equity crowdfunding platform committed to connecting diverse entrepreneurs with non-accredited investors looking to obtain equity and/or debt exposure at modest investment amounts. This is Uplifting at its core. Pierre Le Veau II LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pal2/ Seed At The Table: https://seedatthetable.com/homepage @seedatthetable