VPB Community Partner Application
Become a VPB Community Partner
Help connect founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders building ventures across the diaspora.
Ideal for entrepreneur support organizations, investor networks, diaspora communities, professional organizations, and innovation hubs.
Designed for high-impact ecosystem partners
Signal your commitment to inclusive venture ecosystems while gaining visibility across curated events, salons, and founder–investor convenings.
Visibility across VPB event pages and promotions
Aligned with founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders
Curated opportunities for your members and stakeholders
Light-weight commitment: share VPB events with your community through your existing channels.
Start Your Community Partner Application
By submitting, you confirm your organization’s willingness to promote VPB events to your community using at least two of your existing channels (e.g., email, social media, community groups), unless otherwise agreed.
Community Partner Application
Share your organization and confirm your commitment
Tell us about your organization, who you serve, and how you’d like to partner. We’ll follow up with next steps, event-specific details, and promotional assets.
Ideal for organizations supporting founders, investors, diaspora communities, or innovation ecosystems
No financial contribution required—commitment is to meaningful promotion
You can specify regions, themes, or audiences you’re best positioned to support
Why Become a Community Partner
Align your brand with high-signal convenings
Community Partners extend the reach of VPB events by sharing curated convenings with their members and stakeholders, while receiving meaningful recognition across event communications.
Amplify your mission
Share programming that reflects your values—spotlighting founders, impact, and innovation across the diaspora.
Offer value to your community
Give your members access to curated rooms with founders, funders, ecosystem leaders, and partners aligned with their goals.
Be seen as an ecosystem leader
Show up across VPB promotions as a trusted partner advancing inclusive innovation and venture philanthropy.
Community Partner Benefits
Recognition, relationships, and reach
Community Partners are featured across event communications and are first to know about upcoming VPB convenings, collaborations, and ecosystem opportunities.
Logo placement on select VPB event pages and marketing assets
Mention in event registration confirmations and reminder emails, where applicable
Visibility in curated community partner highlight posts or recaps
Priority invitations to private events and ecosystem briefings
Opportunities to nominate founders, investors, or community leaders for future programming
Optional co-hosting or co-branded touchpoints for select convenings
Note: Benefits may vary slightly by event and geography, but recognition and alignment with VPB’s mission remain core.
Why VPB Exists
Venture Philanthropy Blueprint (VPB) is building the connective infrastructure that helps founders access the capital, capabilities, and community required to scale impact ventures. Through curated events and ecosystem collaborations, VPB brings together the people and organizations shaping the future of entrepreneurship across the diaspora and around the globe.
What stood out most was the focus on building — not just companies, but an entire entrepreneurial ecosystem. The conversations here opened real opportunities for collaboration in Jamaica, and I’m excited to see this vision move from dialogue to execution.
Growth doesn’t happen in isolation. As a builder, being surrounded by backers and believers created the kind of strategic connections that help entrepreneurs move forward faster. It’s not just about sharing experiences — it’s about empowering each other to ask for support, build smarter, and expand what’s possible.
What stands out most is the diversity of experience — founders, operators, and ecosystem leaders all contributing to a larger vision. These conversations create the kind of alignment needed to move entrepreneurs forward strategically.
This ecosystem brings the right people into one room — founders, investors, and growth operators — to turn social impact into real momentum. What’s happening here feels like the foundation of something transformative for our countries.
Upcoming Event Highlight
Connect founders, capital, and community
Here’s an example of the kind of convenings Community Partners help amplify.
Diaspora Network Kickoff
An intimate gathering of founders, fund managers, and ecosystem leaders exploring how venture capital and philanthropy can scale impact across the diaspora.
Target cities: Atlanta, Boston, DC, Miami, New York, and Toronto
Curated room of 50–100 ecosystem leaders
Founder spotlights and lightning talks
Capital conversations and partnership pathways
April 9, 2026
Miami, FL + Virtual Option Available
Previous VPB Gatherings
Curated conversations connecting founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders across the diaspora
Organizations supporting VPB events gain visibility within a growing global network of founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders.
Power Brunch Series
A curated gathering bringing together founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders to explore venture creation, capital formation, and impact at scale.
Diaspora Network Gatherings
Conversations connecting leaders across global diaspora communities focused on strengthening the infrastructure for entrepreneurship and venture growth.
Promotion Expectations
A clear, light-weight commitment
Community Partners agree to share VPB events with their communities using their existing channels.
Share the event with your email list at least once prior to the event date.
Post about the event on at least one of your active social channels (e.g., LinkedIn, Instagram, X, WhatsApp broadcast).
Include the VPB event in a relevant community group, Slack/Discord channel, or member portal where appropriate.
Use event assets and sample copy provided by VPB (customization encouraged).
Confirm approximate reach or audience size to help us understand impact.
We’ll equip you with: ready-to-use graphics, copy, tracking links, and clear timelines so you can promote efficiently.
Partner Logos & Social Proof
Organizations Engaged in the VPB Ecosystem
VPB experiences attract founders, investors, and partners from leading accelerators, funds, and community organizations.
Logos shown here include the organizations that are engaged in the VPB ecosystem. Your organization’s logo can be featured on relevant event promotions.
Join the VPB Community Partner Network
Help grow a global network of founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders across the diaspora.
Have questions before applying? Contact [email protected]
About Venture Philanthropy Blueprint
Convening capital, community, and conviction
Venture Philanthropy Blueprint (VPB) convenes founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders to build ventures that create lasting impact across the African and global diaspora. Through curated salons, demo experiences, and ecosystem gatherings, VPB bridges capital, capacity, and community.
Our experiences are intentionally designed for founders, operators, funders, and ecosystem builders who believe that scalable ventures and philanthropic capital can work together to power more equitable futures.
Who we partner with
Entrepreneur support organizations and innovation hubs
Angel networks, fund managers, and capital allocators
Diaspora associations and professional networks
Corporate innovation, CSR, and ecosystem teams
Philanthropic institutions and ecosystem builders
If you mobilize founders, capital, or community, VPB is a natural platform to extend your impact.