PRE-SEED VENTURE ACCELERATOR & STARTUP STUDIO
Founder focused
Impact driven
Black, Female and Latin founders receive less than 2% of all VC funding.
Our mission is to help support and accelerate the success of underrepresented
founders, and to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the startup ecosystem.
Meet the Team
Building on our work with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), we aim to establish accelerators supporting underrepresented founders.
SoleSafe™ is a modern, digital platform delivering an automated underwriting solution specifically designed for sneakers
Phil Terrill, Founder and CEO
Graduated from Tuskegee University (HBCU)
Enrichly is committed to closing the educational equity gaps amongst vulnerable and underrepresented youth through their self-esteem e-learning platform and curriculum
Margo Jordan, Founder and CEO
Graduated from Texas Southern University (HBCU)
Alphaa.io is a loyalty program that provides verified proof of who your best customers & fans are with tools to give special access online or offline
Manuela Seve, Founder and CEO
NEX CUBED BY THE NUMBERS
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10+
YEARS ACCELERATING STARTUPS
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300+
COMPANIES ACCELERATED
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>500
RAISED BY COMPANIES (MILLIONS)
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65%
LED BY UNDERREPRESENTED FOUNDERS
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5000+
JOBS CREATED
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3
INDUSTRY SPECIFIC ACCELERATORS
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220+
MENTORS & LEAD ADVISORS
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80+
INVESTMENTS MADE
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2
COMPANIES CREATED FROM SCRATCH
Kiran Gange, Kim Walpole, and Leslie Winston III are the CEOs of portfolio companies in which Nex Cubed previously invested through one or more of the funds it manages. Kiran Gange, Kim Walpole, and Leslie Winston III were not compensated for recommending Nex Cubed, and they do not have any material conflicts of interest as a result of their relationship with Nex Cubed.