Monica Wheat led the launch of Backstage Capital in Detroit and is the Executive Director and co-founder of Venture Catalysts, an organization that builds inclusive ecosystems through strategic support for large-scale entrepreneurship events and growth programs and works as Detroit managing director of Arlan Hamilton‘s venture capital firm, whose mission is to invest in founders that identify as women, people of color, or LGBT.
In this interview on Moguldom Nation, Monica shares how she galvanized the community to bring Backstage Capital to Detroit, the challenges of pushing startups when the city was suffering and what founders of color are doing wrong. External article – read more.
