E108 Morgan Stanley Funding African American, Latino & Woman Startups

E108 Fireside with a VC speaking with Alice Vilma, Managing Director and Co-Head of The Next Level Fund at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Alice explains how the Next Level Fund looks to promote financial inclusion and provide founders of tech and tech-enabled startups with much-needed access to investors—along with the tools, resources and connections they need to grow and thrive. We discuss how the fund encourages underserved segments of the market to apply for funding and what that process entails. The economic case for funding diversity and making change happen.

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