Manos Accelerator is a first-of-its-kind accelerator targeting Latino entrepreneurs.
The program is headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley and services the community through in-person and remote programs. Manos Startups attempts to disrupt the traditional accelerator model, by doing the following:
Identify and develop Latino entrepreneurs through a “startup accelerator” that provides a unique 3-month mentorship program to enable them grow and succeed. Maximize the success o
10/07/2023
Inviting you to the Manos Demo Day!
➡️ October 26th 2023
➡️ 5-8pm
➡️ At the amazing Cloudflare HQ in San Francisco
Manos will be showcasing 8 startups from the spring and summer cohorts.
RSVP by emailing sylvia@ manosaccelerator.com .
03/17/2023
Join us next week for our Web3 Investors & Founders Networking Mixer, March 23rd, 5-8pm in SF! Would love to see many of you there! 🎉
12/13/2022
Join us this Thursday for the Manos Demo Day🎉
✅ Lounge, San Francisco
✅ 4 - 7pm
Featuring Manos fall cohort startups DroneTech , Disruptors , Auditate, Scout.
See you on Thursday!
09/15/2022
Getting ready for our demo day tomorrow in San Francisco! 🎉🔥
Join us tomorrow, Thursday 09/15 for the pitch competition and meet the Manos startups at a stunning venue 5-7pm.
08/01/2022
Opportunity for LatinX, black, and female founders of App startups:
Apple Entrepreneur Camp is accepting applications!
The heart of Apple Entrepreneur Camp is an intensive, technology lab where you’ll work one on one with Apple experts and engineers to significantly accelerate your app. You’ll also hear from Apple executives and have the opportunity to form relationships with your fellow attendees. At the conclusion of the lab you’ll present your progress, get feedback, and chat with some of Apple’s most senior leaders.
Know anybody that should apply? Tag them below and let's share this program with people in our network!
Lear more here & apply https://developer.apple.com/entrepreneur-camp/
01/28/2022
Welcome to the Manos Winter Cohort! Branddu, Wrabbit, Craftiller, HadosBiotec, R6, Yopett, Kutai, WeChamber, MercadoBici.mx
11/29/2021
Manos' story just got featured on the news!
We'll always be grateful for the Lopez' family involvement in co-founding Manos! 💥
We're proud of our history and excited for our future!
Jennifer Lopez's Dad Founded His Own Startup in Silicon Valley After He Closed Her Pasadena Restaurant Jennifer Lopez is undoubtedly one of the most talented people in entertainment, and her dad is no different.
08/30/2021
Our friends over at Google for Startups are opening up their next batch for female founders in LATAM!
Sharing their invitation:
Buscamos emprendedoras de y el para participar en LAC Women Founders Accelerator, un programa de 10 semanas para llevar a las
seleccionadas al siguiente nivel de crecimiento.
Este programa está organizado por Google for Startups, WeXchange/BID Lab y Centraal.
¿A qué esperas? ¡Postula antes del 12 de septiembre! >> www.wexchange.co
FB: Lab
IN: Google for Startups, IDB Lab, Centraal
IG: googleforstartups, centraal_com, el_BID
06/23/2021
Big shout-out to the startups from our winter 2021 cohort for completing the Manos Program! 🎉
Aguagente
Jelp app
ICuantix
StriveUp
homiefoo
Sanicheck Program
03/25/2021
To all LatinX startups: apply to Apples’s Impact Accelerator. The deadline is April 30th, 2021 👇
Apple’s Impact Accelerator is now accepting applications. It is designed for Black-, Hispanic/Latinx-, and Indigenous-owned businesses that share our focus on innovation and our commitment to the environment. As a part of Apple’s $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI), the Impact Accelerator is a capacity-building program for
late-stage startups or mature firms and organizations with innovative solutions, applications, or processes that align with Apple’s environmental priority areas – renewable energy, carbon removal, and recycling innovation.
The Accelerator is a key part of Apple’s commitment to be carbon neutral by 2030. It will expand access to opportunity by helping fight systemic barriers impacting communities
that are disproportionately affected by environmental issues like climate change.
Participants in The Impact Accelerator will begin the program in August 2021, and will
have access to:
Targeted Training
Apple Experts
Executive Training
Alumni Network
The Impact Accelerator application portal is now open through April 30th, 2021.
Learn more: https://www.apple.com/impact-accelerator
10/14/2020
Unique opportunity! Morgan Stanley's startup program.
- 250k cash contribution
You can find more info & the application here
https://www.f6s.com/multiculturalinnovationlab2021/apply
Deadline Nov. 30th
09/17/2020
Excited to announce the Fall 2020 Manos Demo Day!
Sign up here via Zoom from anywhere in the world and meet this cohort's startups and hear their pitches.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqd-CuqDIvHdTteOjAEq75NXzHx5EU5xiI
“With less than 1% of venture-backed startups being founded by Latinos, we see a huge opportunity to develop the community and accelerate the growth of startups with untapped latino talent.” - Sylvia Flores, Manos CEO.
Manos maximizes the success of Latino startups by creating a support infrastructure and giving them access to world-class resources, including
- Expert mentors
- Training/Workshops
- Peer Support/Collaboration
- Exchange of Ideas/Best Practices
- Networking/Mixer events
- Media opportunities
- Community Outreach activities
We aim to be recognized as an international hub in the city of San Jose for all Latino entrepreneurs from both US and Latin American countries.