Big check energy! Swipe to see why it was a Founders Fund Meetup to remember in NYC last week. 👉 We surprised the founders of otis.ai, Paerpay, and teamworkhealthcare with $150,000 in non-dilutive funding and Google support as the first recipients of the 2023 Black Founders Fund. Congrats to Clarence Williams, derekcanton, and Erika Byers — and stay tuned for the full cohort announcements later this month. There to celebrate with more than 100 Founders Fund recipients, investors, and ecosystem partners were Latino Founders Fund recipient (and MC for the evening) luisbarreraxyz, cofounder and CEO of splyt.co; sheenawrightnyc, First Deputy Mayor for the City of New York; and Karen Fiester, Global Head of Scale, Strategy, and Operations at Google for Startups. #FundBlackFounders #FundLatinoFounders