# Visible Hands

> Visible Hands is a Boston-based pre-seed venture firm that finds overlooked founders through fellowships and regional programs, invests before conventional investors tend to arrive, and surrounds companies with tailored operating support. Its model combines venture returns with a deliberate response to the capital, network, and service gaps faced by women, founders of color, and other underrepresented entrepreneurs.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** Boston, United States
- **Founders:** Daniel Acheampong (Co-Founder and General Partner), Justin Kang (Co-Founder and General Partner), Yasmin Cruz Ferrine (Co-Founder and General Partner)
- **Team size:** LinkedIn classifies Visible Hands as a 2-10 employee firm; the supplied company record lists 27 employees, likely including a broader set of associated profiles.
- **Products:** Pre-seed investment, Founder programs, VHNYC, VHBOS, Blueprint: Tulsa
- **Notable:** Reports more than 57 investments of $100,000 or more., Reports $8.3 million invested across the portfolio., Reports that 36 portfolio companies have closed pre-seed or seed rounds.

## Products & services

- **Pre-seed investment** — Initial and follow-on venture investments in high-growth technology and technology-enabled startups led by women, founders of color and other overlooked founders; the current site says investments are generally $100,000 or more.
- **Founder programs** — Cohort-based fellowships that combine business workshops, structured coaching, peer community, mentor access and a pathway to potential venture investment.
- **VHNYC** — A hybrid New York City founder fellowship run with NYCEDC; the 2026 cohort included 15 founders and $10,000 in non-dilutive funding per entrepreneur.
- **VHBOS** — A Boston-based hybrid fellowship for founders reflecting Greater Boston's racial and gender diversity, supported by the Barr Foundation; the 2025 cohort included 15 founders and $5,000 grants.
- **Blueprint: Tulsa** — A regional founder program in Tulsa that extends Visible Hands' sourcing and support model into the Southern startup ecosystem.
- **Corporate and ecosystem programs** — Program design, curriculum review, cohort selection, workshops and bias training for corporations, foundations, angels and ecosystem partners.
- **SEEN** — A New York gathering focused on fundraising, ecosystem access and founder wellbeing, including workshops, networking and live pitches.

## Achievements

- Reports more than 57 investments of $100,000 or more.
- Reports $8.3 million invested across the portfolio.
- Reports that 36 portfolio companies have closed pre-seed or seed rounds.
- Reports more than $50 million raised by portfolio companies.
- Closed an oversubscribed $10.5 million Fund I in June 2022.
- Attracted more than 900 applicants to its inaugural cohort and selected roughly 50 founders.
- The 2022 flagship program had an acceptance rate of about 3% and supported 45 companies represented by 51 founders.
- Built regional programs in Boston, New York and Tulsa alongside public, philanthropic and corporate partners.
- Portfolio company Folio raised more than $4 million after participating in VHNYC, according to a Visible Hands case study.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Published a Hands-On interview on climate with Dollaride founder Su Sanni.
- **2026-06** — Announced the 2026 Blueprint: Tulsa cohort, extending its regional founder work in the South.
- **2026-03** — Announced the fourth VHNYC cohort: 15 New York founders in a 14-week hybrid fellowship with $10,000 non-dilutive grants from NYCEDC.
- **2026-03** — Teamed with NYCEDC and Main Street Assembly on an alumni founder network for longer-term support in New York.
- **2025-12** — Introduced the 2025 SEEN 50, connected to its fundraising and founder-wellbeing summit in New York.
- **2025-10** — Announced the third VHBOS cohort of 15 Boston-area founders, each receiving a $5,000 non-dilutive grant with Barr Foundation support.

## Links

- Website: https://www.visiblehands.vc/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/visiblehands
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/visiblehandsvc
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visiblehands/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@visiblehands

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Last updated: 2026-08-16