Samir Mirza

Vice Chair @trypieapp. Former Co-Founder of @FifthStarFunds & TapCommerce (acquired by @Twitter). Chicago | NYC | San Francisco | Berlin.

[Andy Dunn @dunn]

Excited to announce our $11.5 million Series A at Pie @trypieapp, where we're on a mission to defeat social isolation. Our vision: doing things you enjoy with people you like should be as easy as calling a Uber. Looking for new friends? Easy as Pie.

https://t.co/Si7IVaQUkD

[Chicago:Blend @chicago_blend]

We're so excited to announce that Elle Ramel and @svmirza are joining the @chicago_blend board of directors! Read the full press release!
https://t.co/ieihCJAfUT

[keithfix @keithfix]

Founders in the Casa!
#Chicago #startuplife

[Dom @DominicMadori]

NEW: I looked at a white paper by @fifthstarfunds, which seeks to serve as a "family and friend" round for founders without such network.

I looked at the impact this could have: on average, Black founders raise less than 1,000 from family and friends.

https://t.co/8juG6SWiKV

[Fifth Star Funds @fifthstarfunds]

Everyone is talking about Black founders only receiving 1% of venture capital. But what is actually happening and how do we solve it? A 🧵

[Samir Mirza @svmirza]

It's been incredible to see the impact of our partners and community these last 2 years as we continue to fight to make Chicago the inclusive tech ecosystem that we know it can, should, and will be. 💪🏾

[Samir Mirza @svmirza]

The @FifthStarFunds team was honored to receive WBC's Innovation Champion award with our friends at @TechRiseChi & @LongJumpFund for our work to invest in Chicago's underestimated entrepreneurs. Huge thx to @KuriakoseAbin & @WorldBizChicago for their immense support to our org's.

[Samir Mirza @svmirza]

@lindsayknight Always a pleasure seeing you pal and let’s keep it going! Also a walk with @lindsayknight never feels cold because she is fire. 🔥

[Fifth Star Funds @fifthstarfunds]

The Fifth Star team is proud to announce that our portfolio has grown to 20 Black-led startups here in Chicago! Please meet our newest investments: @BarterE_ @thebetterspot @FlareFinSys @health_hciss @nxgrad @PiggyBackNetwrk @findthatspark_ @joinsupperclub
https://t.co/fFpHhVh3NK

[Samir Mirza @svmirza]

@ellieINchicago @KathrynFinney This is so dope! Can’t wait to listen!!! 🤗

[Fifth Star Funds @fifthstarfunds]

A wonderful night bringing together founders from the Fifth Star portfolio. This is what the future of Chicago Tech looks like. Stay tuned for announcements soon on our newest investments! 🙌🏾

[Samir Mirza @svmirza]

@ClaudeCimeus Courtside next year! And hopefully the Win next year too. 😅

[Chicago:Blend @chicago_blend]

Thanks to our guest speakers Halima Nguyen & @AlyaAWoods of @CooleyLLP, @tmgrace of @longjumpfund, @SamaraMHernandz of @ChingonaVC and @svmirza of @fifthstarfunds, who talked to our Chicago Venture Fellows yesterday about the basics of fund formation.

[Claude Cimeus 🇭🇹 @ClaudeCimeus]

@KuriakoseAbin @svmirza

we out here for @Bask_N_Robbins 😍

[Samir Mirza @svmirza]

@ellieINchicago @fifthstarfunds Thank you so much @ellieINchicago for the kind words and for amplifying this role! And you were my favorite human first! 🙌🏾

[Fifth Star Funds @fifthstarfunds]

Fifth Star is hiring a full-time Managing Director to lead the organization and scale our impact as the nation’s preeminent Friends and Family fund for Black tech founders. See our link below for more info and please share the role in your networks! https://t.co/Do0UFyxPH6

[Fifth Star Funds @fifthstarfunds]

We’ve been selected as recipients of @GoldmanSachs One Million Black Women grant! This initiative is the largest of its kind in scope and provides Fifth Star with multi-year investment to close the Friends & Family funding gap for Black women. More info: https://t.co/WnyZTVJ037

[Fifth Star Funds @fifthstarfunds]

Congratulations to @FifthStarFunds portfolio companies @Buoypricing and @Eventnoire for being selected as recipients for the third Google for Startups Black Founders Fund! When we #FundBlackFounders, we all win. Congrats to Candice & Jeff! More info here: https://t.co/hQO9umGVVR

[Samir Mirza @svmirza]

@longjumpfund @ChicagoInno Love it! Congratulations to our friends at @longjumpfund and the amazing portfolio! 💥

[Samir Mirza @svmirza]

@ClaudeCimeus @ClaudeCimeus and @NickBlackburn8 were looking fresh that night. Ah memories! Looking forward to many more. Go Bulls!!!