“At the intersection of innovation and equity” is how Al Cornish describes his position at gener8tor, a global venture capital firm and startup accelerator. After working for Fortune 500 companies like Target, Cornish is passionate about creating vehicles for diverse- or women-led entrepreneurs to launch businesses. This includes gener8tor's new MSP Equity Accelerator to generate investment in diverse Twin Cities startups, as well as the MSP Equity Fund, which made its first five investments in 2023. It’s not just the right thing to do, he says, “it’s the economic impact of what we’re missing out by not investing into Black-, brown-, and women-led startups.”

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