Meet Evan Poncelet. He is a co-founder of Dreamward Ventures, a prominent venture capital firm featured on Geekwire.com. Notably, he co-founded the pioneering Pacific Northwest's first venture-scale Black Founders and Funders group, aiming to unify and fortify the Black venture-scale entrepreneurial ecosystem. Evan is an alumnus of key programs such as the BLCK VC Black Venture Institute cohort 7, the VCLab Venture Institute cohort 2, and the 23rd Seattle Angel Conference. Furthermore, he established the Washington State Black Angel Network to guide high-net-worth individuals, including Black and ally investors, in making angel investments in hyper-scalable, Black-founded startups. Evan is actively involved in co-chairing the Black Founder Launchpad Expo venture conference, set to take place on June 8th at Venture Mechanics Coworking Studios of Bellevue. The event will feature an exhibition of 10 pre-seed and seed-stage Black-founded startups, followed by a demo day and pitch competition. He will host a panel discussing advancements and opportunities in Black venture-scale entrepreneurship with prominent leaders from the venture capital and entrepreneurship ecosystem.