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Allison Byers

Founder of Founders For Kamala

Greater Boston

Overview 

Allison Byers is a passionate leader in equitable capital access, currently serving as the Founder and CEO of Scroobious and Co-Chair of All Raise Boston. With a background in activism and angel investing, she excels in pitching, fundraising, and mentoring startups, while also being a dynamic speaker and executive in residence. Highlights of Allison's career include her role as the Co-Chair of All Raise Boston and her founding of Scroobious, demonstrating her commitment to fostering equitable access to capital and supporting startups through mentorship and leadership roles.

Work Experience 

  • Founder & Co-Chair

    2024 - Current

  • Executive in Residence (EIR)

    2022

    The MDSS is a 10-month hands-on accelerator program providing mentorship, coaching, training, support, community, and investment in digital health and biotech startups.

  • Co-Chair Boston Chapter

    2022

    All Raise is a national non-profit accelerating the success of women+ founders and funders. We are making a difference with education, introductions, mentors, jobs, deal flow, and financing. By improving the success of women in the venture-backed tech ecosystem, we can build a more accessible community that reflects the diversity of the world around us.

All Raise is a nonprofit on a mission to accelerate the success of female founders and funders to build a more prosperous equitable future.

Raised $15,000,000.00 from Silicon Valley Bank, Sequoia Capital, Pivotal Ventures, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Reid Hoffman Foundation, Silicon Valley Bank and Pivotal Ventures.

  • Mentor

    2021

Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.

Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.

  • Advisor

    2021

  • Angel Investor

    2021

  • Advisor

    2021

  • Mentor

    2021

A Social Entrepreneurship Bootcamp accelerator

  • Founder & CEO

    2019

    For the founders who can't be lumped into a classification and don't fit traditional pattern matching. For the investors looking to put their money toward something or someone that speaks to you. For those who identify as underrepresented and struggle to network your way to the people and resources you need to get funded or to invest. We are building this for you. Sign up for e-mail updates to be in the know! https://www.scroobious.com/

Scroobious offers a virtual platform and community designed for founders to connect efficiently with investors.

Raised $1,100,000.00.

  • Mentor

    2021

    The Impact Accelerator Program gives women business owners a chance to scale smarter with a diverse cohort of rising entrepreneurs and a dedicated mentor in their industry. 

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