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title: 'VamosVentures selects Portland’s Juan Barraza as a part of its inaugural scout program'
date: '2021-02-19T11:35:14-08:00'
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  - Oregon
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  - 'juan barraza'
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# VamosVentures selects Portland’s Juan Barraza as a part of its inaugural scout program

More and more venture capital funds are embracing the concept of “scouts” to help them with deal flow — and its a win win for folks who are in close contact with startups but aren’t necessarily investing. The funds get access to a wider spectrum of companies. And the scouts get compensated for finding startups that are on thesis for the funds.

On trend, [VamosVentures has launched a scout program](https://medium.com/vamosventures/introducing-the-vamosventures-2021-scout-cohort-da377092f232). And Portland’s [Juan Barraza](https://twitter.com/juanbarraza) has been selected to be one of their scouts.

> Excited to join [@VamosVentures](https://twitter.com/VamosVentures?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 2021 Scout Cohort! [\#Latinx](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Latinx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) community has a $1.7 trillion buying power and is set to create new startups at a record rate; NextGen Latinx VC &amp; 😇 investors is key to the success of the next generation of Latinx Entrepreneurs <https://t.co/cGrEt9FwZt>
> 
> — Juan Barraza (@JuanBarraza) [February 19, 2021](https://twitter.com/JuanBarraza/status/1362836980392857601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)



> The fund’s mission is not only to back innovative and driven entrepreneurs, but to create and support a pipeline of diverse investors in venture. Last month, we launched our inaugural Scout Program to achieve this goal, and received an overwhelming response from all over the country.
> 
> Making the decision to select only a few candidates from hundreds of competitive applicants was an equally wonderful and challenging feat, and we’re delighted to have seen such a diverse group of candidates — 81% of applicants identified as Latinx, 10% as Black, 22% as women, and 3% as LGBTQA+.

For more on the program and the other new scouts, visit “[Introducing the VamosVentures 2021 Scout Cohort!](https://medium.com/vamosventures/introducing-the-vamosventures-2021-scout-cohort-da377092f232)“