Conscious Venture Lab® (CVL) is an early stage business accelerator with the goal of developing companies and leaders who embrace capitalism as a force for good in society. We work to help extraordinary entrepreneurs in their goal to build companies with societal purpose at their core; to give them all the tools and support they need to create engaged happy employees, loyal and joyful customers, deeply authentic partnerships, caring and safe communities and all manner of wealth for all their stakeholders.
Our program is an intensive 4-month study in Consciousness, Customers and Capital, that is: building a foundation of purpose for your business, helping you develop no-nonsense customer acquisition capabilities and aligning you with like-minded sources of capital.
Our program is an intensive 4-month study in Consciousness, Customers and Capital, that is: building a foundation of purpose for your business, helping you develop no-nonsense customer acquisition capabilities and aligning you with like-minded sources of capital.
Location: United States, Maryland, Baltimore
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2013
Investment Type: Venture Capital; Accelerator
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 1
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 08.07.2022 | PONStech | ponstech.co | $125K | United Sta... |
Mentions in press and media 20
| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.06.2021 | Baltimore’s startup community has a model. Now it needs to scale | Startups can’t stay in the early stage forever. While a young company can benefit from the early momentum of pitch wins and resources found in a community, it eventually must figure out its business model, and ultimately scale. Hearing lead... |
| 12.02.2021 | 10 business leaders fighting to make the Black experience a permanent part of corporate America | From left: Naj Austin, Jeff Cherry, DeShuna Spencer, and Obi Omile. Mark Jones; Matter.vc; Naj Austin; Skye Gould/Insider This Black History Month, there’s a heightened call to dismantle systemic racism. Insider and the National Black Chamb... |
| 23.01.2020 | CityBizList: SHIFT Ventures's Jeff Cherry Receives Laudato si’ Challenge Impact Award in Vatican City | Only two individuals were recognized with the international award, inspired by Pope Francis’ challenge to work with early stage companies who are finding sustainable solutions to global problems. |
| 27.02.2019 | Conscious Venture Lab opens applications for 5th cohort | Conscious Venture Lab opened applications for the fifth cohort of its accelerator program helping mission-driven startups build a business. The West Baltimore-based program is seeking startups working on new models focused on cities, whethe... |
| 26.02.2019 | Conscious Venture Lab and SHIFT Ventures Announce Conscious Venture Lab 5 | Up to ten companies will be given up to a $100K investment to participate in the program The Conscious Venture Lab (CVL), an accelerator in partnership with SHIFT Ventures and the Conscious Venture Fund I, announced today that applications ... |
| 26.02.2019 | Conscious Venture Lab and SHIFT Ventures Announce Conscious Venture Lab 5 | Up to ten companies will be given up to a $100K investment to participate in the program The Conscious Venture Lab (CVL), an accelerator in partnership with SHIFT Ventures and the Conscious Venture Fund I, announced today that applications ... |
| 03.04.2018 | City-focused startups: Conscious Venture Lab opened applications for its next cohort | Conscious Venture Lab will be back in West Baltimore later this year. The accelerator program is opening applications for startups in a cohort that will begin in August. According to CVL Founder Jeff Cherry, the program is seeking startups ... |
| 11.02.2018 | Conscious Venture Lab Just Completed Its First West Baltimore Cohort | After working since October at a space in Baltimore City Community College, the founders of six startups in the latest cohort of Conscious Venture Lab gathered for demo day this week. While the event at MICA’s Fred Lazarus IV Center on Nort... |
| 11.02.2018 | Conscious Venture Lab Just Completed Its First West Baltimore Cohort | After working since October at a space in Baltimore City Community College, the founders of six startups in the latest cohort of Conscious Venture Lab gathered for demo day this week. While the event at MICA’s Fred Lazarus IV Center on Nort... |
| 09.02.2018 | Conscious Venture Lab just completed its first West Baltimore cohort | After working since October at a space in Baltimore City Community College, the founders of six startups in the latest cohort of Conscious Venture Lab gathered for demo day this week. While the event at MICA’s Fred Lazarus IV Center on Nort... |
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