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Denise Quashie

Author: Denise Quashie

Denise Quashie is Head of Global Startup Marketing Programs, where she leads the global programs and events team for AWS Startups, including the virtual and in-person AWS Lofts, AWS’ first- and third-party event showings for startups, and she is the creator and head of the AWS Impact Accelerator Program, a $30 million investment by AWS in providing underrepresented founders with the resources needed to scale their early stage startups faster. Based in New York City, Denise has been with AWS for 4.5 years. Prior to her role at AWS, she ran BarkWorld, a mobile marketplace startup that matched pet influencers with brands for influencer marketing opportunities, before successfully exiting the company as it was acquired by Belvoir Media

Announcing the startups selected for the AWS Impact Accelerator Latino Founders cohort

As part of our $30 million commitment to provide underrepresented founders with the resources, capital, and community they need to level the startup playing field, we are announcing today the 20 companies that will participate in the AWS Impact Accelerator Latino Founders Cohort. The program kicks off this week in our HQ in Seattle and closes in 8 weeks, with an investor pitching day in New York—including the Nasdaq Closing Bell Ceremony, which is set to foreshadow a successful journey to the Latino-led companies that joined this cohort.