PORCH Foundation's First Grant | $3000+ to Support International Entrepreneurs
- Hunter Weitzman
- Apr 21
- 1 min read

We have the winners for the first-ever PORCH Foundation Grant in partnership with Matrix Venture Studio!
The PORCH Foundation was launched about 6 months ago as an NFP organization to help level the playing field and support immigrant entrepreneurs and the companies that support them.
We aren't at the point where we can give away loads of money but sometimes you just need a few bucks.
We launched our first grant a few months ago with Matrix Venture Studio consisting of $1,500 each to support immigrant entrepreneurs and their startups.
At Thursday's PORCH Potluck, we announced the winners 🔥
Congratulations to Marcelo Ribeiro and his startup, LovShield and Charulatha Vijayakumar and her startup, CollSong Inc. for receiving $1,500 each.
ANDDD, we had a really hard time picking a winner we wanted to do what we could to help some of the other applicants as well.
So we also awarded $200 PORCH Foundation gift to Akos Tolnai, Andres Parra Arze, Asli Kahraman, and Khalil Gdoura!
Thank you for your support Dev Mitra, Abhijitt Sankar Roy, and Yuvika Singh!
Charulatha and Asli weren't there so Ting Zhou accepted it on their behalf.