Gold House

✨ Celebrating 6 Years of Gold Impact with Vanity Fair! ✨ From a team of volunteers to an industry-defining force, Gold House has spent six years forging cultural excellence and socioeconomic progress for the Asian Pacific community. Here’s how we’ve made an impact together: 🎬 In Narrative Change: we’ve deployed industry-leading research, consulting, investments, and promotion on 400+ major media projects, including Everything Everywhere All At Once (the most-awarded film in history!), to ensure affirming mainstream portrayals. Our Creative Equity Fund has invested in 15 films and 2 animation studios, including the award-winning Dìdi (弟弟), to greenlight more authentic stories. We’ve now expanded our expertise into journalism, advertising, gaming, and food. Through our partnership with OpenTable, we launched the Gold Chef Prize, and brought South Indian flavors to the Prabal Gurung creative-directed Gold Gala with a menu curated by Culinary Directors Padma Lakshmi and Michelin-starred chef Vijay Kumar of Semma and Unapologetic Foods. 💰 In Economic Empowerment: With Gold House Ventures, we’ve invested in 78 companies, our startup accelerator alumni have raised $2 billion, and we’re proud to power the largest top Asian Pacific founder network in North America. With Gold Bridge, we’re connecting Asia and North America for investment and collaboration. Anchored by Gold Prix during Singapore F1 week in partnership with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), we gather 200+ founders and creators to explore Southeast Asia’s market, which is projected to reach $1 trillion by 2030. And on the success of our first fund and global reach, we’re now raising Gold House Ventures II. 🤝 In One House: Partnering with leaders like the Sundance Institute, East West Bank Foundation, and leading multicultural organizations, we have advanced collaboration and capital for diverse filmmakers – with collective convenings during mainstream awards and a first-of-its-kind One House Filmmakers Fund – and reshaped corporate power by securing more than 60 publicly-traded and privately-held Board Director positions. As our full-time Team, Fellows, volunteers, Membership, and network grow, Gold House’s work will continue to power tomorrow for all. Learn more about how we can collaborate and how you can join the movement at goldhouse.org.  We're not waiting for a seat at someone else’s table; we’re building our own house. 🔗: goldhouse.org/vanityfair Photography: Huy Doan | Editing: @p_t_gibson

Gold House Ventures is proud to announce our 2025 Founders Fellowship: a 14-week experience filled with masterclasses, 1:1 advising from proven founders, curated investor intros, AND a chance to receive up to $250,000 in funding! 💸💸💸 We've had the honor of cultivating the next generation of Asian Pacific founders and businesses, and this year marks a new chapter for our accelerator program. For the first time ever, we are collaborating with the NYCEDC (New York City Economic Development Corporation) to open our Founders Fellowship to ALL underrepresented founders based in New York City. We're hosting an online info session on Tuesday, November 12th. Apply by Friday, December 6th at the link in our bio or at https://lnkd.in/eSh_eUsn!

Our latest issue of #RALLY featuring First Round Capital's Whitnie Narcisse, is out now! Rally is the official Gold House Ventures newsletter, offering updates/news on our Asian Pacific portfolio companies, exclusive deals and opportunities to subscribers, and insight into the next generation of investors and founders. Subscribe today and let's Rally!

We kicked off this year’s Gold Forum with a Gold Leadership Panel featuring Hannah Yang (Chief Growth and Customer Officer of The New York Times), Jen L. Wong (Chief Operating Officer of Reddit, Inc.), Nabil Aliffi (Chief Brand Officer of Neiman Marcus Group), Sehr Thadhani (Chief Digital Officer of Nasdaq), and moderator Richard Lui (Anchor, MSNBC & NBC News). These innovative leaders explored the complexities of building brand and leadership legacies through (and sometimes, despite) rapidly evolving trends and technologies. Swipe through to see their insights. Gold Forum is an annual interactive convening dedicated to catalyzing change with fellow Asian Pacific leaders and executives. Stay tuned for more glimpses inside our private summit! 

THANK YOU to our media (supplier) community that answered the call to support #AAPI narrative change initiatives, creating important exposure for authentic, diverse representation of Asians in media & entertainment 🙏 #GoldMediaNetwork is an invitation for others to formally join Gold House efforts. So much work to be done - check out the stats in original post below and inquire here: goldmedia@goldhouse.org 🙌 gratitude for all the high impact support already: OUTFRONT Media , Big Outdoor, Intersection Co., Clear Channel Outdoor , Branded Cities , Lamar Advertising Company , National CineMedia (NCM) , Meta, Google, Spotify, Condé Nast Vanity Fair, Forbes, Billboard, ADWEEK, Nasdaq — and excited to collaborate with new contributor Snap Inc. ! Bing Chen Rose Yan Noelle S. Hiba Fatima Irshad @su kwon

Introducing the Gold Media Network, a first-of-its-kind consortium of donated media and incentives dedicated to furthering Asian Pacific narrative change! In 2024, we deployed over $1 million of donated media to affirm Asian Pacific stories and voices on the most-viewed global media real estate, including multiple Times Square Billboards, iconic landmarks, the most prestigious publications, and the largest social media platforms.  To celebrate the launch, we gathered media partners and CIOs at ADWEEK House for an intimate fireside conversation with Gold Icon, author, activist, television host, and producer Padma Lakshmi. Padma took us through her decades-long career fighting for diverse creatives and stories, from Top Chef to Taste the Nation to her New York Times-selling books. ADWEEK CEO Will Lee and Gold House Board Member Helen Lin cohosted. Media and advertising play pivotal roles in narrative change as we see more advertisements than any other form of media, including film and TV shows. Currently, 1 in 3 Americans report that stereotypes (including model minority, disease carrier, and perpetual foreigner) influence their views of Asian Pacific communities and cultures.* At the same time, 1/3 of Asian Pacific consumers report seeing very few or no diverse Asian Pacific faces or cultures in advertising content.** This isn’t just a moral imperative; there is direct commercial benefit to companies who get this right. Asian Pacific consumers in the US will have an estimated $1.9 trillion buying power by 2026, but 2/3 of our community will stop buying from brands that they feel devalue their identity group.** This extends beyond just our community – the majority of multicultural consumers say they are more likely to buy from brands that represent people from diverse backgrounds in advertising.*** Thank you to the sellers, advertisers, publishers, platforms, agencies, and advocates who have partnered with us thus far, and especially to Will Lee and ADWEEK for hosting our launch. We look forward to expanding and scaling our work through the Gold Media Network! If you’re interested in joining us, email goldmedia@goldhouse.org. Sources: * Gold Paper (goldpaper.org) ** @nielsen *** @iwgroup and @snap

@GoldHouseCo's Creative Equity Fund is thrilled to partner with @StayMACRO, @MandalayPictures, Juniper Productions and Counterculture to bring ROCK SPRINGS to life! Written and directed by the incredible Vera Miao and starring Kelly Marie Tran, Benedict Wong, Jimmy O Yang, Fiona Fu, and Aria Kim, ROCK SPRINGS follows a grieving young girl, along with her mother and grandmother, who moves to Rock Springs, Wyo. after the death of her father, only to discover there is something monstrous hidden in the town’s history and the woods behind their new house. The Gold House Creative Equity Fund (CEF) invests in and accelerates the most promising independent films and companies. Built on the strength of our community-leading accelerators, the CEF develops and operates career-making networks and exposure, development and training programs, strategic funding, and amplification. We are honored to serve as executive producers, co-finance, and provide cultural consultation to ROCK SPRINGS. Recent CEF investments include Sean Wang’s “Dìdi” and Lloyd Lee Choi’s “Lucky Lu.”

Renegades? RENEGAYS! 💅🏽💅🏻💅🏿💅🏾💅🏼 For LGBTQ History Month, we sat down with a few Gold Queens from RuPaul's Drag Race, including: 👑 Jujubee 👑 Kahmora Hall 👑 Plastique Tiara 👑 Priyanka 👑 Raja to get their hot takes and THEN some! #Renegades features exclusive interviews with Asian Pacific leaders and luminaries who are carving their own paths and defying stereotypes and naysayers along the way. RuPaul's Drag Race has been an incredible spotlight for Asian excellence, and we were thrilled to catch-up with these stars at their "herstorical, one-of-a-kind photoshoot." Read our full interview with these Asian Queens now!

✨ Cold Tea Collective’s mission is to empower the next generation of the Asian diaspora to live their most authentic and fulfilled lives through storytelling. On this Canadian Thanksgiving, I want to thank anyone who has ever read, listened to or watched any of our content. To those who have volunteered, made a donation, shared, referred, and trusted us to be part of bringing their stories to life, thank you 💛 Last week was my second time travelling to New York for Advertising Week, second Gold Forum for Gold House, and the one year anniversary of the launch of the Gold House “Gold Publishers” and Kargo “AAPI Multicultural Content Amplifier” Programs with the support of our partner Discover Financial Services. Although our friends at The Lounge Booth captured all smiles in these photos, what is not pictured are the unexpected tears I had not long before. Hearing the stories and perspectives from Laurie Lam, Susie Nam, Rachana Kumar and Versha Sharma at the “Gold Women’s Breakfast”, coupled with the warm and welcoming smiles and introductions between the group of Asian women made it a safe space for the tears to flow. How special it was to be in a space where we were all celebrated and empowered to be our authentic selves without having to code-switch or over-explain; we could just, be. At Advertising Week, a fellow attendee saw “Cold Tea Collective” on my name tag and stopped me. She told me she was a mixed-race Indonesian creative and how she’s been reading us for years. I asked if I could give her a hug and some stickers 😂🥲🥹. 8️⃣ When we first started publishing stories for us and by us nearly eight years ago, I knew that the power of authentic storytelling could transcend artificial limitations of human connection, but I continue to be amazed at and feel immense gratitude for how far, wide and deep it would connect all of us. I am grateful for the journey to date and excited to see where we will go. #gratitude #CanadianThanksgiving #thankful

Attending the Gold House #GoldForum! on Friday, October 11, was an incredible experience, packed with thought-provoking discussions and meaningful takeaways. The day began with an inspiring Women's Breakfast where I had the pleasure of hearing from trailblazers like Versha Sharma, Editor-in-Chief at Teen Vogue, Rachana Kumar, CTO at Etsy, Laurie Lam, Chief Brand Officer at E.L.F. BEAUTY, and Susie Nam, CEO at @Publicis Creative. Their journeys reminded me of the importance of stepping into a room with confidence and the stories they shared about navigating challenges and the impact of inclusion were truly powerful. The rest of the day was filled with dynamic sessions, including invaluable insights. During group discussions, we dove into issues affecting the AAPI community, from addressing narrative change to how we can commit to taking action. I especially valued these discussions as they were not only moments for reflection, but also allowed us to tackle topics we don’t discuss enough, but that are so vital for our community. A huge thank you to Bing Chen and the entire Gold House team for creating such an impactful space. It was an honor to participate alongside so many incredible leaders committed to driving change for the Asian Pacific community. At Audeliss Executive Search, we’re passionate about elevating underrepresented leaders, including women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ talent. Events like these reaffirm the importance of supporting diverse voices and creating opportunities for every community to thrive. Looking forward to carrying this momentum forward! #GoldForum2024 #AAPILeaders #DEI #DiversityEquityInclusion #GoldForum