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

Congratulations to the Gold winners of the 82nd Golden Globes! The annual awards show honors the very best in film and television from the past year. We're incredibly proud to see these iconic stars and impactful projects achieve these accolades: swipe through to see some of the Asian and multicultural honorees! 🏆 🌟 The record-breaking drama series "Shōgun" receives the Golden Globe for Best Television Series — Drama 🌟 Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai, and Tadanobu Asano win their first Golden Globes for their respective roles in the award-winning show "Shōgun" 🌟 Ali Wong wins her second Golden Globe for her stand-up special "Ali Wong: Single Lady" 🌟 Jon M. Chu's "Wicked" wins Cinematic and Box Office Achievement 🌟 Emilia Pérez, the cinematic musical starring Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, and Zoe Saldaña, wins four Golden Globes including Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy and Best Motion Picture — Non-English Language 🌟 Brazilian actor Fernanda Torres receives her first Golden Globe for her performance in “I’m Still Here”

🎬 *Innovative Storytelling*: "Check out "Closing Dynasty," "Inheritance," and "The Resemblance" from the Future Gold Film Fellowship with Gold House and Tribeca Studios. From tales of hustling in the streets of New York City to ones of loss and family struggles, these short films invite you in to explore new worlds from Asian and Pacific Islander perspectives. Experience them on Netflix as part of our newly released Fresh Perspectives: Short Films collection! https://lnkd.in/gvVN9zHU  #NetflixShorts #AAPI **Closing Dynasty by Lloyd Lee Choi**   Join Queenie, a resourceful seven-year-old, on a day of street hustles in New York City, full of charm and ingenuity.  **Inheritance by Erin Lau**   A nature photographer confronts generational pain and family secrets in this touching exploration of heritage and healing.  **The Resemblance by Derek Nguyen**   A couple's evening with a "rental family" actor takes unexpected turns, exploring themes of grief, memory, and closure.

Congratulations to LOVE 2 YEU and AES Creative on not only winning the Rose Parade's Grand Marshal Award, but also crafting the first Vietnamese American float in the iconic Rose Parade in more than 20 years! 🎉 Since 1890, the Tournament of Roses celebrates the New Year with floral-covered floats, equestrian units, marching bands, and more. This year's celebration included Love 2 Yeu, a global youth initiative dedicated to nourishing, empowering, and educating underserved youth in the U.S. and abroad. Their float, "Journey of Dreams", served as a tribute to the many Vietnamese refugees and families seeking freedom and opportunity. The kickoff also included Vietnamese Gold icons such as Joy Luck Club's Kieu Chinh, activist Amanda Nguyen, and Gold House's own Head of Platforms, Oscar Wong.

Business was BOOMING in 2024! Swipe to see some of the biggest headlines from our Gold House Ventures portfolio companies over the past year. 🤑 Gold House Ventures is the first-of-its-kind venture fund investing in industry-shifting startups with at least one Asian Pacific founder or co-founder. And 2024 was a year of incredible growth: 🌟 Our Futures Network, dedicated to fostering community for the next generation of leading talent, grew by more than 20% to 650+ founders. 🌟 115 accelerator alumni have gone on to raise more than $2B in follow-on capital 🌟 And our One House Leadership Coalition, the top board and advisor placement program for privately held and publicly listed companies, has placed 63 diverse board directors and advisors. We're honored to play a role in building the companies that are powering a tomorrow for all. Follow us for more in 2025! 

Let's talk about the bamboo ceiling. Our Gold House Ventures Principal Daniel Suh breaks down the data behind the Asian Pacific perceptions in the boardroom and the persistent funding gap for Asian Pacific startups. 💸 Our inaugural Gold Paper examines the cultural familiarity, stereotypes, visibility, and opportunities for Asian Pacific communities within U.S. society and key industries where we’ve seen growing representation. Learn more at goldpaper.org! 

2024 was a year of Gold House firsts: 🌟 Our first Gold Bridge launch, bringing the world closer so we can move further together; 🌟 Our first year supporting 5 new industries under Narrative Change (gaming, advertising, sports, publishing, and theater) in addition to established industry-leading services for film and television, netting out to over 320 Gold projects; 🌟 Our first investment in a feature film (Academy Award-nominated director Sean Wang's coming-of-age debut #Dìdi (弟弟)) through our Creative Equity Fund and directly funding rising creatives and companies; 🌟 Our first Gold List for Television, celebrating Asian Pacific excellence in series from the past year, to pair with our seminal Gold List for Film; 🌟 And our first One House Filmmakers Fund, providing funding and career-defining opportunities for rising multicultural filmmakers in partnership with Sundance Institute and East West Bank. Thank you to our partners, members, and communities for joining us to power a tomorrow for all, together. Source: Nielsen

Nearly 3 in 4 Asian Americans now turn to social media as their most frequent source of news. So, where are traditional news media outlets missing the mark? Emmy award-winning journalist Gia Vang has the answer! 🗞️ Our inaugural Gold Paper examines the cultural familiarity, stereotypes, visibility, and opportunities for Asian Pacific communities within U.S. society and key industries where we’ve seen growing representation. We teamed up with the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) on our News & Media chapter, diving into how the news outlets can make waves with the Asian Pacific community. Learn more at goldpaper.org! 

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Happy holidays from #RALLY and the Gold House Ventures team! Wrapping up 2024, we sat down with A100 Honoree and SV Angel partner Steven Lee to talk about the challenges Asian American entrepreneurs face, the potential of AI, and more. Plus, a new filmmaking opportunity and portco wins: read our full issue now!