Summary
Hadiyah Mujhid is a mission-driven founder and former engineer who has spent 13 years building pathways between capital, technology, and underserved communities. As CEO and Founder of HBCUvc since 2017, she scaled a fellowship into a financially sustainable capital ecosystem—raising $5M+, placing 300+ professionals into VC roles, and catalyzing alumni deployments of $10M into startups. Her background as a senior software engineer at Lockheed Martin and an MBA in Information Systems gives her rare fluency across product, systems, and fundraising. She serves on philanthropic and angel networks across the US and Europe, deploying capital strategically through vehicles like Ada Ventures and multiple angel syndicates. Notably, she negotiated a $2M equity allocation for 20 university endowments, blending institutional finance with talent development. Based in San Francisco with ties to Denmark, she designs programs that turn pipeline-building into measurable investment outcomes.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at University of Maryland Eastern Shore
MBA Information Systems, MBA Information Systems at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business
English, Spanish, French, Danish