Capital Research and Thought Leadership

Hadiyah is the author of Funds with Purpose: Designing Venture Models for Sustainable Growth and Impact (Wiley, forthcoming 2027). The book explores how venture capital structures and investment models can evolve to support long-term innovation, economic resilience, and new forms of catalytic capital.

She is also the co-author of Black Founders at Work: Journeys to Innovation, a collection of interviews with founders and investors building high-growth technology companies. The book documents how entrepreneurs navigate the venture ecosystem and provides insight into the structural dynamics shaping the innovation economy.

Recognition and Background

Hadiyah’s work has been featured in publications including Forbes, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Blavity, Black Enterprise, and Handelsblatt. She was selected as a 2019 Echoing Green Fellow and 2019 Praxis Fellow for her work expanding access to venture capital.

She earned an MBA from Drexel University and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, a Historically Black College and University.

Through her work as an investor, author, and ecosystem builder, Hadiyah continues to explore how capital systems can evolve to support the next generation of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Hadiyah Mujhid

Investor | Author | Founder, HBCUvc

Hadiyah Mujhid is an investor, entrepreneur, and venture ecosystem builder working at the intersection of innovation, capital access, and economic resilience. She is the Founder and CEO of HBCUvc, a national initiative expanding pathways into venture capital and angel investing for students and alumni of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Through HBCUvc, Hadiyah has built programs that prepare emerging investors, connect founders to capital networks, and help communities participate more fully in the venture economy. Her work focuses on strengthening the infrastructure that enables new investors, fund managers, and entrepreneurs to access and deploy capital.

Hadiyah brings more than two decades of experience across technology, entrepreneurship, education, and venture ecosystem development. Prior to founding HBCUvc, she worked as a software engineer and entrepreneur, experiences that continue to inform her perspective on innovation and capital formation.

Investing and Venture Ecosystem Work

Hadiyah is an early-stage investor with investments in companies across health, climate, and AI-driven technologies. Her portfolio includes companies such as:

  • Monix Health – continuous hormone monitoring technology for women

  • SymbioMatch – customized biofertilizers for regenerative agriculture

  • InterHuman AI – APIs enabling social intelligence in artificial intelligence systems

  • Alcolase – enzyme technology addressing alcohol intolerance

These investments were made through the Ada Ventures Angel Program, where Hadiyah participated in early-stage deal sourcing, evaluation, and investment alongside other angels and experienced venture investors.

Through her work at HBCUvc, Hadiyah has also helped build a national network connecting students, alumni, founders, and investors. The organization has trained hundreds of emerging venture professionals who now work across the venture capital ecosystem.