This VC Fund Is Launching A New Educational Initiative To Attract More Black Entrepreneurs To Investing
This venture capital collective is looking to turn over 300 Black entrepreneurs into angel investors to support emerging Black brands. ...
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New Report Shows Black Founders Receive Less Than 3% of VC Funding
In a new report from Crunchbase, findings show that Black and Latinx founders have raised over $15 billion for their businesses which represent 2.4% of...
Entrepreneur and Investor Monique Idlett-Mosley Shares How She Is Using Her Voice and Her Funds to Create Change
On this episode of "The New Norm with Selena Hill," Monique Idlett-Mosley talks about building the black community through the new social justice initiative Until...
FlyTechnista Is Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead
TeLisa Ward, the founder of Flytechnista, talks to increasing the participation, visibility, and leadership of women across S.T.E.A.M....
How to Watch Black Enterprise’s New Tech Podcast on Any Device
Tune into Black Enterprise's BE The Code podcast hosted by Sequoia Blodgett for all the latest on funding your startup and more....
Ex-McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson Launches Venture Capital Group
McDonald’s former top executive Don Thompson has begun a second act in his career. This time as venture capitalist. Crain's Chicago Business reports that Thompson...
How Groundwork is Diversifying the Entrepreneurial Landscape
Jason Towns, the founder of Groundwork, tells BE how he got involved in the investment community and managed to raise a $10 Million venture capital...
How Groundwork is Diversifying the Entrepreneurial Landscape [Part 1]
Jason Towns tells BE how his Groundwork Accelerator program and venture fund is helping minorities gain more access to capital funding....
African Tech Startup Scene Skyrockets
There are three key factors for the growing interest in African tech investment: an increased interest from members of the African diaspora to invest in...
[Op Ed] Peeple App is VC Funding Gone Amok
The Peeple app is valued in the millions and that's exactly what's wrong with VC tech funding....