venture capital
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Fearless Fund Leaders Fire Back at Anti-Affirmative Action Crusader
“It’s not just about the Fearless Fund, it’s about marginalized people throughout America having a seat at the table,” said their attorney Benjamin Crump.
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Meet the Company Investing $300 Million in Diverse-Led Businesses
Around 1% of VC funding goes to Black founders in America*; one financial firm wants to change that.
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Michael B. Jordan and Serena Williams Partner in Million Dollar HBCU Giveaway
Film star Michael B. Jordan and tennis legend Serena Williams join forces in giving HBCU entrepreneurs a leg up in their business ventures
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In 2020, Who Is Helping Black Women Start Their Own Businesses?
For more than a decade, black women have been starting businesses at a rate that eclipses many of their peers, even as entrepreneurship as a whole in the U.S. is in decline. But despite all the work they’re putting in, black women still face greater hurdles in accessing capital to fund their businesses than other…
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Meet the 4 Black Men Who Are Shaking Up the White Male-Dominated Venture Capital Investment World
The last few months have been a whirlwind for four young black businessmen who are quickly becoming superstars in the business investment arena. In a space long dominated by white men, these brothers are carving out a niche that champions investing in businesses owned by women and people of color. John Henry, a co-founder of…
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Serena Williams Is the First Athlete to Make Forbes’ List of the World’s Richest Self-Made Women—By Investing in Herself
She’s got 23 Grand Slam titles, and, according to Forbes, an estimated fortune of $225 million ($29 million in the past year alone, the highest annual income of her career)—and she didn’t make most of it on the court. Serena Williams is the first athlete to make it onto the magazine’s annual list of the…
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Turning the Tide: Nonprofit Helps Black Female Entrepreneurs Compete With White Men
Social entrepreneur Alfa Demmellash may be a married mother of two, but she knows the plight of single mothers intimately. Raised in part by a single mother in her native Ethiopia at the height of the devastating Derg regime, Demmellash—who escaped violence that killed family members when she immigrated to the United States at age…