Founders
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Tech
Op-Ed: Founders, Your Friends Are Not Your Customers And Believing They Are Could Kill Your Startup – AfroTech
By Antonia Dean, Partner at Black Operator Ventures (Black Ops VC), an early stage VC firm Why Founders Who Build For Their…
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New Index Reveals The First 200 US-Based Black Women Founders To Raise $1M In VC Funding – AfroTech
A new index has been released that lists the first 200 Black women founders to break barriers by raising $1…
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Base10, A VC Firm Co-Founded By Adeyemi Ajao, Raises $850M To Fund Early Stage AI-Focused Founders – AfroTech
Base10 will continue investing in founders who are centering their companies around automation. Base10 is a San Francisco-based venture capital…
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US-Based Black Founders Have Raised $643M This Year, But Will The Trend Continue? – AfroTech
A new study shows growth in venture capital (VC) for Black founders in the U.S. — but is it really…
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Startup Runway Keeps Shrinking, Founders Pretend It’s Focus
The funding climate of the past two years has pushed early-stage startups into a familiar but increasingly tense position. The…
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Unconventional Ventures Announces Second Close Of Fund II To Support Diverse Founders Building Impact Tech Companies – AfroTech
Unconventional Ventures has announced the second close of its Fund II. The Nordic impact venture capital firm is led by a…
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Fifteen Percent Pledge, Victoria’s Secret Launch Virtual Accelerator Program To Fund And Provide Resources To BIPOC Founders – AfroTech
The work never stops for the Fifteen Percent Pledge. As AFROTECH™ previously told you, the Fifteen Percent Pledge is the…
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This Angel Investor Shares Where She Believes Founders Go Wrong When Seeking To Hit Their First Million Dollars In Revenue – AfroTech
During a CES 2026 panel titled “Getting to the First Million,” Lockie Andrews, angel investor and founder of Catalyst Consulting,…
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Uncle Nearest Founders Request Judge To Terminate Receivership, Claiming Sales Volume Took A Sharp Decline As A Result – AfroTech
Uncle Nearest’s founders are requesting the receivership to be terminated, according to The Lynchburg Times. As AFROTECH™ previously reported, Uncle…
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Uncle Nearest Founders Share New Claims As Receiver Shows Interest In Sale, Adding Shareholders Will Receive ‘Significantly Less Value’ – AfroTech
Uncle Nearest is reportedly attracting buyer interest. As AFROTECH™ previously told you, Uncle Nearest whiskey brand, founded by Fawn Weaver…
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