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Smart Startup Choices for Financial Freedom
A startup’s earliest financial decisions can determine how long its cash lasts and how much flexibility the founder retains. High…
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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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AethexAI, A Full-Stack Voice AI Infrastructure Startup, Raises $3M In Pre-Seed Round To Level The Playing Field For Enterprises In Emerging Markets – AfroTech
Mariama D. Diallo and Ayooluwa Odemuyiwa followed a shared conviction to leave their careers to launch a startup. Diallo, who…
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Khaliah O. Guillory Left A VP Role At A Fortune 100 Financial Services Company To Focus On Building Her Own Tech Startup – AfroTech
Khaliah O. Guillory launched a company to encourage people to rest. It was during Guillory’s 14-year career at a Fortune…
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AI-Powered Health Startup Aster Has Been Acquired By Elation Health – AfroTech
Aster, a health tech startup founded by two sisters, has been acquired. The venture was launched after Dr. Lailah Kara-Newton,…
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AI-Powered Commercial Insurance Startup Announces The Largest Publicly Disclosed Series A Amount Raised By A Black Founder – AfroTech
Co-founder Dakotah Rice raised historic funding toward the top of the year. Rice is the CEO of Harper, an AI-powered…
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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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After Losing His Grandmother Josiah Faison Launched A Startup To Preserve Stories Of Loved Ones – AfroTech
Josiah Faison is leveraging tech to help people preserve their stories. The Maryland native originally planned for a career in…
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AI-Powered Grocery Startup Vori Raises $22M Series B Funding Round – AfroTech
Brandon Hill has raised millions in funding guided by the mission of ensuring “every supermarket in America autonomous,” he said…
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How Sensori, A Black Women-Owned Functional Non-Alcoholic Startup, Onboarded Poppi’s Former VP Of Sales Operations And Revenue Strategy – AfroTech
Happenstance led functional non-alcoholic beverage startup, Sensori, to pursue a strategic hire. Shanna Pearre (CEO), Darean Rhodes (COO), and Ashlyn…
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