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Black Business
Serena Williams’ Venture Fund Raises $111 Million; Invests In African Tech Startup
Tennis star Serena Williams has raised $111 million for her early-stage venture capital firm Serena Ventures, she told the DealBook newsletter.…
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Black Business
How This Black Female Founder Raised $8 Million for EdTech Startup That Utilizes Artificial Intelligence to Tackle Absenteeism In K-12 Schools
When Joanna Smith-Griffin was working as a student engagement director at Excel Academy Charter Schools in Boston, she discovered there needed…
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Tech
Simone Biles, Cerebral Part Ways Months After The Mental Health Startup Gets Hit With Federal Investigation
“Mental health is just as important as physical health, but for far too long the stigma of mental health has…
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Tech
Startup Raises $90M To Bring The Family Office Model To Those With $100K Of Investable Assets
Originally set up to manage the fortunes of the ultrarich, the family office model may see some disruption thanks to…
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Tech
A Loan Denial Led This Founder’s Mom To Pawn Jewelry To Survive — Now, His Startup Helps Others Avoid That Fate
Since the service is filtered through landlords and provided to the tenants of those units, Esusu hopes that over the…
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Tech
Isaac Hayes III Raised $6M For Startup Social Network Fanbase: 8 Things To Know
Isaac Hayes III wants to change the world differently than his legendary father did. Social media is his avenue to…
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Black Business
Black Female Entrepreneur Makes History as the Co-Founder of a $1.6 Billion Tech Startup
Iman Abuzeid, a medical doctor turned entrepreneur and CEO, is making history as one of very few Black women to…
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Tech
A Sign The Startup Bubble Is Imploding?
Silicon Valley-based Y Combinator, the famed tech startup accelerator and investment fund that helped launch unicorns such as Coinbase and…
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Markets
Number Of $1B-On-Paper Startup Valuations Collapses As Investors Step Up Scrutiny, Leverage
Unicorns — startups with valuations of more than $1 billion — have struggled to sustain high valuations in 2022 after…
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Tech
The Jay-Z Effect? — Hip-Hop Billionaire-Backed Startup HUNGRY Among Inc.’s List Of Fastest-Growing Private Companies
Working in a similar way that Tinder does, the app matches professional chefs with catering jobs. Along with Jay-Z, other…
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