This Black Founder Sold His Tech Firm For Over 11x The Company’s Revenue At The Top Of The Pandemic

“As one of the only VC-backed Black founders here [Baltimore, Maryland], it made me unique, but it also made it super difficult,” Cooper said in a statement to Technical.ly. “Even after a prior exit, I struggled to raise money, and it wasn’t always clear why. It’s frustrating to constantly get grilled 3x as much as the next person.”