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Announcing the 2024 Lenovo Evolve Small Grant Recipients from Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, LA, Raleigh-Durham, and Toronto

Announcing the 2024 Lenovo Evolve Small Grant Recipients from Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, LA, Raleigh-Durham, and Toronto

Exciting news! After an extensive process, we've officially launched the 2024 Lenovo Evolve Small cohort in partnership with Lenovo, AMD, and Microsoft. This initiative marks a continued commitment to supporting diverse-led Brick-and-Mortar and Consumer Goods startups in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Raleigh-Durham, and Toronto. This year, we're amplifying our efforts with a selected group ...

Empowering Black Futures: Goodie Nation Receives $50,000 Sponsorship from Tito’s Handmade Vodka as part of the Love, Tito’s Initiative

Empowering Black Futures: Goodie Nation Receives $50,000 Sponsorship from Tito’s Handmade Vodka as part of the Love, Tito’s Initiative

In an inspiring display of commitment to fostering entrepreneurship and empowering Black Futures, Tito's Handmade Vodka has announced a generous $50,000 sponsorship to Goodie Nation as part of the Love, Tito's initiative. This collaboration marks a significant moment for both organizations, united by a shared vision of catalyzing change and supporting the entrepreneurial spirit that ...

Celebrating the Launch of the Future of Tech Is Inclusive, powered by Amex Ventures and Goodie Nation

Celebrating the Launch of the Future of Tech Is Inclusive, powered by Amex Ventures and Goodie Nation

This week in conjunction with Amex Ventures, we officially launched the Future of Tech is Inclusive program, and welcomed 16 exceptional startups into the Goodie Nation community. We have selected a group of innovative founders at the seed and pre-seed stages, whose startups focus on the consumer lifestyle, B2B, or enterprise capability spaces. Over the ...

Goodie Nation and Google’s Tech Equity Collective Unite Once More for the 2024 Tech Equity Collective Impact Fund

Goodie Nation and Google’s Tech Equity Collective Unite Once More for the 2024 Tech Equity Collective Impact Fund

Empowering Future Black Technical Talent with a $1M Fund We are thrilled to announce our renewed partnership with Google's Tech Equity Collective for the 2024 Tech Equity Collective Impact Fund. This exciting collaboration marks another milestone in our commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion in the tech industry. This year, we're dedicating a substantial $1M ...

A Milestone Convening: Recapping the 2024 State of the Atlanta Black Tech Ecosystem Summit Powered by UNCF

A Milestone Convening: Recapping the 2024 State of the Atlanta Black Tech Ecosystem Summit Powered by UNCF

The journey to unite Black ATLiens in tech began in 2017, and years of building bridges across founders, corporate leaders, investors, and the entire tech spectrum led to this moment—a reboot of the annual summit that left a lasting impact. Last Thursday, January 11th, 2024, marked a historic day in the heart of Atlanta, GA, ...

Introducing the Future of Tech is Inclusive: Goodie Nation and Amex Ventures Join Forces

Introducing the Future of Tech is Inclusive: Goodie Nation and Amex Ventures Join Forces

We are thrilled to announce Goodie Nation is joining forces with Amex Ventures to launch the "Future of Tech is Inclusive" program. This collaboration will create valuable relationships between innovative US-based seed and pre-seed stage startups and Amex Ventures. It will take place in February 2024. The Power of Partnership At Goodie Nation, our mission ...

Goodie Nation Partners with Lenovo Again for 2024 Evolve Small Cash Awards & Media Support for CPG and Brick & Mortar Startups In Six Select Cities

Goodie Nation Partners with Lenovo Again for 2024 Evolve Small Cash Awards & Media Support for CPG and Brick & Mortar Startups In Six Select Cities

After a selecting 30 dope diverse-led CPG and Brick & Mortar companies earlier this year, we’re excited to announce that we our continuing and expanding partnership with Lenovo, AMD, and Microsoft for the 2024 edition of Lenovo Evolve Small. Focusing on CPG and Brick & Mortar startups in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Raleigh-Durham, and ...