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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Today, we’re excited to announce our partnership with citizenM, a global hotel company with 31+ locations across the US, Europe and Asia. Our network of founders, investors and experts can now get exclusive access to events, plus discounted accommodation/rooms at citizenMs worldwide. citizenM was built for entrepreneurs and creators – travelers who value luxury experiences ...
On World Mental Health Day, we're thrilled to unveil our latest project, "Stay in the Game," an innovative initiative aimed at creating a powerful synergy between the dynamic world of startups and the thriving tech ecosystem. We understand that the entrepreneurial journey is not always a linear path to success, and many founders face the ...
We added more dope tech startup founders to our community in August. They are working on interesting things in the design, CPG, impact, and enterprise. And they are a geographically diverse group representing NYC, the DMV, Miami, and more. Be Intentional About Helping Them Use the Warm Intro link to help them with connections to ...
The United States of America aspires to be the greatest country in the world for freedom, opportunity and economic mobility - an economically just country. For us entrepreneurs, the possibility of seeing our dreams turn into reality is enough for us to make significant personal and professional sacrifices, as we know those sacrifices mean we’ll ...
At the Essence Festival of Culture in 2023, three black women were welcomed into a new cohort of visionary entrepreneurs through the New Voices $150,000 POWER Pitch sponsored by the Entergy Charitable Foundation. While the competition was fierce, Brooke Hill, Co-Founder & CEO of Swella Beauty, a luxury braiding experience that sources quality braiders in ...
In addition to welcoming the latest Google for Startups Black & Latino Founders Funds cohort into our community, we added more dope tech and CPG startup founders to our community in July. They are working on interesting things in the pet, safety, social impact, and more spaces. And they are a geographically diverse group representing ...
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