Goodie Nation Partners with Company Ventures to Support Diverse-Led NYC Startups
Continuing in our mission to close the Relationship Gap, I'm thrilled to announce Goodie Nation is partnering with New York City-based Company Ventures to support the diverse-led startups in their Boost founder fellowship program. Boost is a 4-month pre-accelerator designed to help catalyze the success of underrepresented tech founders in NYC. Through this collaboration, Boost ...
Goodie Nation and the African-American Student Union at Harvard Business School Partner to Support Black Founders
Today, I'm excited to announce our new partnership with the African-American Student Union, a student club at Harvard Business School, to support the semi-finalists and finalists of the 4th annual Black New Venture Competition (BNVC). Startups will receive complimentary dedicated support from a Goodie Nation Portfolio Manager, access to the Goodie Nation community of investors ...
Meet The First Set of Our 2023 Fellows
This time last year Ama Kessie, our former part-time Investor Relations Manager and 2019 Georgia State University graduate, was a full-time nurse. By June of this year, she was the Startup Partnerships Coordinator at Dropbox Docsend - a rapid and nontraditional development in her career. The story of how that happen truly embodies our culture ...
We Welcomed These Founders into the Goodie Nation Community in September
How We’re Partnering with Google for Startups Again for the Third Edition of the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund
For the third time, Google for Startups is partnering with Goodie Nation to invest in promising US Black tech founders. Today, Google for Startups announced the 50 recipients of the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund III. Each of the startups will receive a $100,000 cash award as well as wrap-around support from Goodie Nation ...
We’re Partnering with Lenovo to Support Small Businesses in Canada and the US
Today, we're excited to share that we are partnering with Lenovo on the new iteration of Evolve Small – an initiative built to champion and promote small businesses across North America by providing financial aid, technological resources, community support, and business mentorship. Launched last summer, the inaugural Evolve Small program provided more than $1,000,000 worth ...
We Welcomed These Founders Into Our Community In July 2022
The Goodie Nation community continues to grow. While most of the attention last month went to the Google for Startups Latino Founders Fund recipients, we also welcomed 21 other awesome founders to the community. They represent 15 cities; 3 countries outside the US in Canada, Ghana, and Tanzania; accelerators AWS Impact Accelerator for Black Founders, ...
We Welcomed 35+ Awesome Founders Into Our Community In Q2 2022
When we add more founders to the program, we have the privilege of walking with them on their Founder Journey. Our "why we exist" - eliminating the Relationship Gap that stands in the way of success for them - gets put to the test. We have the opportunity to make the right connection at the ...
We Hit The Road To Do Tech Right IRL
Our campaign to take virtual-first relationships and deepen them with in-person experiences has started. Over the past 6 weeks, we've produced 4 experiences across 3 cities. We're already hearing stories of deals being done from them. Read on for the details. GOODIE NATION X ATL REUNION // With support from BNY Mellon, we gathered 200 ...