The Fund was founded in 2014 to back female-founded companies at an early stage, focusing on everything from climate tech to healthcare, generative AI, and science-backed lifestyle companies.
Tamar Huggins created the platform with her 13-year-old daughter, and hopes to target the Black Gen Z community.
Keychain seeks to use artificial intelligence to help brands find their perfect manufacturing partners.
Social media app Spill has come to be a bright spot for users in the post-Twitter era.
Silicon Valley Bank was in Austin at AfroTech this week, sponsoring and hosting parties in an effort to rebuild trust among Black founders.
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HBCUvc said it hopes the partnership leads to more opportunities for HBCU students and alumni to tap into tech.
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Even with some criticisms, most VC think that the state's effort to track diversity data is worth it.
Funding to Black founders is only getting worse after the promises made in 2020.
Equity won't come just via a gesture of goodwill; it now must be ratified in the courts.
Whether the news is good or bad depends on how you see water poured midway in a cup.
The Alliance encourages firms and investors to collect diversity data and increase the number of women and minorities hired and funded annually.
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen posted a manifesto on the a16z website, calling for “techno-optimism” in a frenzied, 5,000-word blog post that somehow manages to re-invent Reaganomics, propose
To find out how the industry is reacting to this decision, TechCrunch+ spoke with one founder and four fund managers at venture firms that back women or founders of color.
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This is the United States’ first piece of legislation that aims to increase diversity within the venture capital landscape.
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Experts and venture industry insiders following the Fearless Fund case remain dumbfounded as it continues to unfold.
Erin Harkless Moore talks about Pivotal Ventures’ investment strategy, and its future.
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