by Alyssa | Aug 27, 2020 | Startups
The Urban Tech Connect // Forward virtual conference is coming up in just a few weeks. Our team is excited to introduce our hosts, Bonin Bough and Lauren Maillian. Let’s get to know them: Bonin Bough One of the world’s foremost-awarded marketing executives, Bonin...
by Alyssa | Aug 27, 2020 | Startups
Black entrepreneurial duo Candice Matthews Brackeen and Brian Brackeen want to prove that capitalism is for everyone. This summer their venture capital firm Lightship Capital, along with the agency SecondMuse, created a $50 million fund — the first of its kind. The...
by Alyssa | Aug 25, 2020 | Startups
Joseph Heller, founder and CEO of the on-demand manufacturing platform The/Studio, experienced scores of rejections while speaking to venture capitalists for his company’s Series A. The Black tech entrepreneur recently described how he raised $11 million anyway....
by Alyssa | Aug 21, 2020 | Startups
When it comes to high-level tech deal making in Silicon Valley, court decisions have watered down the legal protections that emerged from the civil rights movement, the Washington Post found. One of them was a Supreme Court decision earlier this year. “Byron Allen, an...
by Alyssa | Aug 19, 2020 | Startups
Most city government communications are stuck in the past, but three Latino entrepreneurs came up with a tech-savvy way forward. And their startup raised a $1.2 million seed round. Alberto Gomez, Beto Altamirano, and Eduardo Bravo co-founded Irys to help cities and...
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