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Get to Know Your Urban Tech Connect Hosts Bonin Bough and Lauren Maillian

Get to Know Your Urban Tech Connect Hosts Bonin Bough and Lauren Maillian

by Alyssa | Aug 27, 2020 | Startups, UTC 2020

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...
The Plug In South LA Beat: $50 Million Fund Launches for Underrepresented Founders

The Plug In South LA Beat: $50 Million Fund Launches for Underrepresented Founders

by Alyssa | Aug 27, 2020 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

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...
The Plug In South LA Beat: A Black Founder Beats the Fundraising Odds

The Plug In South LA Beat: A Black Founder Beats the Fundraising Odds

by Alyssa | Aug 25, 2020 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

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....
The Plug In South LA Beat: Court Decisions Have Ripple Effect for Black Entrepreneurs

The Plug In South LA Beat: Court Decisions Have Ripple Effect for Black Entrepreneurs

by Alyssa | Aug 21, 2020 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

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...
The Plug In South LA Beat: Latino SaaS Startup Raises $1.2 Million

The Plug In South LA Beat: Latino SaaS Startup Raises $1.2 Million

by Alyssa | Aug 19, 2020 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

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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