by Alyssa | Jan 28, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat
A new $350 million investment in the tech startup Calendly pushed the company’s valuation over $3 billion. It’s a big milestone for founder and CEO Tope Awotona, who poured his life savings into the business about eight years ago. Awotona grew up in Nigeria and moved...
by Alyssa | Jan 27, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat
Rapper and entrepreneur Jay-Z launched a new corporate venture fund to invest in Black- and minority-owned cannabis businesses. He’s already raised $10 million for the fund through a historic acquisition of two California-based cannabis companies. “We were the ones...
by Alyssa | Jan 26, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat
Netflix just released a first inclusion report detailing representation within the streaming company — and plans to increase it. The driving force behind this push is Vernā Myers, vice president of inclusion strategy. “If you look in the same places, you find the same...
by Alyssa | Jan 21, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat
A recent report confirms what many in the startup world already knew to be true: the revenue gap for Black women entrepreneurs has been widening. Even though women of color are starting businesses at a faster rate than any other demographic, a report commissioned by...
by Alyssa | Jan 20, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat
Tech giant Apple is investing $20 million in early-stage venture capital firm Harlem Capital as part of the company’s broader $100 million effort to address racial equity and justice. The VC firm has a goal to invest in 1,000 diverse founders over the next 20 years....
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