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Get to Know UTC 2021 Speaker Ayinde Alakoye

Get to Know UTC 2021 Speaker Ayinde Alakoye

by Alyssa | May 6, 2021 | Startups, UTC 2021

Our riveting Founder Bites return May 18 – 20 for the Urban Tech Connect // Forward 2021 conference. In this series, successful startup founders...

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Black Tech Nation Ventures Cultivates ‘Digital Wakanda’

Black Tech Nation Ventures Cultivates ‘Digital Wakanda’

by Alyssa | May 4, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

Since launching this spring, the newly formed seed-stage venture fund Black Tech Nation Ventures is helping create a ‘digital Wakanda’...

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Make Valuable New Connections Through the UTC 2021 Platform

Make Valuable New Connections Through the UTC 2021 Platform

by Alyssa | Apr 29, 2021 | Startups, UTC 2021

Take your business to the next level at Urban Tech Connect // Forward, the premier tech conference focused on Latinx and African-American startup...

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Urban Tech Connect 2021 Spotlights Women Making Waves

Urban Tech Connect 2021 Spotlights Women Making Waves

by Alyssa | Apr 28, 2021 | Startups, UTC 2021

We’re just going to say it: Badass women are coming to Urban Tech Connect // Forward. Our list of confirmed speakers and mentors for the...

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Black-Led Legal Tech Startup Secures $233 Million Investment

Black-Led Legal Tech Startup Secures $233 Million Investment

by Alyssa | Apr 22, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

San Francisco-based legal tech startup Rocket Lawyer, led by founder and CEO Charley Moore, just raised $233 million to expand internationally and...

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Audio and Video Commenting Startup Yappa Raises $3.5 Million

Audio and Video Commenting Startup Yappa Raises $3.5 Million

by Alyssa | Apr 20, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

Startup Yappa, co-founded by Kiaran Sim and Jennifer Dyer, allows users to make audio and video comments on social media and news sites instead of...

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MIT Study Exposes Tactics Used Against Black Women AI Researchers

MIT Study Exposes Tactics Used Against Black Women AI Researchers

by Alyssa | Apr 15, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

Abuse aimed at Black women, especially in the field of artificial intelligence research, follows a clear playbook, three MIT professors found. A new...

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Meet Your Hosts for Urban Tech Connect 2021

Meet Your Hosts for Urban Tech Connect 2021

by Alyssa | Apr 14, 2021 | Startups, UTC 2021

Are you ready to disrupt? Urban Tech Connect // Forward, the premier tech conference focused on Latinx and African American startup founders, is...

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Software Engineer Training Startup Formation Raises $4 Million

Software Engineer Training Startup Formation Raises $4 Million

by Alyssa | Apr 13, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

Formation, a startup that supports diverse software engineers with specialized training and connect them with high-level tech positions, just raised...

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Former Facebook Recruiter Rhett Lindsey Creates Anti-Bias App

Former Facebook Recruiter Rhett Lindsey Creates Anti-Bias App

by Alyssa | Apr 8, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

Rhett Lindsey saw racial bias and discrimination in Silicon Valley firsthand as an engineer recruiter for Facebook, where “culture fit”...

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