The Pill Club is Revolutionizing Women’s Health with $41.9 Million in Funding

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by Camille Odom | Jun 17, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 19 million women living in the United States are in need of publicly funded contraception and live in contraceptive deserts. Of the 19 million, about 1.3 million of these women live in a county without a single health...

Inside Bahiyah Yasmeen Robinson’s Quest to Solve VC’s Diversity Problem

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by Camille Odom | Jun 10, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

In an entire venture capital industry worth almost $70 trillion, only 1.3% of assets are managed by women and POC, according to the nonprofit Knight Foundation. To bridge this gap, Bahiyah Yasmeen Robinson created VC Include with the goal of accelerating investment...

Movement to Rebuild Black Wall Street in Tulsa Gains Momentum

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

The centennial of the Tulsa race massacre that destroyed “Black Wall Street” is spurring efforts to forge a new entrepreneurship ecosystem in the city. At the forefront is Build In Tulsa managing director Randolph F. Wiggins, who’s also a venture...

Black Tech Nation Ventures Cultivates ‘Digital Wakanda’

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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’ for Black tech entrepreneurs in Pittsburgh, Bloomberg reports. The driving force behind this effort is Kelauni Jasmyn,...

Black-Led Legal Tech Startup Secures $233 Million Investment

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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 make acquisitions, Forbes reported. Currently Rocket Lawyer has 25 million registered users. Moore told Forbes that he...

Audio and Video Commenting Startup Yappa Raises $3.5 Million

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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 text-based ones. “We truly believe that text-based commenting is archaic,” Sim said in a public statement....