Venture funding to Black-founded startups in the U.S. was $324 million in the second quarter of this year—a steep drop from prior quarters when investment to those companies had just started to show hopeful signs of progress.
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Female-founded companies account for less than one-fourth of venture funding recipients in every U.S. state with a startup scene.
There’s no doubt that venture capital has earned a reputation as being inaccessible to many underrepresented groups, but thankfully that is changing...
For the past year, we’ve chronicled the challenges and triumphs of a very diverse group of early-stage startup entrepreneurs as they’ve grown their...
The past year has been pivotal for Los Angeles-based Repeat, one of the startups we’ve been following in our Something Ventured series. The company...
One year ago, Josh Fabian’s Metafy had just closed a $5.5 million seed extension and the company was seeing significant growth for not even being a...
Every startup faces the realities of having to balance both spending and growth. When companies spend to jumpstart growth, some call it being on the...
Joro says its users have reduced emissions by 21 percent year over year as of the end of 2021, with users on the app not only saving on carbon, but...
A lack of investment in women-led VC funds and startups has many reverberating repercussions throughout the U.S. and global economy.
As an entrepreneur and founder of a family health company, there is nothing that grinds my gears more than anyone boxing-in women’s health as niche...
Only 4 percent of VCs are Black, and just over 1 percent of VC-funded companies have a Black founder. Can VC address the root of the problem? Reggie...
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