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A weekly newsletter for Black and Brown women (and our allies) highlighting entrepreneurship and venture capital in the tech ecosystem.
Welcome to Issue #76 of For Colored Girls Who Tech, a weekly newsletter for Black and Brown women (and our allies) highlighting entrepreneurship and venture capital in the tech ecosystem. Feel free to reach out if you’d like to partner with us or share stories, tips, or questions. If you enjoy our content, we encourage you to like this post above and share it with your community!
INSIGHTS
Negotiating as a Woman of Color
-Deepa Purushothaman, Deborah M. Kolb, Hannah Riley Bowles, Valerie Purdie-Greenaway / Harvard Business Review
State of Venture Global 2021: Global data and analysis on dealmaking, funding, and exits by private market companies
-CBInsights
How Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rule Creates Potential for Real Change
-Felicia A. Henderson, Zoe Kinias, and Claudia Zeisberger / Insead
Stanford creates initiative to augment existing efforts to invest with diverse asset managers
-Stanford
Light sensors on wearables struggle with dark skin and obesity
-Nicole Wetsman / The Verge
OPPORTUNITIES, FUNDING & COMPETITIONS
Introducing BFF. Started collaboratively by over 50 leaders across industries, it is a new decentralized organization with a mission to help women and non-binary people get educated, connected, and financially rewarded in crypto and web3. Join the Discord group.
Venture Cooperative program-Opening the floodgates for future investors and operators. A free 6-week educational program and inclusive community that make Laconia's investments, processes, and learnings accessible for the next generation of early stage investors. Applications close January 24, 2022.
The DeltaClimeVT business accelerator is a Vermont-based program serving startup and seed-stage ventures focusing on climate economy innovation across multiple industries. Apply by January 31, 2022.
Plug In South LA’s Tech Accelerator Program stimulates opportunities for dynamic businesses and business owners in Black and Latinx communities. They create success by enabling and supporting startups and entrepreneurs in South LA and other diverse communities around the country. Apply by February 3, 2022.
Morgan Stanley Multicultural Innovation Lab has opened applications for their in-house startup accelerator (both in the US and in EMEA) focusing on post seed to Series A companies (post revenue) led by women and multicultural entrepreneurs. Apply now.
Nucleate Genesis 2022 teaches principles of biotech venture creation and equips trainees with the mindset, skills and professional network to build tomorrow’s bioventures. Apply by February 11, 2022.
The AI/Tech + Aging Pilot Awards. The a2 Collective is soliciting a2 Pilot Awards applications from AI/Healthtech startups who want to leverage AI and emerging technology approaches that will improve the care and health outcomes for older Americans, including those with dementia. Pilot project applications may request up to $200,000 in non-dilutive direct costs. Apply by February 18, 2022.
UPCOMING (VIRTUAL) EVENTS
Evolving your Pitch → Seed to Growth hosted by GS Futures, January 25, 2022.
Future Africa Review 2021-A conversation on Future Africa’s Strategy and Performance, January 25, 2022.
BFF Minted-An event for the crypto curious, January 26, 2022.
Pitch a Founder hosted by Mogul Millennial. The #1 place for Black founders to meet leading investors and grow their business. January 26-27, 2022.
IFundWomen workshop: Know your numbers: An intro to business accounting, January 27, 2022.
To YC or not to YC, that is the question hosted by Founders Factory Africa and Verto, January 28, 2022
Sustainable Mobility Forum, 20 Challenges for a Mobility Coalition, in Paris on February 1, 2022.
ON OUR RADAR
The Myth of Sustainable Fashion.
Why the Streamers Are (Finally) Investing in Africa.
Why Investors Are Paying Real Money For Virtual Land.
Florida could shield whites from ‘discomfort’ of racist past.
PEOPLE / ANNOUNCEMENTS
Jumpstart Nova announced the close of its $55 million oversubscribed fund to invest exclusively in Black-founded and led companies at the forefront of healthcare innovation.
Serena Williams is joining the $4.3 billion blockchain-based fantasy soccer game Sorare as a board advisor.
Carry1st, a South African publisher of social games and interactive content across Africa, has raised a $20 million Series A extension led by Andreessen Horowitz.
Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women announces latest round of investments, partnerships and grants to kick off 2022.
Nichole Barnes Marshall is the new Global Head of Inclusion and Diversity at Pinterest.
PAPS, a Senegalese logistics startup raised $4.5 million to expand across Francophone Africa.
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