Get s*** done day; Black Excellence Pitch Night in Lisbon; 🚩🚩🚩 all over your social media.
A weekly newsletter for Black and Brown women (and our allies) highlighting entrepreneurship and venture capital in the tech ecosystem.
Welcome to Issue #65 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!
The State of European Tech report 2021!
Atomico, in partnership with Slush, Orrick and Silicon Valley Bank, would like to hear from you in order to tell this incredible story. By participating in this survey, you can make sure your perspective is represented in one of the most definitive datasets in European tech. We are proud to support the survey and its goal of reflecting the experiences of every part of the tech community. To help us tell your story, take the survey before October 20. It only takes 5 minutes, and you’ll only see questions relevant to your expertise. There’s also the chance to win some of Atomico’s amazing prizes this year including 2 tickets to Slush in Helsinki and NFTs!
INSIGHTS
Everything you need to know about DeFi
-John Detrixhe / Quartz
How our startup boosted productivity with ‘get s*** done’ day
-Ivan Baidin / TechCrunch+
4 Types of Documents Founders Must Have in Their Fundraising Data Room (and a Few Additional Tips)
-Gale Wilkinson / DocSend
When Investors Overlook Latinx Founders, They Miss Out on a $1.4 Trillion Opportunity
-Jessica Hamlin / Institutional Investor
The Future We Create: The report looks at the trends and startups powering the Tech for Good sector
-BMW Foundation
OPPORTUNITIES, FUNDING & COMPETITIONS
Rising Stars 4.0 is a ScaleUp competition for innovative, early-stage tech companies. Apply by October 20, 2021.Â
Apply to the Wharton Alumni Angel Network November Pitch event. Raise money from seasoned angels who want to see some market validation through a little traction. You don’t have to be a UPenn alumni to participate. Due October 20, 2021.
Black Excellence Pitch Night in Lisbon, Portugal. Send a one-minute pitch video. Apply by October 23, 2021.
ClimateHack will take place digitally from November 12-14 and is a hackathon exclusively related to climate problems. In addition to strong mentors from industry and academia, there are also VCs and business angels who will take a very close look at your idea. Apply now.
The IFWEOY21 pitch competitions: Art, Media, Entertainment & Social Good, October 20, 2021. Health & Wellness, Food & Beverage, October 21, 2021. Lifestyle, October 27, 2021. Business Services & STEM, October 28, 2021.
Submit a proposal for MozFest 2021 - They are looking for sessions that explore digital privacy, intersectionality in tech, and climate and sustainability. Apply by November 5, 2021.
UPCOMING (VIRTUAL) EVENTS
Founder Fortitude. Do or die by Baltic Sandbox October 19, 2021.
FutureProof Tech Summit: Building World-Positive Companies Conference! October 22, 2021.
BlackAngelsTALK Blockchain with Auston Bunson, Co-Founder and CTO of QuikNode.com. October 26, 2021.
Inside Scoop: Ready to Raise? Hosted by Sheworx. October 26, 2021
RoXHealth Hackathon is a 2.5-day event in which teams with diverse backgrounds from healthcare, tech and business can develop innovative solutions to patient-centered challenges from neurology and oncology. October 28-30, 2021.
Working in VC: US vs UK/Europe by FutureWorldVC and Brown Rudnick, October 26, 2021.
Assure Webinar-Raising Capital — Structuring and Administration for Fundraising and the Benefits of SPVs. November 3, 2021.
Black Venture Summit for Black venture capitalists. This powerful two-day event will give Black venture capitalists the opportunity to connect with one another as well as potential LPs in the city that birthed Black Wall Street. November 4-5, 2021.
ON OUR RADAR
Nine Women Shaping Venture Capital’s Today and Tomorrow.
How Big Tech monopoly made smart speakers dumber.
Red flag meme: Here's why you're seeing 🚩🚩🚩 all over your social media
PEOPLE / ANNOUNCEMENTS
Roberta Annan, a Ghanaian businesswoman, has launched a €100m impact fund for African Creatives.
Neythri Futures Closes First Fund At $10M, With 90% South Asian Women LPs.
Andrea Wishom is Pinterest’s First Black Board Member.
Jillian Williams and Peter Boyce II were featured in Business Insider’s 50 most important VCs in New York.
Dolce & Gabbana Just Set a $6 Million Record for Fashion NFTs.
Atlantic Food Labs is relaunching as FoodLabs, with a dedicated 100€ million food tech fund to invest in food, health and sustainability startups.Â
Facebook to buy $100 million worth of unpaid invoices from 30,000 small businesses owned by women and minorities.
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